Posted on 01/13/2022 9:37:42 AM PST by Cecily
Prince Andrew was today stripped of his military titles and royal patronages by the Queen, who said he will have to face his sexual assault lawsuit as a 'private citizen'.
The Duke of York will no longer be allowed to use the styling 'HRH' in any capacity, signalling the royal family's attempt to distance itself from the ninth in line to the throne as he faces a humiliating trial in the US.
The move to shred his ties with the military is likely to be particularly painful for Andrew, a military veteran who served as a helicopter pilot for the Royal Navy during the Falklands War.
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He denied having met Gizzy but she was his personal guest on the grounds of Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s summer residence. She must be furious.
The Noble Duke Of York
The noble duke of york he had ten thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again!
Oh, when you’re up, you’re up;
And when you’re down, you’re down;
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And on the Epstein front...
Interesting timing on these revelations...
That was my first thought. Prince Andrew is nothing compared to the PTB, movers and shakers, who have gotten away scot free.
“ The queen just found him guilty...”
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Exactly. First thing I thought too.
She’s distancing him, yes, but she also thinks he’s guilty.
...and when they were only halfway up
they were neither up nor down!
I was impressed that she started as a Second Subaltern, the lowest officer rank, in the ATS. Sir Winston Churchill's daughter, Mary Churchill, out ranked the Princess at the time.
That appears to be not quite true. There is a caveat regarding the number of years older an offender might be.
It seems that the statutes take into consideration the posibility of teenage sexwith peers. Dirty old men don't get a pass in many cases.Age of Consent By State
State Age of Consent Acceptable Differences Between Ages Alabama 16 2 Alaska 16 3 Arizona 18 2 Arkansas 16 3 California 18 0 Colorado 17 4 Connecticut 16 2 Delaware 18 0 Florida 18 0 Georgia 16 0 Hawaii 16 5 Idaho 18 0 Illinois 17 0 Indiana 16 0 Iowa 16 4 Kansas 16 0 Kentucky 16 0 Louisiana 17 3 Maine 16 5 Maryland 16 4 Massachusetts 16 0 Michigan 16 0 Minnesota 16 2 Mississippi 16 2 Missouri 17 0 Montana 16 0 Nebraska 16 0 Nevada 16 0 New Hampshire 16 0 New Jersey 16 4 New Mexico 16 4 New York 17 0 North Carolina 16 4 North Dakota 18 0
It looks like Georgia is a state you're looking for, but there are others.
Wasn't that just the saddest thing to watch. Really, they couldn't let a elderly woman in her 90's have someone to sit with and comfort her as she is burying her spouse of 70 years.
It was just evil to do that to someone, anyone.
She let them do it.
Mummy finally had to cut the cord. Fergie looks better and better in retrospect.
Ruh-Roh!
As details are coming out, this woman is alleged to have, as an adult, recruited young girls for Epstein. This is a civil sex trafficking claim and Andrew was the John not the trafficker. Do you seriously think he was the only one, or is he just the richest one still alive? There were other men on the plane with her at any given time reportedly even Billy Bob Clinton.
Andrew was a fool who was controlled by his little head. I assume he felt immune. He has two choices as I read it. Let the trial proceed and fight back. If he wins, he loses because his sordid sex life will be public record and embarrass the royals. If he loses, he loses and she will be rich. If he settles he loses because everyone will assume guilt and she is rich. Everyone already assumes his quilt, because everyone thinks the woman was a little girl and is automatically a victim. This is a civil hearing not criminal. Rules of evidence are much different and they can and will tell every little detail of the “victims” life, attacking her credibility.
I know of a case where a service member was found guilty of a misdemeanor sexual charge, but won the civil suit when the “victims” past was exposed. You cannot do that in a criminal case, but you can attack the “victim” in a civil case. If the allegations are true that she helped recruit young girls for Epstein and I were one of those girls. I would until Randy Andy settles and then hire a top legal team and sue her for millions. Turnaround is fair play.
Oh baloney. He surely gets to go his mom’s funeral.
I’d like to see the old bat do something about her government intelligence services conducting hostile operations against the American electorate.
It was an act of war.
“Poor girl”? Look, there are no good guys here, the dudes, the little whores, the security people, the US Secret Service who saw protectees doing such things.
Everyone on Epstein Island was trash. Yes, including the girls. They were all having a ball. Look at the chick with Andy in the photo. She is smiling like one happy girl. That’s a runaway, flying on jets, laying around the beach working on her tan, massaging and screwing royalty, billionaires, millionaires and an occasional celebrity. One of the ho’s even recruited her own younger sister. When the deal ended because they got old, they wanted that final golden parachute.
At the age they were frolicking on the beach, I was hauling hay for 20 cents a bale in July in Texas.
I’m glad the sugar babies ratted out the creeps, but lets not pretend they are some sort of wide-eyed innocent waifs. They wouldn’t have given normal Americans the time of day. They laughed at us.
Sometimes both sides are evil.
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