Schurman's denials of the team looking into a Summerside relocation proved unconvincing, and the rumours had a negative effect on attendance.

Despite repeated denials of such rumours by the police, the public did not believe them.

The Yorks were perceived by the public as an ideal family: father, mother and children, but unfounded rumours that Margaret was deaf and dumb were not completely dispelled until Margaret's first main public appearance at her uncle Prince George's wedding in 1934.

The governor there exhibited her to the public annually, in case there might be rumours that the royal captive had been injured.

After his death, Richard's body was put on public display in the old St Paul's Cathedral to prove to his supporters that he was truly dead, though this did not stop rumours from circulating for years after that he was still alive and waiting to take back his throne.

For example: " The prime minister scotched the rumours of her illness by making a public appearance.

This had, perhaps, been a public gesture to honour the memory of the boy's uncle, and to quell any rumours about Charlemagne's treatment of his nephews.

In the eyes of the public however, Constantine IX ’ s preferential treatment of his mistress was a scandal, and eventually rumours began to spread that Skleraina was planning to murder both Zoe and Theodora.

But the fact that he was elected king in a small anti-Habsburg popular revolution, that he kept the barons in check, persistent rumours about him sounding public opinion by mingling among commoners incognito, and harsh period known witnessed by Hungary later ensured that Matthias ' reign is considered one of the most glorious chapters of Hungarian history.

Edgecombe was arrested, and Keeler's failure to appear at his trial in March 1963 gave the Press the opportunity they needed to bring the rumours out into the public domain.

Citing alleged governmental corruption, Ganilau told Fiji Television that he supported the " cause " of the military, but not its method, and denied public rumours that he had been a party to the planning of the coup.

The public invented their own stories, including a tale that the sound of digging had been heard near the House of Commons and rumours of a French invasion in the Isle of Purbeck.

In January 2003 she denied rumours that she was preparing to leave the BBC for a rival show, and signed a three-year contract with the public service broadcaster, tying her to the breakfast show until April 2004 and with the BBC for two years after that.

* David Hasselhoff-in July 2011, the American actor and producer visited the local public house, The Black Griffin, fuelling rumours that he was considering a move to Lisvane.

On 22 February 2006 the party opened some of its archives to the public, in a move the party argued was to hit out at all the rumours surrounding the party.

Most ethnic Hungarians in Romania and Hungarian public opinion in general maintain, however, that these rumours about Hungarian violence against Romanians and / or state institutions were unjustified or widely exaggerated.

Despite rumours of interest from the likes of Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC, no formal offers were made public, and Prudential dropped its plans in 2004.

On Saturday 29 June 2002 the Palace Theatre once again closed its doors to the public with its final performance by the British Touring Shakespeare Company with a modern and contemporary Production of Henry V. After only a short period, West End producers Green & Lenagan left the theatre without explanation, though there were many rumours in the local newspapers.

The latter were about to bury him-without delay or ceremony, but the gastald or chief magistrate of the city interfered and appointed a public funeral ; rumours of his wondrous travels and of posthumous miracles were diffused, and excitement spread like wildfire over Friuli and Carniola ; the ceremony had to be deferred more than once, and at last took place in presence of the patriarch of Aquileia and all the local dignitaries.

The remaining estate became a public park, with rumours of a secret tunnel.

Their mother was quoted as saying, during the pregnancy of Sophia Magdalena, that there were rumours among the public that the future child was illegitimate, and that she herself believed that the King had hired Munck to impregnate the Queen, and that she would never accept that the throne would come into the hands of " a common nobleman's illegitimate offspring ".

Because of the serious rumours and intense public pressure, a more thorough investigation was initiated, this time headed by Božo Prelević, former interior minister of Serbia.

The video was shot in black and white to hide the full extent of Mercury's faltering condition from AIDS, following rumours about his health had been at the centre of much media and public speculation for over a year, following on from its use in the video for " I'm Going Slightly Mad " earlier in 1991.

Mrs Ferrier wins her libel case easily and in doing so makes the public assume the rumours about Hammett were also fabricated.

The origin of the rumours seems to have been comments made by Marie-Manon, the young panis ( subcontinent Indian ) slave owned by De Couagne's neighbours, the Bérey des Essars, who claimed she had heard Angélique saying that her mistress would not sleep in her house that night.

Jack Adams then planted rumours about Lindsay and false defamatory comments by him against his old team in the press, and showed a fake contract to the press, showing an inflated annual salary.

But the boys from his class ignore all negative comments and even fight those who are spreading the rumours.

His career was controversial, with rumours that he had secretly married George I to his mistress ; the Dictionary of National Biography mentions " his reputation for carnality " and " the laxity of his moral precepts ", while Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics comments that " behaviour was seldom of a standard to be expected of an archbishop.

Margaret, in association with de Brézé, became the object of scurrilous rumours and vulgar ballads.

When he became unpopular later in life, scurrilous rumours and lampoons circulated that he was actually the son of a Ghent butcher, perhaps because Edward III was not present at the birth.

She became close friends with Boris Pasternak ( who, though married, proposed to her many times ) and rumours began to circulate that she was having an affair with influential lyrical poet Alexander Blok.

Duffy became the subject of mounting political and media pressure, with his silence being spun by Fianna Fáil press staff as evidence that the rumours that Lenihan had confirmed to him that he had made calls were false.

When rumours of his confinement at Kholmogory became more prevalent, he was secretly transferred to the fortress of Shlisselburg ( 1756 ), where he was still more rigorously guarded, not even the very commandant of the fortress knowing the identity of " a certain prisoner ".

He seemed to have made his mind up much more quickly, however, and became even more keen when, in the autumn of 1910, rumours spread about that I had got engaged to a distant Spanish relative, Don Jaime, the Duke of Madrid.

In 1938, again O ' Kelly's position in cabinet became a focus for speculation, as rumours swept Leinster House ( the seat of Parliament ) that de Valera intended making O ' Kelly the Fianna Fáil choice to become President of Ireland, the office which had replaced the governor-generalship in the new Constitution of Ireland.

Subsequent to the Beatles rumours, the song " Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft ( the Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day )" became a minor hit for Klaatu in 1977.

The carts, with " J. Furphy & Sons " written on their tanks, became popular as gathering places where soldiers could exchange gossip, rumours and fanciful tales — much like today's water cooler discussion.

He said he had revealed the truth when it became apparent that not doing so was not stopping rumours: " was overly defensive last week.

Forster became aware of the rumours regarding Landon's sexual activity, and asked her to refute them.

In June 2009, Sanader abruptly resigned his post, leaving scarce explanation for his actions, and rumours of involvement in various criminal cases became increasingly rampant.

He became a regular with locker room access at some shows on the East Coast, which might seem to contradict rumours that he had become disillusioned with wrestling when it came to his attention that some pro wrestling matches were fixed.

During the first two days there were rumours that in order to avoid civil war Ebert and Bauer were willing to compromise with the conspirators ; but it soon became obvious that any such course would be unnecessary.

In 1999 Wigley became a member of the National Assembly for Wales, and led the Plaid Cymru opposition to Labour, before his resignation from the leadership, officially on medical advice but amid rumours of an internal plot against him in 2000.

Matos became a notorious figure in Venezuelan politics beginning in the 1970s and through the 1990s, the result of insistent rumours of corruption and trafficking of influence centred around her role as the President's mistress.

Company officers became aware of the rumours through reports of an altercation between a high-caste sepoy and a low-caste labourer at Dum Dum.

He organized the " Able Men Cabinet " consisting of prestigious experts but it became undone when he arrested the finance minister for graft after examining rumours and circumstantial evidence ; a court threw out the charges.

In June 2009, Sanader abruptly resigned his post, leaving scarce explanation for his actions, and rumours of involvement in various criminal cases became increasingly rampant.

Despite recurrent rumours of financial mismanagement, Stürmer became one of the most trusted bureaucrats working under Vyacheslav von Plehve and was admitted into the State Council of Imperial Russia in 1904.

At this point he became involved in another plot against the court, when he was convinced by rumours that his brother was still alive.

Thanks to the record and rumours generated, Brujeria became more popular.

) He was again left out of cabinet in the parliament which followed, and became best known for a private member's bill calling for an investigation into rumours of an organized pedophile ring in Cornwall, Ontario.

Fortis then became subject of discussion on an emergency meeting of the Dutch and Belgian minister of finance and financial regulators, and rumours about partial or total takeovers are spread.