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Media coverage
Title Prince Charles was given a motorboat called “Imelda” by Imelda Marcos. Media name/outlet Manila News Media type Web Date 10/09/22 Description Imelda Marcos gifts then Prince Charles speedboat named ‘Imelda’
The motorboat was identified as a “gift from the First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos”
Prince Charles was given a motorboat called “Imelda” by Imelda Marcos.
The speedboat’s actual worth and when it was delivered are unknown, but it is certain that it took place at a time when the Marcos family was actively acquiring illegal fortune using Filipino public money.Producer/Author Heart Castaneda URL https://manilanews.ph/imelda-marcos-gifts-then-prince-charles-speedboat-named-imelda/ Persons Tom Sykes
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Title When Imelda wrangled an audience with Queen Elizabeth II Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Vera Files Media type Web Duration/Length/Size 1500 words Country/Territory Philippines Date 12/09/22 Description Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos were lucky that their conjugal dictatorship existed at a time when media repression was fully possible. Since there was no internet yet, there was no way Filipinos could read foreign accounts of their plunder and squander of the country’s resources like we do today. Producer/Author Antonio Montalvan URL https://verafiles.org/articles/when-imelda-wrangled-an-audience-with-queen-elizabeth Persons Tom Sykes Title LOOK BACK: Imelda Marcos gifts then Prince Charles speedboat named ‘Imelda’ Media name/outlet Rappler Media type Web Date 10/09/22 Description Article citing Tom Sykes' speaking to the possibility that Filipino taxpayers may have already unknowingly given a gift to the former Prince of Wales and now King Charles III – at least 40 years prior to his ascension to the throne. Producer/Author Rappler.com URL https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/look-back-imelda-marcos-speedboat-prince-charles-united-kingdom/ Persons Tom Sykes
Keywords
- British foreign policy
- international relations
- Philippines
- history
- postcolonialism