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    The Establishment have too many secrets.........

    Courtesy Independent.

    Margaret Thatcher made repeated attempts to get Jimmy Savile knighted - despite pleas

    from concerned aides

    Former Prime Minister made four attempts to appoint disgraced presenter to knighthood before

    succeeding in 1990

    Senior Whitehall mandarins repeatedly warned former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

    against knighting Jimmy Savile because of long-standing concerns over his private life.

    Previously unseen Cabinet Office papers reveal that suspicions about the DJ's "strange and

    complex" personality were known at the highest level for decades.

    Lady Thatcher - who invited the presenter to Chequers - made four attempts to appoint

    Savile to the knighthood before eventually succeeding in the final year of office in 1990.

    The veteran charity campaigner was revealed as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders

    following his death in 2011 having used his celebrity status to abuse hundreds of victims

    some as young as eight years old.

    Papers seen by The Sun reveal that Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson rejected calls to

    award him an MBE in 1970 although he was appointed OBE the following year.

    Mrs Thatcher first sought the honour for Savile in 1986.

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