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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor - you have blood on your hands

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Muffinmam · 26/04/2025 07:14

Am I being unreasonable to say that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor - the Duke of York and member of the Royal Family has blood on his hands following the tragic suicide of Virginia Giuffre?

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has faced zero consequences for his role in Virginia Giuffre‘s sexual abuse and trafficking because he’s rich and his powerful mummy paid off the victim and the British police failed to pursue charges against him. To be clear, while the age of consent in the UK is 17 years old this does not apply to trafficking victims and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has never faced criminal charges.

He probably thinks he’s got away with it now she’s gone.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14649791/Virginia-Giuffre-suicide-perth-mansion.html

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AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 26/04/2025 20:10

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 20:04

What's yours?

If PA was a sleazy, habitual, sexual abuser then you would think he would have 'form'???

The allegation you referred to was not pursued by the authorities. TBH I could give you a list of names of men who groped my breasts when I was 16/17! (They would get my knee swiftly in their balls now, but I'm not young any more!)

The allegation that has persisted has been settled. I am not aware of any others?

I don't have one, I'm not convinced either side is fully telling the truth but there is far to much murkyness swirling around for me to say there's not a grain of truth in there somewhere and PA has really not helped his own cause on that front.

You said VG was the only accuser, I've found another one but it's still not enough so I think we have our answer. And as for the dismissive "well everyone was being groped years ago. It was just the norm". Women deserved better then and now and particularly from a member of the ruling class.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 20:09

CantStopMoving · 26/04/2025 20:06

What does it matter if the photo is genuine or fake? What does that in itself prove?

I suppose it was to 'prove' that Andrew met Virginia, when he said that he had never met her.

There is doubt over whether it's genuine, and in any case, as you've rightly said, it wasn't evidence of anything else.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 20:08

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 26/04/2025 20:04

The provenance of the photo is questionable. Even if it was genuine, it does nothing to support the allegation that he had sex with her, nor the allegation that he knew she was trafficked.

So the photo was faked then? Where have I heard that before...oh yeah from Prince Andrew and his gang of cheerleaders who even in death cannot stop tearing into this woman.

We don't know whether the photo was faked.

What's your problem with that? Or do you just want to not let facts get in the way of a good story?

I am neither a "cheerleader" nor am I "tearing into this woman"!!

If you think so, point these out to me?

CantStopMoving · 26/04/2025 20:06

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 26/04/2025 20:04

The provenance of the photo is questionable. Even if it was genuine, it does nothing to support the allegation that he had sex with her, nor the allegation that he knew she was trafficked.

So the photo was faked then? Where have I heard that before...oh yeah from Prince Andrew and his gang of cheerleaders who even in death cannot stop tearing into this woman.

What does it matter if the photo is genuine or fake? What does that in itself prove?

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 26/04/2025 20:04

The provenance of the photo is questionable. Even if it was genuine, it does nothing to support the allegation that he had sex with her, nor the allegation that he knew she was trafficked.

So the photo was faked then? Where have I heard that before...oh yeah from Prince Andrew and his gang of cheerleaders who even in death cannot stop tearing into this woman.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 20:04

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 26/04/2025 19:58

What's your magic number then?

What's yours?

If PA was a sleazy, habitual, sexual abuser then you would think he would have 'form'???

The allegation you referred to was not pursued by the authorities. TBH I could give you a list of names of men who groped my breasts when I was 16/17! (They would get my knee swiftly in their balls now, but I'm not young any more!)

The allegation that has persisted has been settled. I am not aware of any others?

CantStopMoving · 26/04/2025 20:04

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 20:01

Virginia Guiffre accused Andrew of having sex with her knowing that she was trafficked. Savile has been accused of a multitude of sexual misdeeds, primarily the abuse of a massive number of young children. Hardly comparable.

I agree. I have never seen any evidence that what she alleged was true. Has anyone? All I have seen is that one photo which doesn’t prove anything.

there was evidence of savilles crimes

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 20:01

CantStopMoving · 26/04/2025 19:52

I actually don’t know what the allegations about prince Andrew actually were. I only know he was friends with someone who was very unpleasant ( to put it mildly ) and he ‘may’ have had sex with someone who young but legal. What else is is supposed to have done?

Virginia Guiffre accused Andrew of having sex with her knowing that she was trafficked. Savile has been accused of a multitude of sexual misdeeds, primarily the abuse of a massive number of young children. Hardly comparable.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:59

Puzzledandpissedoff · 26/04/2025 19:30

Beautifully put, mainecooncatonahottinroof, and perhaps the real irony here is that Andrew doesn't even need to have done the various things he's accused of for us to (rightly) call him repulsive

Just the things which are known about are quite enough for that ...

100%!

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 26/04/2025 19:58

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:10

I've heard that before but wouldn't you think there would be more?

What's your magic number then?

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:57

afig · 26/04/2025 19:14

I think that because of his actions decades ago, he bears some of the blame for her poor mental health even as an adult, so yes, that counts as blood on his hands, imo. He won't have been the only factor in her tragic life, but he certainly didn't help matters!

I think that's a bit of an over-reaction. She must have slept with hundreds of men. I don't know why a single one is supposed to shoulder the blame!

whippy1981 · 26/04/2025 19:56

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:49

The law says she was a child until the age of 18.

I agree. Which is why I said she was not a woman but a child as she was 17.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:53

JustSawJohnny · 26/04/2025 19:01

He was at the coronation.

I have no interest in when and where these people go to church 🙄

Well you posted about it, so...😂

CantStopMoving · 26/04/2025 19:52

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:51

I don't think there were any allegations about Andrew of a nature that equated him to the evil Savile!!!!!! God almighty!!!

I actually don’t know what the allegations about prince Andrew actually were. I only know he was friends with someone who was very unpleasant ( to put it mildly ) and he ‘may’ have had sex with someone who young but legal. What else is is supposed to have done?

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:51

Whooowhooohoo · 26/04/2025 19:50

Andrew & Jimmy Saville …. Both creeps who have avoided prosecution

I don't think there were any allegations about Andrew of a nature that equated him to the evil Savile!!!!!! God almighty!!!

Whooowhooohoo · 26/04/2025 19:50

Andrew & Jimmy Saville …. Both creeps who have avoided prosecution

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:49

whippy1981 · 26/04/2025 18:55

She was not a woman. She was a child. She was 17.

The law says she was a child until the age of 18.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:48

Tomatotater · 26/04/2025 18:54

Agree. I think he just didnt notice, or if he did, he simply didn't care enough about these young girls to even think it enough for him not to engage with Epstein, or be his friend. Its very sad for the girls that they were seen as staff to people like Andrew- there to service these disgusting men's every need- fill up my drink, sex, all the same thing. I suspect the reason he has had his name dragged into this when others haven't is because others did wrong and knew they were sleazy bastards that had done something that needed many layers of covering up, whereas Andrew just thought being a Royal Prince was enough, and he was entitled to do what he liked, so didn't even bother. He must have had close protection officers who either couldn't care less either or couldn't stop him.

I think this is a very good point. Women like Virginia were probably invisible to him.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:46

Extiainoiapeial · 26/04/2025 18:54

Personally I think loyalty is an admirable quality in a person, and presumably they believe that he is innocent of the accusation. Maybe he is? Think about that for just a second in the midst of all the hysterical derision?

I am sure Andrew is very grateful for you sticking up for him. You OBVIOUSLY don't believe he slept with Virginia because you have said this sort of thing many times on this forum

So, Andrew wasn't even at Epstein's mansion or island? Despite the fact it is proven he was there and there is footage of him. And flight logs of him on the Lolita Express.

Call it hysterical if you like. My thoughts are with Virginia Guiffrie's family and all the survivors of what Epstein and Maxwell put those girls through. There are many accounts out there. You ought to read them. They are heartbreaking.

Nothing OBVIOUS about it. I have NEVER said here or anywhere else that I don't believe he slept with Virginia. You can't even get that fact right! What I have said is, I don't know whether he slept with Virginia or not, and in fact, neither do you!

Neither am I "sticking up for him" - that's just ridiculous. I like to "stick up" for facts in these situations and not make shit up to suit my agenda!!!!

Who ever said that "Andrew wasn't even at Epstein's mansion or island? Despite the fact it is proven he was there and there is footage of him. And flight logs of him on the Lolita Express"??? NOBODY. Just something else you made up in your head.

I know that Andrew had a friendship with Epstein and Maxwell. I know that he visited them and spent time with them. These things have been proven. Whether or not he slept with Virginia has not been proven. Why do you have such a problematic relationship with facts???

I don't need you to instruct me on what I should read. I can decide that all by myself.

Futurehappiness · 26/04/2025 19:44

This thread is a depressing read. The amount of victim blaming towards vulnerable young girls makes me realise how little things have changed since the Profumo affair, which also led to scandal and suicide and implicated Royals (who were protected at that time too). I recall how the then teenage Christine Keeler was dragged through the mud and never really recovered from it. Whereas Profumo himself - even though he admitted sleeping with Keeler - got a CBE after a few years of 'rehabilitation'.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:38

BobbyBiscuits · 26/04/2025 18:41

Well I stand by what I think about him. And that his wife is an arsehole.

Says more about you tbh.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:36

Futurehappiness · 26/04/2025 18:25

Most 'ordinary' families don't claim to represent their country, and these are public events that Andrew is attending; so it is very very different. It is not as though the RF don't have form for ruthlessly distancing family members when they want to.

Andrew was not "representing" anyone. He was attending a private church service with his family. Not a public event!

Futurehappiness · 26/04/2025 19:36

Nominative · 26/04/2025 18:59

He isn't attending public events in a public capacity or representing the royal family.

He is appearing alongside members of the family at high profile events and being seen in public. I don't believe the RF aren't aware that this will be seen as a show of their support for him.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:34

JustSawJohnny · 26/04/2025 17:27

And the reason those cases have been brought to our attention is why?

Because they usually face the consequences of their actions.

If Trump was a black man he would be in jail now. He certainly wouldn't be President.

Being a racist, rapist, wife beater, thief, even murderer is something that can be paid away if you're a rich white man.

Jail is exactly where Trump should be. At least he was convicted as a criminal in a court of law.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 26/04/2025 19:33

LipglossAlly · 26/04/2025 17:20

Another dodgy "suicide". Another very "convenient" death.
Poor woman, trafficked whilst under age to men old enough to be her father.

This is all very dodgy and sad. Yes, the traumatic experience of her being trafficked to these disgusting pigs who have not really faced consequences was probably a contributing factor to her pain and ultimately her suicide.

No PA will not be held accountable( His security is being paid for by Charles and still lives in a Royal residence. Not being able to do "royal duties"/ photo ops does not equal being seriously held accountable, especially when it comes to sleeping with a trafficked minor).

Edited

Jesus, how can you sit there and write that crap?? What reason could the RF have for wanting rid of VG now? They will know that her death will stir the whole shit up all over again and the evidence is right here in some of the most hysterical posts!

Why should PA be held accountable? She accepted his money in settlement. That was her choice. Charles no longer provides Andrew with security. Maybe at least get the basics right!

I knew it was only a matter of time until the ridiculous conspiracy theories started up and fuck me, I can't stand that!