Government ‘considers’ removing Andrew from line of succession.

eazybee

I thought it rather petty when the Police called to check his gun licences and I believe, confiscated his guns.

Perhaps they were taking preventive measures.

The guns weren't confiscated, restrictions were put on the use of them.

Yes and I do know that the victims have also been through far worse.

But we must not loose our humanity.

I do think and hope that those responsible are mindful for his mental health.

The pressure must be absolutely tremendous, and he is experiencing everything under full public gaze.

Remember he can put an end to all this speculation by simply cooperating with the police and all ongoing enquiries here and abroad. But he won’t, partly because he is so blinded by his stupidity, sense of entitlement and his belief therefore that normal rules of life don’t apply to him. And where did that come from? A family whip round of £12m, blind eyes turned at best ( and complicity at worst) to unacceptable behaviour over the years. And this culture of deference amongst so many , not just palace officials, but public officials who came into contact with him. It’s ironic in a way that what may ultimately diminish ( sadly not bring down) this monarchy nonsense is this deference. A bit less deference and a bit more putting firmly into line could have prevented at least his worst excesses.

He's probably not quite that lacking in intelligence that he'd be up the creek without a paddle...

CariadAgain

It would save us all a lot of trouble.

I'm inclined to think he's much more likely to "hang on in there" though....and carry right on.

I agree

I thought it rather petty when the Police called to check his gun licences and I believe, confiscated his guns.

Perhaps they were taking preventive measures.

It would save us all a lot of trouble.

I'm inclined to think he's much more likely to "hang on in there" though....and carry right on.

For bookish, read boorish!

No time for Andrew Entitled, spoilt, minimal intelligence, bookish etc etc

However now and then I do wonder if he might think this is all too much and goes and does something he won't live to regret.

We all have mental health and his must be through the roof.

Would everyone be pleased if he decided to slip off this mortal coil?

I think he's too arrogant to do such a thing but living with this constant stream of press comment must be very difficult to live with.

Nope not sympathetic towards him at all, just mindful

Tuliptree

If Andrew wanted to show some contrition he could voluntarily give up his rights to succession.

I think we'd all reckon the chances of that are precisely zero - less than zero.

He is so very "entitled" that he simply won't do that. Add in the fact he is clearly a "person of low brain" as Eeyore (I think it is) might say - but not that low that he won't perceive himself as having some degree of protection for the misdeeds he has committed. He might well think (and he might well be accurate on that) that keeping as much as he can manage of the status quo will help to protect him from punishment for what he's done.

It looks like he is going to put us all through wasting parliamentary etc time to give him the Order of the Boot totally and kick him out of the "line of succession". But if that's how things are done in this country - then I guess we have to "grit teeth and waste that parliamentary time" (unless Mother Nature is kind to us all and the problem ceases to exist - courtesy of a major illness or the like). He doesn't exactly look healthy - I would imagine he does have some health problems....so maybe one of them ramps up and "no need for that wasting of our time" after all....

Just shows up how ridiculous the whole ‘line of succession’ is!

According to posters from the USA, Americans who were possibly involved have been mentioned in the news media over there.

Obviously the British news media is concentrating on a prominent British person, a member of the Royal family, and the fact that Andrew has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office is what is hitting the headlines.

I suppose whilst the media go after him it deflects views from the Americans who were heavily involved. Though why the British press don’t see this, who knows ?

I agree Witzend it does seem that Andrew's status royal or otherwise is making him the focus of this scandal. He is certainly being hounded, I hold no brief for him and his actions but he is not alone in all this.

Amatxi

^At 8th in line it's all a bit irrelevant.
I do feel he is a bit of an r.......h...e but what happened to innocent till proven guilty? How come certain Americans, mentioned more thsn 30k times in files are not arrested? Clearly UK and US ideas of morality snd justice are differrnt.^

Witzend

Yes, the question I keep asking myself is, how come no famous/wealthy/eminent Americans are yet named, or being required to give evidence?

One useful job for Andrew would be to publicly name over here, all the people he met chez Epstein on whatever occasion, male, or female, famous or not.

If he’s innocent, why strip him of any titles? Also if he’s innocent why pay VG 12 million?
If I had been PA, & innocent, I would have stuck to my guns & refused to pay any money.

Amatxi

At 8th in line it's all a bit irrelevant.
I do feel he is a bit of an r.......h...e but what happened to innocent till proven guilty? How come certain Americans, mentioned more thsn 30k times in files are not arrested? Clearly UK and US ideas of morality snd justice are differrnt

How come certain Americans, mentioned more thsn 30k times in files are not arrested? Clearly UK and US ideas of morality snd justice are differrnt

Because he has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office.

dotpocka

canada is going to rename princes andrew island
www.express.co.uk/news/royal/2173882/prince-andrew-island-canada-renamed

Daft to name it after him in the first place - I mean why? Just why?

canada is going to rename princes andrew island
www.express.co.uk/news/royal/2173882/prince-andrew-island-canada-renamed

Ridiculous waste of time and money to do this. Political grandstanding.

Amatxi

At 8th in line it's all a bit irrelevant.
I do feel he is a bit of an r.......h...e but what happened to innocent till proven guilty? How come certain Americans, mentioned more thsn 30k times in files are not arrested? Clearly UK and US ideas of morality snd justice are differrnt

Yes, the question I keep asking myself is, how come no famous/wealthy/eminent Americans are yet named, or being required to give evidence? The only person in prison, AFAIK, (of course not counting JE who died there) is Ghislaine.

The fact is, the Yanks absolutely ‘love to hate’ a Bad Brit (why else are Brits often cast as the baddies in films?) and of course a Royal Brit to heap censure on is even better.

Of course Andrew has been as dodgy as hell, I’m certainly not making excuses, but where are the famous Yanks - or indeed any others - who also enjoyed Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘favours’ in the form of young female flesh?

Just imagine that some very peculiar disaster took out the first 7 in line.

Can you honestly imagine that anyone would accept Windsor as the King.

Of course not!

So just do it without fuss or bother. Who on earth cares?

keepingquiet

Regardless of any opinions about this man- he has still not been found guilty of any misdoings and therefore remains innocent under the law.

To strip him of this last vestige of privilege would almost certainly be condemning him outside the law.

I think parliament has far more important things to do, should freak circumstances make him King- then it is unlikely he would ever be crowned anyway.

Not much of a story really...

Well said.

It would be wrong to move on this before he is found guilty of a crime. We aren’t there yet.