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the fatal power of one brother over the other. The film he had in mind concerned the bond between the twins rather than the fear that they instilled in people. It all sounded a bit too deep and arty for me.
    The singer had a binding agreement with the Krays, but he seemed unable to make the film happen. Two other film producers, Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis, came on the scene and said they were going to make a film about the Krays without the Krays’ permission. Daltrey decided that this would be a good time to bail out so he sold all his rights to a company called Parkfield, who were backing Anciano and Burdis, and who proceeded to make the film. Ronnie Kray was not at all happy about this and a couple of weeks after the visit with Daltrey he asked me and James Campbell to go to the singer’s trout farm in Sussex and ‘give him a slap’. I had absolutely no intention of slapping Roger Daltrey and Campbell was incapable of slapping anybody. Eventually, Campbell just telephoned Daltrey to warn him of Ronnie’s threats. People in the Kray camp thought it was marvellous that Ron was issuing threats to one of the world’s most famous rock stars. I knew one of the hangers-on would eventually ‘let it slip’ to a tabloid reporter. It was, after all, good material to bolster the Kray legend and keep their name in the newspapers.
    The ‘incident’, if it can be called that, was later reported in the News of the World .
KRAY’S FURY AT STAR ROGER DALTREY
Ronnie Kray ordered his henchman to sort out rock star Roger Daltrey after he had felt that he had lost out on a film deal. The gangster signed over the rights to use the Kray name to a Daltrey company. He was furious when he learned Daltrey had sold on the contract to a film company. They later made the film The Krays . It had profits of around £7 million, but because of the contract, Ronnie and brothers Reggie and Charlie received just £85,000 each.
A pal of the gangland villain said: ‘Months later, a film producer met Ronnie and said he would have paid two million for the rights.’ Ronnie summoned his lieutenants and said that he wanted Daltrey sorted. The pal said Ronnie was deadly serious, but his men just phoned Daltrey to register his displeasure.
    Whether people were genuine friends or imaginary enemies, few escaped Ronnie’s wrath. One day he could be talking to you without any hint of a problem, the next his paranoia would kick in and he would be discussing damaging you with somebody.
    Ronnie had told me he didn’t like Peter Gillett because of his closeness to Reggie and the fact he had slept with Kate. To add insult to injury, it had been reported in the press that Gillett and Kate had sex ‘in the back of a Ford Escort’. It wasn’t the sort of tacky publicity Ron liked to see his ‘good name’ associated with. Both denied the allegations, but Ronnie had made up his mind that they were true. In an effort to calm things down, Reg spoke to Ronnie in defence of Gillett but Ron refused to listen and, for a time, the once inseparable twins fell out. What made it worse was the fact both Ron and Reg were putting their side of the story to reporters and the rather distasteful matter was being played out via the press. Eventually Ronnie resorted to what he knew best and asked me to find somebody to sort out Gillett. ‘Get somebody to hurt that rat,’ he hissed. Ron was really going into one, saying Gillett had caused him and his brother to fall out. Throughout the visit I was barely able to get a word in, but by the time I had left Broadmoor, Ron had changed his mind. The very next morning I received a letter scribbled in his childlike scrawl: ‘Bernie, tell that fella I asked you to speak to about Gillett to leave it out. Talk soon, your pal, Ron.’
    Daltrey and Gillett were not the only ones to incur Ron’s wrath. As Charlie was the only Kray brother outside of a prison cell he had been charged with the task of sorting out a deal with Parkfield, who