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By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 1, 2008 3:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Queen of England’s ex-butler pleaded guilty today to repeated dalliances with boys as young as 12, the London Times reports. Paul Kidd, 55, worked for 6 years in Buckingham Palace in the late 1970s and parlayed his role into a lucrative speaking career. His charming persona ended up in court after police followed up a complaint and uncovered 18,000 indecent images of children in his flat.

Paul Kidd is described a s a "smooth talker and a charmer." (Shutterstock)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, England, Wednesday June, 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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