
The Mistress, the Murderer
Noble Blood
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Hall's Defence of the Princess Fami Bey
Hall's defence for the princess fami bey was that her husband was a brute and a sexual pervert. The actual core of the defence strategy was rooted in exploiting extremely racest imagery. Hall paints fami bay as a cruel and unnatural foreigner, and that his poor white wife was helpless to protect herself against him. Any mention of her previous sex work was forbidden from being included in the trial,. Let alone any possible allusions to her one time relationship with the prince of wales. This is where a writer, andrew rose, makes his most stunning claim in his 20 13 book, the prince, the princess and the perfect murder.
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