Intelligence Records

Why would you ever tape intimate recordings? I came across this gem on slate today:

Camillagate revealed alleged recordings of intimate telephone calls between Charles and Camilla made in 1989: "Oh God," says the prince at one point, "I'll just live inside your trousers or something. It would be so much easier." "What are you going to turn into?" Camilla darts back. "A pair of knickers or something?" "Or, God forbid, a Tampax," replies Charles. It is for this reason, if no other, that 59 percent of the British public believes that Charles deserves to be crowned king

. Really? What are people thinking? What good could come of recording that (except for making me laugh for a couple minutes)? And for that matter - celebrity sex tapes. It's going to get out. Why press record?