Dear Heike,

One of those women that you are so happily ignorant to label 'prostitutes' happens to be my friend. As Colin has rightly pointed out many young, pretty, aspiring girls do this sort of hostess thing, it's nothing new, neither, am I aware, is this story being touted a sex scandal. I would prefer it if you kept your judgemental, degrading and horribly misinformed insults to yourself,. Maybe you should go away and reflect upon why you feel the need to be so vitriolic about your sisters. Your statement is flippant, hurtful and reflects very badly on yourself.

eca, London, UK

To be honest, this is the reality... the way the business world operates. It has always been like this and will be like this forever. We are talking about money here.. some serious money.

Bjorn Nobel, Oslo, Norway

So BAE has prostitutes on its books does it to sweeten deals? Well there's a surprise.

Heike, London,

Don't see the problem here I'd bet the French do the same thing

John, Salford, Salford

Oh Boy! This actress (the brunnet) pictured above is quite a delight. I see why the prince couldn't even negotiate a good bargain when faced with this 'hotti'

I don't see anything immoral about having a 'pretty' girl entertain you but I am disturbed by the abuse of authority. BAE systems should be promoting good business ethics.

These girls are so hot that that the prince simply couldn't say NO! Let us not be 'holier than thou' b'coz we might have done the same thing ourselves...

Qadar, London, England

colin from reading .

you missed the point completely . the story is about how the british gov paid bribes to saudi corrupt people in the yamama deal and when some people wanted to investigate this story , blair who wanted to be whiter than whiter in the beginning , stopped the inquiry including mr Goldsmith. that is wrong . if they are honest they should let the inquiry follow its course .

yasmine , Oran , Algeria

So the claim is that BAES threw the Saudis a few parties - nothing more than they'd be used to at home - and then billed them for it, and the result was that thousands (at least) of British workers had and continue to have jobs. This just illustrates the unreality of the NGOs and their friends in the media who expect the world to be perfect and will sacrifice anyone else if it's not. And as for politicians supid enough to think they can pander to these special interests and not have to pay the price... The lesson should be - in future, don't open your mouth until you've worked through all the consequences, Mr Blair!

Orion, London,

Sorry but I don't understand the issue? I went to Brands Hatch yesterday and most of the teams had hired pretty girls to promote their sponsors. Go to a motor show and all the stands have hired 'pretties' to chat up the customers. In fact pretty hostesses are used by most industries. Why was this the main front page news in the Sunday Times, rather than RN Hostages or Gordon the Pension Raider? Frankly it would be more newsworthy if it were discovered that BAE do not use hostesses to promote their equipment.!

Colin , Reading, England

No great deal.

Some years ago, the previous custodian of the two holy mosques (Late King Fahad of Saudi Arabia) paid US$100,000 for a girl for one single night.

Daniel, Kerala, INdia