Turns out he was bezzie-mates with Prince Charles and gave the royals marriage advice. It's got to the stage now that tomorrow's headlines could be that Savile used to break into aquariums and do beastly things to manta rays and I wouldn't be at all surprised.
Prince Charles really is a dickhead though, isn't he?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/29/jimmy-savile-behaviour-prince-charles