Gay Saudi Prince: Just Like TV Show?
I’m looking forward to watching the new Brit TV series, “Downton Abbey,” in which Julian Fellowes, who wrote Altman’s country-house murder movie, “Gosford Park,” returns to the stately-home genre, only with more explicitness. Why “Downton”? Because anything that has Maggie Smith issuing bone-dry putdowns has me from hello. The new series also has a subplot about a gay aristo carrying on with his servant, a set-up that has a real-life analogue these days in a London courtroom, where a gay Saudi prince has been charged for the murder of his servant.
