15. Until Edward appeared in court, no English heir had been called as a witness for 500 years
The Prince’s appearance was the first time that an heir to the British throne had appeared involuntarily in court since 1411. The Prince sat on a special red leather chair, positioned on a raised platform between the witness box and the judge. Across from him, cartoonists and artists from a number of popular newspapers drew him – and not all of them in a favorable light. When it was the Prince’s turn to give evidence in the cheating case, the court fell silent, waiting for history to be made.
