The press need to move on?

The media has barely mentioned the appalling situation in Jamaica.

Well it's her brother who's doing the talking. Her younger brother.

So I think that answers were he was when she was being abused as a child

Do you really believe that Virginia's family are doing it for her? Where were they when she was being abused as a child? Where were they when she was abused by Epstein and a whole raft of other people? Where were they when she was abused ny her husband? Where were they when she was telling the media she'd been in a fatal accident? Where were they when she had her children taken off her? Why are they just focusing on Andrew? Why aren't they talking to the media about all of these other people and events that have happened to her? Why aren't they asking the public and the media to scour the world for the other people who she claims were abused along side her so they can back up her story and they can help them? They have been absent throughout her life until kerching there's money to be made in selling books and courting the media?

I haven't read her book nor do I wish to but surely she names others who had sex with her other than Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor?

If she has named them why isn't there media coverage? If she hasn't isn't that rather odd that he's the only one?

No because the bigger story is still in the press. And the US press are already more focused on their own.

Isn’t there a risk that if the focus is on one individual too long, the media will move on before the others are reported on?

Yes!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Is anyone else watching Andrew's wikipedia page, wondering when the bloody hell they're going to update the title? 😄

Having worked with Andrew on occasion I can confirm this will be Hell for him and I must admit I am highly enjoying it 😊

They will move on when interest declines

But threads like this do rather suggest it hasn't

It really isn't, that's an incredibly naive point of view.

The reason salacious stories like this get so much coverage is that they generate a massive amount of web traffic, which is the only thing keeping the lights on in the news media world these days.

First social media, then the manipulation of search algorithms completely changed the way we consume news/journalism/content online.

Most of the stories your read on big news websites are no longer written or at least edited by journalists, they're done by SEO specialists to ensure that they perform well on Google.

The media have zero interest in 'sending a message' that people like Andrew aren't protected in the UK. As long as people keep reading, watching and searching for all the guff they put out about him, they'll keep publishing it.

Mandelson has got off lightly, he needs chasing out of the house of lords. They should all be in the press. No-one was calling for Meghan to be let up on, even when it was lies.

I feel the same way. It’s getting quite performative and spiteful now. There were numerous equally disgusting men who did equally vile things and are hiding in plain sight. It’s about time the spotlight extended to them.

Her brother and SIL are her family, they want this in the news and were definitely not ‘the cause of a lot of what happened to her’. Her brother was a child.

Yes, but that hasn’t stopped the pro Andrew posters pointing the finger at her brother. They’re pathetic and desperate.

On the contrary, OP. The more the press report what has been done to Andrew, the more pressure it puts on other countries and Trump.

Yes, I’ve followed US media coversge and it is more focussed on the American men. Andrew’s getting coverage now in America because it is current news, and it helps to keep the demand for the Epstein files in the forefront of people’s minds.

I do think the press are dragging this on a bit now.

But then I’d also quite like to see a photo of Andrew leaving Windsor looking dejected in a car rammed with his belongings. 😆

In fact when you look at Andrew’s involvement with the Chinese and Middle Eastern interests and the fact that details of his time as a trade envoy are sealed we look bloody medieval as usual

yep, so much shady financial stuff.

Virginia said was sexually abused by her father. The family members referred to here, the ones speaking up for her, are her younger brother (and her sister in law). Her brother was only a child when Virginia was victimised by Epstein. He was much younger than that when Virginia suffered sexual abuse at home.

some of it does seem to be the obsession with royal bashing

What's wrong with royal bashing though? And during times of economic strife it tends to increase.

Tbf they have probably sat on it for years so have a lot of material. Add in associated stories they can write about Charles, William and Harry.

From what I understand Virginia’s family were the cause of a lot of what happened to her. She left home young because she was being sexually abused at home.

I expect efforts are being made to keep Andrew out of sight and shut him up, rather than letting him give evidence because he could dump Trump and other major American (possibly British) big- wigs in the shit which would cause a major diplomatic upset.
Perhaps if Trump gets ousted eventually Andrew will be encouraged to speak?

I do wish the media would also focus on all the other victims and powerful men involved in this. They also need to be identified, investigated and flamed alive.

Virginia’s father sex trafficked her out also and then got on the telly one day and talked about how great it was going to be to take money from Andrew for what he did.
Meanwhile he drove and collected his daughter from said parties and even took part in them.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he took a cut of the money she made. This also needs to be talked about and the rest of men need to be punished!

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Yes - exactly . I sense the same thing here as you do
How depressing.