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The man formerly known as Prince can fall no further....

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LovesBach Thu 30-Oct-25 19:07:24

Breaking news is that Andrew will now be Andrew Mountbatten - Windsor, his title is no longer, and he will move out of Royal Lodge.

Mollygo Fri 31-Oct-25 17:09:39

Maremia

Ghost writing is a respectable career. Many Celebrity authors use this form of collaboration, to produce a saleable product.
Nothing untoward about it.

Depends on the reason for ghost writing and the ghost writer’s honesty.

Maremia Fri 31-Oct-25 17:08:29

Ghost writing is a respectable career. Many Celebrity authors use this form of collaboration, to produce a saleable product.
Nothing untoward about it.

David49 Fri 31-Oct-25 17:00:56

Guiffries book was the product of a ghost writer who made it as
selacious as possible but didn’t mention names that might have been a threat.
Anyone who thinks Guiffre wrote it herself is very gullible, nothing sells better than a good scandal with a grain of truth. The publisher even involves her family to promote it, no doubt a vested interest there.

JenniferEccles Fri 31-Oct-25 16:49:25

What’s that saying….
‘Be you ever so high, the law is above you’

Grannycool52 Fri 31-Oct-25 16:49:06

She mentioned Bill Clinton and a couple of wealthy business people I hadn't heard of.

Anniebach Fri 31-Oct-25 16:21:03

She didn’t name in her book, yes Andrew , more ?

Allira Fri 31-Oct-25 16:14:09

eazybee

I am quite convinced that the purpose of Epstein's recruitment of young girls, aided and abetted by Maxwell, was to collect evidence with which to blackmail his guests. His house, houses, were found to be full of concealed cameras; nothing has ever been shown about Andrew apart from the photograph of him with Guiffre and Maxwell in her town house. Strange to fly this teenage girl all the way to London; bait?

She, Epstein,Maxwell and Andrew have left a trail of destruction behind them; two dead, one in prison no doubt fearing for her life, and one totally disgraced.
And Guiffre's family are boasting about it.

And Guiffre's family are boasting about it.
What do you mean by thst?

If you mean they are proud of her, then rightly so.

Because these people were so powerful and she and the other girls so powerless, she was extremely brave to speak out but feared she would be killed if she named more of these disgusting people.

Allira Fri 31-Oct-25 16:07:42

IOMGran

After the Queen died I think we should have become a republic. Get rid of all the hangers on and sycophants, put the royal lands into public ownership and solved a lot of our debt problem at a stroke.

Not a good idea, imo.

Remember Spain? They became a Constitutional Monarchy after a history of violence with Republics and then a Fascist dictator.

Grannycool52 Fri 31-Oct-25 16:00:54

I have read her book and find it convincing.
I worked for many years ( in the courts) with sex offenders and their victims. I wrote victim impact reports for the highest criminal court, and I believe I understand why it is so difficult for victims of ongoing sexual abuse to report it or even to leave the situation of the abuse.
Regarding the perpetrators, it is believed in the judicial system that many, if not most, have offended (by sexual assault) against a number of victims before their behaviour comes to light ( precisely because most victims feel unable to report what has been done to them).

Iam64 Fri 31-Oct-25 15:41:06

So far as I’m aware, British police have never been asked to investigate Andrew. VG was trafficked and that’s the offence as the argument is trafficked people aren’t deemed to give consent.
I’m sure Epstein and Maxwell provided girls for wealthy powerful men in order to have power over them. . I wonder where the video or digital recordings they made are.

Epstein became extremely wealthy. No one seems to say where his money came from
Other women who were trafficked and abused have made convincingly similar allegations

IOMGran Fri 31-Oct-25 15:34:32

Whitewavemark2

I don’t understand why the police have never got involved

No me neither, always seemed like a police matter. But in the real world they are rich and powerful and male, and the victims are not.

IOMGran Fri 31-Oct-25 15:32:48

After the Queen died I think we should have become a republic. Get rid of all the hangers on and sycophants, put the royal lands into public ownership and solved a lot of our debt problem at a stroke.

David49 Fri 31-Oct-25 15:28:38

They have a lot more clout Andrew is small fry, Epstein didn’t kill himself which was a warning to anyone else who talked.
Guiffre went to Australia but it wasnt far enough and she was writing a book, suicide maybe, just like Epstein

eazybee Fri 31-Oct-25 15:17:08

I am quite convinced that the purpose of Epstein's recruitment of young girls, aided and abetted by Maxwell, was to collect evidence with which to blackmail his guests. His house, houses, were found to be full of concealed cameras; nothing has ever been shown about Andrew apart from the photograph of him with Guiffre and Maxwell in her town house. Strange to fly this teenage girl all the way to London; bait?

She, Epstein,Maxwell and Andrew have left a trail of destruction behind them; two dead, one in prison no doubt fearing for her life, and one totally disgraced.
And Guiffre's family are boasting about it.

Desdemona Fri 31-Oct-25 15:14:58

GrannyGravy13

Whitewavemark2

I don’t understand why the police have never got involved

I don’t understand why it’s only A W-M who has been named and shamed

I can only assume the other men involved have more clout 🤷‍♀️

The Prime Minister who Virginia claims she was nearly killed by is still alive, albeit quite elderly.

It is very easy to learn his identity via a search on the internet. But nobody has questioned him?

GrannyGravy13 Fri 31-Oct-25 15:05:23

Whitewavemark2

I don’t understand why the police have never got involved

I don’t understand why it’s only A W-M who has been named and shamed

I can only assume the other men involved have more clout 🤷‍♀️

Whitewavemark2 Fri 31-Oct-25 15:03:38

I don’t understand why the police have never got involved

Cossy Fri 31-Oct-25 14:57:22

I think there are only two people who really know what really happened; one is dead and the other a proven, but protected, liar.

I do believe innocent until proven guilty, but there is never going to be a trial and A’s behaviour across many years may prove not to be illegal (although claims are he also slept with V in NY, when she was 17, and the age of consent there at that time was 18), it’s certainly immoral.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 31-Oct-25 14:54:51

Windsor was the end user of the sex trafficking that was taking place, as was so many other powerful men. Epstein and Maxwell whilst not profiting directly, however, but materially gained through influence, the cultivation of these powerful individuals and of course the fact that these individuals laid themselves wide open to blackmail.

Epstein did them a massive favour by killing himself.

Desdemona Fri 31-Oct-25 14:42:36

Oreo

Apparently in her book she says that her Father abused her, and he drove her to the interview with Epstein and Maxwell, there both Epstein and Maxwell raped her.
Yet she still went to work for them? I think she was a victim but was also somewhat disturbed and delusional as time went on in her life.

Victims of abuse are usually disturbed and delusional and have no trust in their own thoughts and behaviours or those of others.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 31-Oct-25 14:32:26

But he did take part in trafficking that is the issue, not her age.

M0nica Fri 31-Oct-25 14:30:19

The photo that everyone has seen of A and VG was taken in London. In England the age of consent is 16. VG was 17. Whatever A did in this country did not involve an under-age girl.

This is not a defence of A, just a statement of fact.

Oreo Fri 31-Oct-25 14:22:04

If you rape a girl at interview stage no girl would take the job!

Iam64 Fri 31-Oct-25 14:20:56

I don’t see how Andrew can be prosecuted. VG is dead so can’t give evidence. So far as I’m aware, the other Epstein victims have named perpetrators but not Andrew. I may be wrong about this. Strangely Mr Trump isn’t releasing the Epstein files.

Sex offenders in positions of power are rarely brought to Court

Whitewavemark2 Fri 31-Oct-25 14:18:09

There has been a number of documentaries outlining Epstein’s and Maxwell’s mode of operation.

They invariably targeted vulnerable schoolgirls in poor neighbourhoods. They played on this vulnerability and knew exactly what they were doing.

This was backed up in the court case, and will be outlined in the Epstein files, along with powerful individuals using and abusing these girls.

I recommend that you watch them. One was available on Netflix and excellent.