Hustle - Season 3 Episode 5 - A Royal Scandal

A tabloid newspaper, the Weekend World, prints a story falsely accusing a close friend of Stacie's of embezzling funds from the charity for which she works and holds dear.

As a result, Stacie's friend attempts suicide. After visiting her friend in the hospital, Stacie relates the story to the rest of the gang, who unanimously agree that the editor and chief reporter of the Weekend World must be taken down.

Looking for an 'in', they learn that the pair have a particular love of stories involving the Royal Family, which leads the grifters to concoct a tale about the late Queen Mother having been replaced with a lookalike during the Second World War.

By way of providing living 'proof' of their story, Albert acts as the son of the impostor, still living in the East End of London.

All is going well until MI5 intervene, telling Mickey summarily to discontinue his plan to discredit the Queen Mother immediately upon pain of imprisonment. As if this weren't bad enough, the newspaper editor demands a DNA test to prove Albert's heritage.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, Mickey must think of a solution that will satisfy both MI5 and the newspaper editor, without landing him and his team in prison for a very long time.

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