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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.

friendlygingercat Fri 31-Oct-25 01:18:27

Well one thing is sure. Despite his fall and reduced circumstances he wont have to worry about paying his fuel bills or the COL. He will still be looked after in the material sense,

windmill1 Fri 31-Oct-25 04:07:39

I doubt he'll be applying for Universal Credit.

But the dam that has held back Karma for all his past arrogances has finally broken......

mum2three Fri 31-Oct-25 04:56:59

That is Prince Andrew dealt with. Will the government now do the decent thing and get the 'Grooming gangs' business sorted? You can't condemn one and not the other.

BlueBelle Fri 31-Oct-25 05:27:11

I m not a Royalist but seems as if Charles can’t do right whatever he does You were all wanting this to happen now it’s been done, it wasn’t quick enough. So he’s still wrong
Andrew should take what money he has, presumably he’s not without, and retire somewhere out of the limelight away from the Royal family
Just proves money doesn’t make a man and hasnt it always been so, many ‘out of order’ Royals over the years Has there ever been a generation of Royals where there hasn’t been scandals?

Anniebach Fri 31-Oct-25 06:02:14

BlueBell always be the same for Charles, much criticism throughout his life poor man.

RosesandLilac Fri 31-Oct-25 06:22:02

About damn time too, I bet Ferguson is furious that she doesn’t get Adelaide Cottage but has the find her own accommodation.
At least he’ll be far from the public eye, no more photos of the smirking pervert riding in Windsor Great Park or his car.
I imagine that few of his previous associates and founders will be keeping in touch so it’ll be interesting to see how he manages without.

windmill1 Fri 31-Oct-25 06:37:34

Visgir1

So he's off to Norfolk with his big Brother privately funding him.

If he's off to Norfolk then maybe he could learn to manage a turkey farm? It worked for Bernard Matthews.

And it'll give him something useful to do, probably for the first time in his life.

Calendargirl Fri 31-Oct-25 06:47:49

The King will be ‘keeping’ him for the rest of his life, housing him, paying his bills, giving him an allowance as the price for all this, and having to relinquish Royal Lodge.

In due course, assuming Andrew outlives his older brother, William will have to carry it on.

I assume part of the deal will be for Charles to give Sarah an allowance as well.

If Charles funds all this, his business entirely.

The late Queen must be turning in her grave.

BlueBelle Fri 31-Oct-25 06:52:50

I think the queen was well aware of Andrew’s failings she was an astute woman
The royals have enough money to hide away and look after any dead wood

Allsorts Fri 31-Oct-25 06:55:58

Everyone knew what Andrew was like, so it couldn't have come as a great surprise. People tolerated him.
He had Sunningdale which he sold also in the process off selling the Swiss chalet in excess of 8 million and he went all over the place on freebies as did Sarah, her daughters will look after her no doubt. So money won’t be a problem. His challenge will be coping with being ostracised, doubt people would work for him and family and friends will disappear.

Calendargirl Fri 31-Oct-25 06:58:21

BlueBelle

I think the queen was well aware of Andrew’s failings she was an astute woman
The royals have enough money to hide away and look after any dead wood

You’re quite right BlueBelle.

I think the late Queen (who supposedly never put a foot wrong) was at the forefront of hushing up Andrew’s rather dubious dealings, his business affairs and his ‘love’ life.

Maremia Fri 31-Oct-25 07:09:50

Hope the other Epstein Friends get the same karma now.

Curlywhirly Fri 31-Oct-25 07:19:56

According to a TV programme last week, Sarah already has a house in London (I think it said bought a couple of years ago for over 2 million) that she rents out. She could live there. And as she's no longer a Royal and an ex-wife anyway, I don't see why Charles should feel obligated to give her an allowance.
I do wonder if this latest rather bold move to ostracise Andrew completely is because they know/fear there are more unsavoury personal/financial revelations in the offing?

Grandmabatty Fri 31-Oct-25 07:23:29

I agree Curlywhirly. I also think that KC had to deal with him as Andrew continued to bring the Royal Family into disrepute. His message was unequivocal.

Sadgrandma Fri 31-Oct-25 07:37:49

No fan of Andrew, I think he deserves everything he’s got. However, I don’t think the media will be satisfied unless he takes his own life like the other two did, if they actually did)!
The best thing now is for everyone to ignore him and just let him slip into obscurity and for the media to move on to other far more important news.

ronib Fri 31-Oct-25 08:02:54

I don’t understand why the other celebrities and politicians involved with Virginia Giuffre have not been pursued and outed in the same way as Mr Mountbatten Windsor.
I don’t understand why the family of Virginia Giuffre is not in pursuit of the unnamed prime minister. Presumably he is known to someone?
Some news outlets are reporting that the Giuffre family want Andrew in jail. Will it ever stop?

Grandmabatty Fri 31-Oct-25 08:05:27

Ronib, I expect it's because they are mainly American and that would require American justice. As Trump himself has been implicated, I doubt anything would happen soon

nanna8 Fri 31-Oct-25 08:07:38

One thing’s for sure - he’ll never go to jail. I am in two minds about these ‘suicides’, especially Epstein. Just a tad too convenient.

Mollygo Fri 31-Oct-25 08:09:05

ronib

I don’t understand why the other celebrities and politicians involved with Virginia Giuffre have not been pursued and outed in the same way as Mr Mountbatten Windsor.
I don’t understand why the family of Virginia Giuffre is not in pursuit of the unnamed prime minister. Presumably he is known to someone?
Some news outlets are reporting that the Giuffre family want Andrew in jail. Will it ever stop?

Will it ever stop?
It will eventually die down, only to be regurgitated on a slack news day.

There’s no money in pursuing other celebrities and politicians.

GrannyGravy13 Fri 31-Oct-25 08:10:07

It’s time to either charge Andrew and let him have his day in court or just leave him alone.

He will be living in a cottage on the Sandringham Estate, he has been stripped of all he has known during his life.

None of us know his mental health, I hope he doesn’t do anything stupid like taking his own life.

nanna8 Fri 31-Oct-25 08:11:39

You know what ? I don’t care about his mental health. After what he has done.

Cossy Fri 31-Oct-25 08:14:37

Grandma70s

I wouldn’t mind being banished to Sandringham. Nice house in beautiful place.

I haven’t read all that much about Andrew’s doings, but it all a seems a bit over the top to me. He hasn’t been accused of murder, and he hasn’t been convicted of anything so far, has he?

Good grief! How can you have missed all the shenanigans across so many years!

No real job, scandals around business, his friendship choices, hosting and keeping in touch with convicted sex offenders. Any other British man would be in court and would have been charged with a number of offences. Dig a bit, you won’t have to far to look!

He won’t be housed in Sandringham itself, I would imagine he’ll go into one of the “cottages” on the estate.

GrannyGravy13 Fri 31-Oct-25 08:16:44

nanna8

You know what ? I don’t care about his mental health. After what he has done.

Andrew should have his day in court, whether here or the USA.

All we have at the moment are allegations.

If he is guilty, then let him be charged and dealt with according to the law.

I am increasingly uncomfortable with the trend of trial by media the law of states that everyone is innocent until found guilty.

Cossy Fri 31-Oct-25 08:19:20

GrannyGravy13

It’s time to either charge Andrew and let him have his day in court or just leave him alone.

He will be living in a cottage on the Sandringham Estate, he has been stripped of all he has known during his life.

None of us know his mental health, I hope he doesn’t do anything stupid like taking his own life.

I’ll be honest, and I may be very wrong, he appears to be far too arrogant to “kill himself”

He still does not appear to think he’s done anything wrong and it’s very hard to charge Royals in our country, so it seems!

GrannyGravy13 Fri 31-Oct-25 08:25:07

Cossy

GrannyGravy13

It’s time to either charge Andrew and let him have his day in court or just leave him alone.

He will be living in a cottage on the Sandringham Estate, he has been stripped of all he has known during his life.

None of us know his mental health, I hope he doesn’t do anything stupid like taking his own life.

I’ll be honest, and I may be very wrong, he appears to be far too arrogant to “kill himself”

He still does not appear to think he’s done anything wrong and it’s very hard to charge Royals in our country, so it seems!

I agree he comes across as extremely arrogant. Royals should not be above the law. I thought the late Prince Philip was charged with a motoring offence.

The allegations against him and VG are horrendous and extremely seedy

He should have known better, his judgement seems lacking when it comes to his choice of friends (as does Sarah Fergusson’s)

I am not defending him, I am just uncomfortable with trial by media