From Wondery, I'm Alice Levine.

And I'm Matt Ford.

And this is British Scandal. Matt, I don't say this lightly.

This has been the family scandal to rival all family scandals

until the next family scandal that we do, of course.

This was the story of Roger Titchbourne, or should I say, of Arthur Orton.

And it's an incredible story. A bloke turns up, claims to be the heir to a fortune, swats up by

chatting to the actual heir's servant and by reading a couple of letters, and embarks on one of the

longest running court cases in British history. And all the way through, there were times

when I thought, he's bloody got away with us. And he the way through, there were times when I thought,

he's bloody got away with this.

And he had so many strokes of luck.

The same eye twitch, the same scar on the left ankle,

and of course, weaponising a violent populist movement to further your own ends.

It's just so satisfying when all the pieces fall into place.

Yes, we saw shameless opportunism, class snobbery, body confidence issues,

and all kinds of skeletons in the cupboards.

It really was a British scandal full house.

So for this episode, our guest had to be very special.

I thought, who better to have on than an actual member of the family itself?

Just to check, are we sure this guy is actually a member of

the family? You're absolutely right to ask, yep, I've checked his ankles, he definitely is. Today we are

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