Good decision and sorely needed.
Well overdue,havenât any time for the family, but his antics do reflection other members who have done nothing wrong, but the ongoing anomaly of others staving while they live the life of Reilly is in explicable.
I think he should be taken to court and prosecuted. I feel sorry for Virginia Giuffre and her family. He is still going to be living in luxury exiled to one of the Royal residences.
The Royal family knew of these allegations for years and kept quiet. They used every tool in their power to silence or discredit anyone who is deemed a threat to the Royal institution.
What a fucking lickspittle Jennie Bond is. The obsequience is nauseating. Oh I felt sorry for Andrew last week because of the pile on against him, but now the king decided to strip him of his titles then itâs obviously the right decision and itâs all Andrewâs own fault schlurp schlurp.
Letâs be clear. The Royal Family havenât done this because they feel shame about his behaviour or sympathy for his victims. They have taken these steps because he was starting to taint the monarchy - he was a threat to the institution.
Itâs the own trick of apologising, not because you have seen the errors of your ways, but because you got caught.
While he was flying round the world raping trafficked teenagers they obviously knew. They didnât give a shit then, because they didnât see it as a threat. They are as arrogant and entitled as he was. The whole institution is rotten to the core.
100% they knew. He had the reputation of Randy Andy, the playboy price back in the eighties. He had a large coterie of staff that travelled with him on his international jaunts, and there will have been intelligence passed to the monarch on any security risk he posed.
So what do we make of Guiffre getting totalled in a car âaccidentâ?
The distancing, could also be in the knowledge, more trouble is coming his way, and so any connection to the Crown must be severed.
They might be hanging him out to dry.
I think more allegations will be coming out. I am still of the view that Dianaâs car accident wasnât an accident.
I am hoping super-smart someone will hack into the Epstein files and leak them out and bring down alot of dodgy high profile people.
They always knew,how could they not?
Anything to protect their lifestyle,in the cupboard or out.
Always remember the job done on Margaret,certainly a bit mischievious,but that got redressed(in their eyes)when they destroyed her relationship with Townsend.
You are far from alone on the car crash,too!
And then you have the convenient out of court settlement. Who met that cost? Randy Andy, Mummy, taxpayer ( do they fund this mob?). Make it go away say the family. But Charlie is forced to act tough as more information comes to light.
Shame that more facts about this whole Epstein grubbery are not available. Watch your back Ghislaine.
I suppose it makes her chances of a pardon less likely now , which in turn denies Trump of any exculpation she might have provided in return.
That was such a sad story. Margaret should have been allowed to marry him. She would have had stability and still be married.
Some of these palace courtiers were quite manipulative and some of the British PMs. The government interfered in their lives as well.
There are alot more secrets in the Royal family still to come out. They even hid the disabled relatives from the public.
*ok, watching The Crown too much and putting 2+2 together and coming out with 5 ![]()
I think Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should move to a council estate near stonebridge park, better to Harlesden-Neasden. He wouldnât last 10 minutes over there.
The Bowes-Lyon sisters?
I do wonder how much of his activities were known by senior officials. He was a trade ambassador for UK Trade and Investment when I worked in the civil service. He took over from the Duke of Kent, who was well liked, but I know that senior civil servants that I worked with had reservations about him.
My understanding of the concerns was about âinappropriate behaviourâ which I understood to be off-colour comments (racist or xenophobic comments - was described to me as his fatherâs sense of humour without the charm). There were also suggestions that he had contacts with people who were regarded as a national security risk.
The problem with the other allegations is that the establishment will always circle wagons around their own. Lord Mountbatten is another example.
Recent New Stateman podcastâŚ
A black-tie dinner at some country estate somewhere, apparently Andrew asked the lady next to him if the pâtÊ starter smelled funny, and when she leaned over to smell it he pushed her face into it.
What a glorious kingdom it isâŚ
I would urge everyone who can to join/donate to Republic.
Theyâre ailing. Letâs push the cunts over the edge.
The thing most of us will be reminded of when thinking about this whole sorry saga is the infamous interview he did with Emily Maitlis and the jaw-dropping denials , alibis and excuses that it contained.
Maybe less well known is his reaction to the interview. Maitlis said she was amazed to hear that he was said to have been on an apparent victory lap afterwards , boasting to his aides and PR people how he had nailed the interview and finally put the issue to bed.
This total lack of self-awareness , not to mention contrition , is totally emblematic of the man. Rarely can anyone so limited be capable of such self-assurance. His entire demeanour / persona has been , long before , and after the affair , to be one of unassailable entitlement . As Giufre herself put it ; he thought it was his birthright to have sex with her.
I doubt thereâs a single person in the country who feels anything other than contempt for him and celebrates his downfall.
Oh, I donât know mate.
They havenât come this far without a few staunch arse-lickers, despite all the evidence.
Yes. I donât think the Queen or her sister knew until much later in their lives.