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Prince Andrew "stepping down"

(40 Posts)
phoenix Wed 20-Nov-19 18:35:38

So, he's stepping down from "public duties"???

Can we assume he's going to get a job?

And doing what, exactly?

Anniebach Thu 21-Nov-19 10:01:22

What is expected from him ‘stepping down’ , ?

quizqueen Thu 21-Nov-19 09:26:59

I hope he is shunned by the society people who fawned over him before. That would be the best punishment for him but I doubt it will happen as there are many others like him.

timetogo2016 Thu 21-Nov-19 09:24:36

And me Chewbacca.
I also do not believe he is stepping down, he is going quiet in the hope that the tax payers who give him the life style he is accustomed to start to forget what he got up to.
He is playing us like fools.
This won`t go away fast.

Yehbutnobut Thu 21-Nov-19 09:16:56

Or I used to be a Celebrity Get me out of here?

Yehbutnobut Thu 21-Nov-19 09:16:01

Strictly Come Dancing next season?

Iam64 Thu 21-Nov-19 08:35:06

Good suggestion crystaltipps though the acting skills he showed during the Emily M interview suggest he wouldn't be up to the high standards required on The Crine.

LullyDully Thu 21-Nov-19 07:56:55

They said he was financed by the Queen not by the public on the news yesterday.

crystaltipps Thu 21-Nov-19 07:25:03

Now he’s not doing any “public duties”, presumably he won’t be getting any “public money”?

BlueBelle Thu 21-Nov-19 06:19:44

crystaltips Nah he might sweat on set

crystaltipps Thu 21-Nov-19 04:26:55

Perhaps he could get an acting job- play himself in the next series of The Crown.

BradfordLass72 Thu 21-Nov-19 03:27:25

I suggest he stepped down into the cess pit long ago. Forget him.

Elrel Thu 21-Nov-19 00:39:35

M0nica - a Merchant Navy friend once mentioned that he was rude and didn’t bother to salute whereas Prince Charles was courteous and always saluted when appropriate.

M0nica Wed 20-Nov-19 23:35:12

Chewbacca agree with every word you say. It was just you said in an earlier post he had never done a hard days work in his life and he has.

NanKate Wed 20-Nov-19 21:57:33

I would imagine P. Anne will tell him to ‘naff orf and take Fergie with him’.

Chewbacca Wed 20-Nov-19 21:48:39

I'd love to know what the down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is, Princess Anne thinks of it all and says behind closed doors.

Irishlady Wed 20-Nov-19 21:45:13

Although I don't like any of the Queens sons, I do wish the media would stop referring to Andrew as her favourite son. I bet it doesn't make the other two feel very happy.

EllanVannin Wed 20-Nov-19 21:39:55

He needs to step down-----in a big hole !

merlotgran Wed 20-Nov-19 21:34:37

Harry and Meghan must be rubbing their hands in glee.

EllanVannin Wed 20-Nov-19 21:28:48

Blimey he's no better than the sleaze-balls you read about----just richer and posher, which doesn't mean a thing.
Who cares what he'll do ? I'm sure I won't lose any sleep over it.

Chewbacca Wed 20-Nov-19 21:19:49

With respect M0nica, he was a sub lieutenant in the Falklands in 1982 and he came out of the Navy in 2001. Since then he's done nothing of substance, unlike the thousands of other men and women who also risked, and gave their lives in the Falklands war and every other war since. He's long since used up any deserved respect or admiration for his efforts in the Forces.

LullyDully Wed 20-Nov-19 19:54:02

There is always the U3A or one of those shooting parties he was on about.

Grammaretto Wed 20-Nov-19 19:22:13

DH says I have an unhealthy fascination for PA. Perhaps I have. If so I'm not alone.

Let's forget him and worry about someone who needs our help.
donations.clicsargent.org.uk/
www.donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/

M0nica Wed 20-Nov-19 19:17:52

Chewbacca he was in the navy and was doing a proper job when there, not just wafting around. He was a helicopter pilot and took part in that role in the Falklands War.

So to be fair to him, he has done quite a number of hard day's work and risked his life.

Navy friends tell me he was an arrogant thick B, even them

Lisagran Wed 20-Nov-19 19:15:16

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mystery-prince-andrews-lavish-lifestyle-20918743

£250000 from mum and £20000 from Naval pension..........and?

Chewbacca Wed 20-Nov-19 19:11:31

Stepping down? From what? He's never done a hard day's work in his life so how will we be able notice that he's "stepped down"? confused