Andrew's goose is well and truly cooked.

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Re: Andrew's goose is well and truly cooked.

Post by Scot Dutchy » Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:26 am

Here is an informative Observer article. The island is not so far away for Andrew. The consequences for the royals are also not to be ignored. One scandal too many?

Prince Andrew and the royal crisis: How the Firm lost its grip
The Duke of York’s interview has exposed a leadership vacuum within the House of Windsor

Future historians may conclude that Prince Andrew’s defining achievement was to gift the nation a new verb.

Following a tumultuous week when his car-crash interview shook the House of Windsor so vigorously it seemed its palaces were in danger of losing their crenellations, the Duke of York now finds himself banished from duties. His fate is the 21st-century equivalent of that which befell the difficult minor royals of previous eras who were locked up in asylums, away from the public gaze.

“Prince Andrew has been de-royaled, if there is such a word,” said the historian and biographer Robert Lacey, an adviser to the acclaimed Netflix series The Crown. “At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I really would compare it to 1936 and the abdication of Edward VIII. What we are talking about is effectively the removal of a member of the royal family as a result of public opinion.”

The duke can take some comfort from the knowledge that if he had been around a few hundred years ago, things could have been worse. “One can even compare it to 1649, when Charles I was executed,” Lacey said. “This is a reminder that what was an institution of absolute power now depends ultimately on the consent and approval of the communities it seeks to represent, and Prince Andrew failed in this respect.”
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Post by Svartalf » Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:19 am

bah, at his age and with his access to the family fortune, is being banished from official status that much of a punishment?
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Post by rainbow » Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:53 am

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bah, at his age and with his access to the family fortune, is being banished from official status that much of a punishment?
My point exactly. Don't you fellas have a guillotine that could be greased up and put into service?
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Post by Svartalf » Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:03 am

Sorry, France will not collaborate in the application of capital punishment, even abroad, ask Belgium or Germany...
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Post by laklak » Sun Nov 24, 2019 1:45 pm

The Anglos were never civilized enough to use a guillotine, they just hacked at you with axes and swords.

:hehe: That's a great article. Andrew is "Arrogant, aloof, and slow-witted". Randy Andy had been "de-royaled", lol. Hubris, bitches.
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Post by Svartalf » Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:06 pm

given that the Guillotine was partially inspired by Scottish inventions like the Maiden and the Halifax gibbet, you might want to reexamine your opinion.
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Re: Andrew's goose is well and truly cooked.

Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:01 pm

rainbow wrote:
Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:53 am
Svartalf wrote:
Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:19 am
bah, at his age and with his access to the family fortune, is being banished from official status that much of a punishment?
My point exactly. Don't you fellas have a guillotine that could be greased up and put into service?
Cut his access to the Sovereign Grant slush fund and make him pay his own way. Surely he's made enough from being the unofficial mouthpiece of the UK arms industry to get by on?
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Post by DRSB » Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:23 pm

How convenient that his friend of pimp, as the case may be, took care of himself.

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Post by laklak » Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:30 pm

Yeah, definitely convenient.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:01 pm

It's the CIA dude. It's always the CIA.

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Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:19 am

He is being isolated. The island is getting closer.

Prince Andrew to stand aside from all 230 of his patronages
Move follows BBC interview about association with sex offender Jeffery Epstein

Prince Andrew is to withdraw from scores of charities in a move that appeared designed to protect the monarchy from further humiliation over his association with Jeffrey Epstein.

Buckingham Palace confirmed on Sunday that the Duke of York was “standing back from all his patronages” but indicated he still hoped to return to a public role at some point by saying the move was only temporary.

The prince said last week that he was willing to help “any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations [into Epstein] if required”. But the fallout from his friendship with the convicted child sex offender, who is believed to have killed himself in a New York prison in August, has already seen him lose or withdraw from patronages with English National Ballet, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Outward Bound Trust.

He was dropped as chancellor of the University of Huddersfield after pressure from students, who said he was unfit for the role because of his “association with a known paedophile”.
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Post by rainbow » Mon Nov 25, 2019 8:14 am

Sean Hayden wrote:
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It's the CIA dude. It's always the CIA.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:46 pm

rainbow wrote:
Mon Nov 25, 2019 8:14 am
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It's the CIA dude. It's always the CIA.
The queen asked 007 to have a word with Felix?
Yes. Something like, if you're going to continue blackmailing our people it'll do you no good to let the secrets out. :tea: Say no more...

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