Prince Andrew stripped of his HRH

Thank you Calistemon , apologies to the people of York, it
brought to mind my husband at the time of the investiture of
Charles as Prince of Wales, and having to stand watch over lake
Vyrnwy when the Welsh army wanted to blow it up

Most of the peers are a long way from the source of their titles.

Well at least he didn't commit adultery.

Anniebach

I failed at Geography, where is Wessex

Defunct, no more!

Thomas Hardy revived the name for his books.

Elegran

I think everyone is aware that the titles of Dukes etc have very little connection with any links to the actual places named.

The royal Dukes used to own the land relating to the Dukedom but that is not the case any longer.

I failed at Geography, where is Wessex

Elegran

I didn't see Anniebach as comparing Andrew with the Yorkshire Ripper, but as comparing the response of York at the situation he is in to their response to the deaths of those 13 people at the hands of a murderer. Not quite the same as Alegrias saw it.

It wasn't me who thought Andrew was being compared to the Yorkshire Ripper. I saw somebody making a joke about the response of the City of York to being associated with him, and trying to make fun of it by bringing a serial killer into the joke.

Not funny.

I think everyone is aware that the titles of Dukes etc have very little connection with any links to the actual places named.

I didn't see Anniebach as comparing Andrew with the Yorkshire Ripper, but as comparing the response of York at the situation he is in to their response to the deaths of those 13 people at the hands of a murderer. Not quite the same as Alegrias saw it.

Not playing the victim Alegrias1 I was a victim . I didn’t shift any blame, I am free to make a joke about the use of the name of a county and you are free to make a joke about The Aberfan
Disaster.

I also made a joke about the use of a name of a Country.

Yes I do Anniebach

And you know how to play the victim.

The Yorkshire Ripper killed 13 people while I was at school and a student. We were told not to go out walking on our own.

So your joke's not funny, I'm afraid. However much you try to shift the blame.

Alegrias1. The Yorkshire Ripper took the lives of 13 people , was found guilty and punished.

The slag heaps of Aberfan took the lives of 144 people, the guilty got off scot free.

You certainly know how to wield the knife, ?

Not comparing him to the Yorkshire Ripper,

Anniebach

Alegrias1 you have tried but failed to keep your promise , if at first you don’t succeed .

granys post brought to mind 1969, my husband was then in
uniform ,police, and a Welsh Nationalist, at the investiture of The Prince of Wales !

Yes, I might start making comical asides about slag heaps next.

(Someone report me. I think its below the belt too.)

The RF are not adopting the wait for the Sue Gray report strategy then.
Anniebach you are comparing him to the Yorkshire Ripper? Why? What do you know that we don’t?

Alegrias1 you have tried but failed to keep your promise , if at first you don’t succeed .

granys post brought to mind 1969, my husband was then in
uniform ,police, and a Welsh Nationalist, at the investiture of The Prince of Wales !

nanna8

If you have low self esteem as a middle child perhaps it makes you feel important?

"I'm the oldest child, I make the rules"
"I'm the middle child, I'm the reason we have rules"
I'm the youngest (in this case third) child, *the rules don't apply to me*"

In this case, we have the dutiful fourth child who (presumably) follows the rules

Annie I promised recently not to answer any of your posts and I've stuck to my promise.

But this latest one is just unconscionable. I've lived in York. Scoring points for your Royal obsession by talking this way about the Yorkshire Ripper is beneath you. How dare you?

Calistemon

mokryna

What name as a private person will he be called in the court case, Mr. Windsor?

He's still a Prince but just not an HRH.
No need to curtsey any more ?

Prince Andrew, Duke of York?

I hear the City of York don't want him either so he may be stripped of that title too. He is certainly paying a huge price for an evening with a 17 year old, but the higher their position the further they have to fall I suppose. You cannot afford to misbehave when you have such a lofty position in life.

They must have been distraught at the time of the Yorkshire
Ripper.

Calls have been made in York for Prince Andrew to relinquish his title of Duke of York, with the city’s Labour MP calling it “untenable”.

The demand by Rachael Maskell, the MP for York Central, echoed sentiments expressed by a senior councillor, Darryl Smalley, who said the association was tarnishing the city’s reputation.

For a while he was The Spare, second in line for the throne. An important if lesser position, with the prospect of getting the Top Job, if his brother were to meet with an accident. Then Charles married Diana and had two sons. That was Andrew demoted two places, followed by further demotion when William married and had a family.

In his naval career, his seniority increased automatically with time, and he could expect promotion at intervals. After he left active service, he still kept acquiring honorary positions which gave him a chance to wear his uniform (all the nice girls love a sailor) and make public appearances in his role as Military Man, even if not as Action Man any more.

Now he has been demoted again. Not a happy position for a bear of little brain.

If you have low self esteem as a middle child perhaps it makes you feel important?

Alegrias1

Can someone please explain what earthly use the HRH title is, today, in the modern world?

I’d like to know that too.

mokryna

Calistemon

mokryna

What name as a private person will he be called in the court case, Mr. Windsor?

He's still a Prince but just not an HRH.
No need to curtsey any more ?

Prince Andrew, Duke of York?

Doesn’t sound like a ‘private person’, it’s still going to grab the headlines as a Royal, more than ‘Mister’.

I could think of a few names !!