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Police Probe Andrew Over Sex Offences

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Sadgrandma Fri 22-May-26 10:05:20

I can’t help wondering what would happen if he is found guilty of serious sex offences or Misconduct in Public Office. Would he go to prison? Surely that would be extremely expensive as they would no doubt have to provide 24 hour protection. Perhaps the Tower of London! This is awfulfor the Royal Family.

Magenta8 Sat 23-May-26 13:41:12

Perhaps the idea of police probing makes it seem even worse.

nanna8 Sat 23-May-26 14:12:22

He’s a horrible man and they should really cut him loose from their family, not just appear to do it and allow him to live in luxury.

Norah Sat 23-May-26 14:20:29

Anniebach

How does one know Andrew does not behave as other of his family behaves?

I tend to agree.

It appears RF aren't immune to marital infidelity, broken marriage vows. The King relied on advice of Jimmy Savile. Not morally pure, imo.

AMW predatory behaviour serves to make him outcast.

Anniebach Sat 23-May-26 14:45:43

Jimmy Saville was married !

Magenta8 Sat 23-May-26 15:05:12

It is rather convenient to forget the way Charles and other members of the royal family treated Princess Diana who only started sleeping around after she found out "There were three in the marriage."

It was well documented at the time that Charles had a close friendship with Jimmy Savile.

Another acknowledged, much earlier, strong influence on Charles and possibly Andrew as well, was Lord Louis Mountbatten whose morals don't bear close examination.

Anniebach Sat 23-May-26 15:11:44

Diana was a friend of Saville

Diana had no problem with the hurt she claimed she suffered being inflicted on other women

Magenta8 Sat 23-May-26 15:21:12

Maybe Diana was taught by masters.

winterwhite Sat 23-May-26 15:21:49

It’s not so much sleeping around, wh is common enough, as exceptional and constant loutish, childish and arrogant behaviour that isn’t found in other members of his family.

Anniebach Sat 23-May-26 16:19:22

Did you know of his behaviour before Paul Page and several others gave interviews to the press, I knew little of him until their accusations, the chap who published his book on the York said recently the late queen suffered dementia in the final years of her life

Magenta8 Sat 23-May-26 18:21:53

I read Andrew Lownie's book 'Entitled' a while back and the amount of well researched 'dirt' about Andy and Fergie would fill the O2.

valdali Sat 23-May-26 19:03:46

He's 65, really I think the RF are worrying uneccessarily. Unpleasant man, but his days in the limelight would be long gone if it wasn't for this Jeffrey Epstein saga,

Epstein was a creep & abuser, but surely not as bad as Saville? & they're both dead quite a while ago.

Casdon Sat 23-May-26 19:09:44

It is like comparing the Devil with Satan. In fact though, what Epstein did was actually worse than Saville by some distance, because not only was he using and abusing girls and women himself, he was preventing them leaving, and also procuring them for other men, not to mention his other criminal activities.

Anniebach Sat 23-May-26 20:48:43

Magenta8 Sat 23-May-26 18:21:53
I read Andrew Lownie's book 'Entitled' a while back and the amount of well researched dirt' about Andy and Fergie would fill the O2.ea

I read it too,he has now updated it, I will not read it, he is on so many chat shows now, seems Andrew kicked a dog in it’s head and was rude to prince Phillip who rebuked him, he was told this by a member of royal family, who would have told him this, and did the late queen have dementia in the final years of her life?

Samwam Sun 24-May-26 08:37:10

The deference shown to members of the RF and the exemption from the FOI act. Ministers not allowed to discuss them in parliament. It is no wonder then giving AMW free reign to do as he wanted that because he is who he is he got away with what he did for so long. RF is publicly funded for doing a public job and should be publicly accountable open to scrutiny as other public bodies rightly are.

FOI exemption came about because of the many letters prince Charles wrote to ministers, wanting this and that changed, became public, Charles got annoyed and wanted exemption from FOI for RF which ministers agreed to.
There is also King's Consent which allows him to vet legislation that affects his interests before it becomes law. A Head of State is not supposed to be involved in politics.

There is a very good interview with the author and former minister Norman Baker taking about AMW on YouTube Heretics

Maremia Sun 24-May-26 10:17:28

For 'balance' sake, does anyone have an 'Andrew was nice and kind' sort of story?

Anniebach Sun 24-May-26 10:21:33

Doesn’t sell newspapers

Basgetti Sun 24-May-26 13:31:08

Did anyone see the aerial shots of his cottage at Sandringham.
Blimey, we live in an hovel. Who knew 😁
Stables alone could house multiple families.

Casdon Sun 24-May-26 13:51:29

In fairness I expect it’s a hovel to him, having lived all his life in mansions. It just looks like an average farmhouse with outbuildings to me, and there are plenty of those around. I wonder if the name gives away that it is actually on marshy ground?

Basgetti Sun 24-May-26 13:53:39

Average farmhouse? Really? Did we see the same photo. It was huge.

Casdon Sun 24-May-26 14:17:43

Yes I think so. It’s got five bedrooms, two reception rooms, and a range of stables and outbuildings. It’s called Marsh Farm? Most old farmhouses do have stables and outbuildings though, it’s not unusual. One was sold just down the road from me quite recently, which fits that description and size, it had very little land with it.

Anniebach Sun 24-May-26 14:58:02

We are not paying for him to live there,

Maremia Sun 24-May-26 17:06:27

I think it would sell just now, in a guess what we have found, sort of way, if they could find any positive tales to publish.

jude2006 Sun 24-May-26 17:33:40

No judge in the land would ever find him guilty of anything, unfortunately. The police will drag the case out for as long as possible and he will not be arrested, as everyone would hope.
No-one has ever said no to him even when he was in the navy, or any of the royals for that matter, but at least the other members of the royal family are respectful, whereas he was not.

eazybee Sun 24-May-26 17:56:03

Andrew Lownie: 'well-researched dirt.'

What sort of person spends their time reading this?

Casdon Sun 24-May-26 18:06:13

At a guess I’d say it’s the sort of person who doesn’t want to shut their mind to learning from well researched books, even when the subject matter is uncomfortable eazybee, what do you think?