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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade in Sydney

Rupert Murdoch’s flagship Australian newspaper deletes story on sex life of British royal

Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch’s the Australian newspaper published, then took down a story purportedly about the sex life of a member of the British royal family. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

It is known as the most conservative newspaper in Australia but on Friday Rupert Murdoch’s national masthead ventured into the surprising territory of highly salacious and unsubstantiated gossip about the British royal family.

Minutes after the Guardian asked the editor-in-chief of the Australian, Christopher Dore, to comment on why the unusual article purportedly about a royal’s sex life had been published, it was taken down.

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