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-By 1984, when he was 21 years old, Oakes was reportedly a 'record producer'<ref name="hickey"/> who was the 'friend and business partner' of [[John Benson]] with whom he ran 'the mobile society disco Raffles'<ref name="hickey"/> Just over a year later the ''Times'' referred to him as 'an Old Etonian disc jockey and record producer', who 'runs a Knightbridge-based mobile discotheque named "Traitor"',<ref name="Times">Record producer fined ''The Times'' (London) July 30 1985, Tuesday, Issue 62203.</ref>
+By May 1984, when he was 21 years old, Oakes was reportedly a 'record producer'<ref name="hickey"/> who was the 'friend and business partner' of [[John Benson]] with whom he ran 'the mobile society disco Raffles'<ref name="hickey"/> Just over a year later in July 1985 the ''Times'' referred to him as 'an Old Etonian disc jockey and record producer', who 'runs a Knightbridge-based mobile discotheque named "Traitor"',<ref name="Times">Record producer fined ''The Times'' (London) July 30 1985, Tuesday, Issue 62203.</ref>
 In 1984 the ''Globe and Mail'' referred to Oakes as 'a hard-up Old Etonian of the "London set," of whom it was recently rumored he was an [[MI5]] spy.'<ref>Sue Heal, 'Illness plagues "ordinary Royals"' ''The Globe and Mail'' (Canada) July 26, 1984 Thursday, OBS DATELINE: London ENGLAND </ref>

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-By 1984, when Oakes was 21 years old, press reports state that Oakes was a 'record producer'<ref name="hickey"/> who was the 'friend and business partner' of [[John Benson]] with whom he ran 'the mobile society disco Raffles'<ref name="hickey"/> Just over a year later the ''Times'' referred to him as 'an Old Etonian disc jockey and record producer', who 'runs a Knightbridge-based mobile discotheque named "Traitor"',<ref name="Times">Record producer fined ''The Times'' (London) July 30 1985, Tuesday, Issue 62203.</ref>
+By 1984, when he was 21 years old, Oakes was reportedly a 'record producer'<ref name="hickey"/> who was the 'friend and business partner' of [[John Benson]] with whom he ran 'the mobile society disco Raffles'<ref name="hickey"/> Just over a year later the ''Times'' referred to him as 'an Old Etonian disc jockey and record producer', who 'runs a Knightbridge-based mobile discotheque named "Traitor"',<ref name="Times">Record producer fined ''The Times'' (London) July 30 1985, Tuesday, Issue 62203.</ref>
 In 1984 the ''Globe and Mail'' referred to Oakes as 'a hard-up Old Etonian of the "London set," of whom it was recently rumored he was an [[MI5]] spy.'<ref>Sue Heal, 'Illness plagues "ordinary Royals"' ''The Globe and Mail'' (Canada) July 26, 1984 Thursday, OBS DATELINE: London ENGLAND </ref>

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-According to the press reports and his own account Oakes attended [[Eton]]<ref name="hickey">William Hickey 'Tearful Lady Helen gets the heave-ho', ''Daily Express'', 15 May 1984, p. 17</ref>between 1976 and 1980.<ref name="LinkedIn"/> LinkedIn [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nigel-oakes-fri/7/817/99b Nigel Oakes FRI], accessed 1 July 2012</ref>  He has claimed to have studied psychology at [[University College London]], but UCL have denied that he was ever a student at UCL. On his LinkedIn page Oakes states that he  attended the [[Dartington School of Music]] in 1980 – 1981 and the  [[National Broadcasting School]] studying 'Broadcasting' in 1981 – 1982 to 'Grade: Diploma'.<ref name="LinkedIn"/>
+According to the press reports and his own account Oakes attended [[Eton]]<ref name="hickey">William Hickey 'Tearful Lady Helen gets the heave-ho', ''Daily Express'', 15 May 1984, p. 17</ref>between 1976 and 1980.<ref name="LinkedIn"> LinkedIn [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nigel-oakes-fri/7/817/99b Nigel Oakes FRI], accessed 1 July 2012</ref>  He has claimed to have studied psychology at [[University College London]], but UCL have denied that he was ever a student at UCL. On his LinkedIn page Oakes states that he  attended the [[Dartington School of Music]] in 1980 – 1981 and the  [[National Broadcasting School]] studying 'Broadcasting' in 1981 – 1982 to 'Grade: Diploma'.<ref name="LinkedIn"/>
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 In 1984 the ''Globe and Mail'' referred to Oakes as 'a hard-up Old Etonian of the "London set," of whom it was recently rumored he was an [[MI5]] spy.'<ref>Sue Heal, 'Illness plagues "ordinary Royals"' ''The Globe and Mail'' (Canada) July 26, 1984 Thursday, OBS DATELINE: London ENGLAND </ref>
-In Oakes own account of his career the connections to the music business are not mentioned.  His account begins in 1982, when he says 'he joined [[Monte Carlo TV]] as a producer and in 1985 became the Head of International Production.'<ref name="SCLbehavioural">SCL Behavioural [http://sclbehavioural.com/8/about-scl-behavioural/who-we-are.html Who we are: Nigel Oakes], accessed 30 June 2012.</ref>  If true, this account confirms that Oakes was 19 or 20 years old when he started at [[Monte Carlo TV]], by which time he was presumably not old enough to have completed a degree course at University. This account would, however, appear to contradict the press reports cited above which refer to Oakes role as a 'music producer' or 'disc jockey'.
+In Oakes own account of his career there is no mention of jobs as a music producer or DJ.  His account begins in 1982, when he says 'he joined [[Monte Carlo TV]] as a producer and in 1985 became the Head of International Production.'<ref name="SCLbehavioural">SCL Behavioural [http://sclbehavioural.com/8/about-scl-behavioural/who-we-are.html Who we are: Nigel Oakes], accessed 30 June 2012.</ref>  If true, this account confirms that Oakes was 19 or 20 years old when he started at [[Monte Carlo TV]], by which time he was presumably not old enough to have completed a degree course at University. This account would, however, appear to contradict the press reports cited above which refer to Oakes role as a 'music producer' or 'disc jockey'.
 According to Oakes he then 'joined [[Saatchi and Saatchi]] as  a senior producer' in 1987.'<ref name="SCLbehavioural"/>

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 ==Education==
-According to the press reports and his own account Oakes attended [[Eton]].<ref name="hickey">William Hickey 'Tearful Lady Helen gets the heave-ho', Daily Express, 15 May 1984, p. 17</ref>  He has claimed to have studied psychology at [[University College London]], but UCL have denied that he was ever a student at UCL.
+According to the press reports and his own account Oakes attended [[Eton]]<ref name="hickey">William Hickey 'Tearful Lady Helen gets the heave-ho', ''Daily Express'', 15 May 1984, p. 17</ref>between 1976 and 1980.<ref name="LinkedIn"/> LinkedIn [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nigel-oakes-fri/7/817/99b Nigel Oakes FRI], accessed 1 July 2012</ref>  He has claimed to have studied psychology at [[University College London]], but UCL have denied that he was ever a student at UCL. On his LinkedIn page Oakes states that he  attended the [[Dartington School of Music]] in 1980 – 1981 and the  [[National Broadcasting School]] studying 'Broadcasting' in 1981 – 1982 to 'Grade: Diploma'.<ref name="LinkedIn"/>
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 Oakes was reportedly in a relationship with 'Lady' [[Helen Windsor]] between November 1983 and May 1984.<ref name="hickey"/>  She reportedly 'mixed with a relatively racy set who never received the full royal stamp of approval including [[Nigel Oakes]] who tried to sell the story of their romance to the press'.<ref>'Wild child' royal sheds her image SOURCE: aap Sunday Mail (SA) January 19, 1992 Sunday</ref> According to press reports 'She shocked the Queen by smuggling her... boyfriend - Nigel Oakes - into York House, her parents' grace and favour home in St James's Palace.<ref name="Mail">The taming of Lady Helen, wild child of the Windsors; ON THE LIFE OF A ROYAL REBEL WHO GREW INTO A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE-TO-BE, BYLINE: Jane Kelly, Michael Streeter Daily Mail (London) January 8, 1992, Wednesday SECTION: Pg. 14, 15</ref>
-After this  - on Saturday 22 June 1985 -  Oakes was reportedly involved in 'gate-crashing her 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle.'<ref>AAPGROUP  'Royal Bombshell Settles for the Common touch in Love' ''Courier-Mail'' January 9, 1992 Thursday SOURCE: QNP</ref> He was reportedly 'ejected by staff'.<ref name="Mail"/> after police were called to 'a birthday ball that the Queen gave for her and three other members of the Royal family' and Oakes was 'arrested on an outstanding warrant'<ref name="Times"/> according to the police. They 'said Nigel Oakes, 23, was escorted to a police station Saturday night from Windsor Castle where the 700-guest party was in full swing... "He was arrested on a warrant in connection with traffic violations and later bailed," a police spokesman said.'<ref>Reuters, Man arrested at ball   in Windsor Castle The Globe and Mail (Canada) June 24, 1985 Monday</ref> The case came to court in July 1985.  ''The Times'' reported that Oakes:
+After this  - on Saturday 22 June 1985 -  Oakes was reportedly involved in 'gate-crashing her 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle.'<ref>AAPGROUP  'Royal Bombshell Settles for the Common touch in Love' ''Courier-Mail'' January 9, 1992 Thursday SOURCE: QNP</ref> He was reportedly 'ejected by staff'.<ref name="Mail"/> Police were called to the 'birthday ball that the Queen gave for [Helen Windsor] and three other members of the Royal family' and Oakes was 'arrested on an outstanding warrant'<ref name="Times"/> according to the police. They 'said Nigel Oakes, 23, was escorted to a police station Saturday night from Windsor Castle where the 700-guest party was in full swing... "He was arrested on a warrant in connection with traffic violations and later bailed," a police spokesman said.'<ref>Reuters, Man arrested at ball   in Windsor Castle The Globe and Mail (Canada) June 24, 1985 Monday</ref> The case came to court in July 1985.  ''The Times'' reported that Oakes:
 :was fined a total of £155 by magistrates at Horseferry Road, London, yesterday. They also endorsed five penalty points on his driving licence. Oakes, aged 23, of Maida Avenue, Maida Vale, northwest London… admitted driving his BMW car without insurance in King's Road, Chelsea, in June last year, having a defective silencer and a loose number plate.<ref name="Times"/>

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 In 1984 the ''Globe and Mail'' referred to Oakes as 'a hard-up Old Etonian of the "London set," of whom it was recently rumored he was an [[MI5]] spy.'<ref>Sue Heal, 'Illness plagues "ordinary Royals"' ''The Globe and Mail'' (Canada) July 26, 1984 Thursday, OBS DATELINE: London ENGLAND </ref>
-In Oakes own account of his career the connections to the music business are not mentioned.  His account begins in 1982, when he says 'he joined [[Monte Carlo TV]] as a producer and in 1985 became the Head of International Production.''<ref>SCL Behavioural [http://sclbehavioural.com/8/about-scl-behavioural/who-we-are.html Who we are: Nigel Oakes], accessed 30 June 2012.</ref>  If true, this account confirms that Oakes was 19 or 20 years old when he started at [[Monte Carlo TV]], by which time he was presumably not old enough to have completed a degree course at University. This account would, however, appear to contradict the press reports cited above which refer to Oakes role as a 'music producer' or 'disc jockey'.
+In Oakes own account of his career the connections to the music business are not mentioned.  His account begins in 1982, when he says 'he joined [[Monte Carlo TV]] as a producer and in 1985 became the Head of International Production.'<ref>SCL Behavioural [http://sclbehavioural.com/8/about-scl-behavioural/who-we-are.html Who we are: Nigel Oakes], accessed 30 June 2012.</ref>  If true, this account confirms that Oakes was 19 or 20 years old when he started at [[Monte Carlo TV]], by which time he was presumably not old enough to have completed a degree course at University. This account would, however, appear to contradict the press reports cited above which refer to Oakes role as a 'music producer' or 'disc jockey'.
 ==Royal connection and arrest==