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Playingvideogames · 19/02/2026 17:49

RainbowBagels · 19/02/2026 16:50

There are 7m people on benefits compared to 8 Royals. We pay £135m to 8 people, two of whom are double billionnaires.

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It’s far more complicated than that.

DuncinToffee · 19/02/2026 17:49

aquashiv · 19/02/2026 17:31

VG was trafficked. They did not sleep together. He was fully aware of Epstein's nature and arranged for him to get young girls for his wealthy friends to sleep with.

You think this isnt one big abuse of power and women. Why do you think his mother and our King pay her off? People I pay for. We should sue the lot of them.

Shame on you. It's about time an unelected group are held accountable.

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He also claimed that he never met VG and that the photo showing him with VG and Maxwell was fake,

Epstein Files proof it was real.

Allseeingallknowing · 19/02/2026 17:44

aquashiv · 19/02/2026 17:31

VG was trafficked. They did not sleep together. He was fully aware of Epstein's nature and arranged for him to get young girls for his wealthy friends to sleep with.

You think this isnt one big abuse of power and women. Why do you think his mother and our King pay her off? People I pay for. We should sue the lot of them.

Shame on you. It's about time an unelected group are held accountable.

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It is your first sentence that I would be concerned about- he has not been charged and convicted with anything , so although there is a lot about it in the media, and everyone has a view, it has not been proved in court. You really shouldn’t be making that statement! I’m surprised Mumsnet allowed it.
You do not know what my opinion is, it may well be like yours, so don’t assume!

ClairDeLaLune · 19/02/2026 17:44

It’s a shame, he had to cancel his birthday dinner reservation at Pizza Express in Woking!

aquashiv · 19/02/2026 17:31

Allseeingallknowing · 19/02/2026 17:00

He hasn’t been charged for anything like that- you could be in trouble with that first sentence!

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VG was trafficked. They did not sleep together. He was fully aware of Epstein's nature and arranged for him to get young girls for his wealthy friends to sleep with.

You think this isnt one big abuse of power and women. Why do you think his mother and our King pay her off? People I pay for. We should sue the lot of them.

Shame on you. It's about time an unelected group are held accountable.

emilysquest · 19/02/2026 17:25

I think (and hope) that they are still working on the evidence for the sex trafficking side of things, but they already have the evidence on the misconduct charges so they went with that for now. Being charged (or convicted) on either set of charges can happen with or without the other.

SerendipityJane · 19/02/2026 17:24

SerendipityJane · 19/02/2026 16:14

Fingerprints and DNA taken too.

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😂

Prince (not) Andrew arrested.
Allseeingallknowing · 19/02/2026 17:00

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He hasn’t been charged for anything like that- you could be in trouble with that first sentence!

andIsaid · 19/02/2026 16:57

Differentforgirls · 19/02/2026 16:41

It’s awful. I worry about the whole thing that money buys you happiness. It clearly doesn’t.

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I am not sure it is about happiness.

It reads to me more of money can't but you ethics, or moral fibre, or character.

JohnTheRevelator · 19/02/2026 16:51

Good. About time.

RainbowBagels · 19/02/2026 16:50

Playingvideogames · 19/02/2026 16:45

I’m delighted Andrew has been arrested but the RF cost far less than 1% of the benefits bill, plus they produce revenue. They’re incomparable situations and one doesn’t negate the other.

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There are 7m people on benefits compared to 8 Royals. We pay £135m to 8 people, two of whom are double billionnaires.

nicepotoftea · 19/02/2026 16:50

Playingvideogames · 19/02/2026 16:45

I’m delighted Andrew has been arrested but the RF cost far less than 1% of the benefits bill, plus they produce revenue. They’re incomparable situations and one doesn’t negate the other.

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Because of lack of transparency about their finances there is no way to do a cost/beneift analysis.

They have only recently started paying income tax and the The Duchy of Cornwall for instance does not have to pay corporation tax.

The French tourist trade doesn't seem to do too badly.

andIsaid · 19/02/2026 16:49

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I keep tossing this around too!

They always seem to get them on the money - Al Capone is the example always used.

They can find the chain - get the documentary evidence.

With rape and abuse they are always able to muddy the water. That is not uncommon either - the tobacco companies muddied the science on caner links for decades and the climate crisis deniers also muddy the waters.

At this point, I will take a win. As long as the men start to pay in some way for something, I will take it.

And it needs to be more than losing a job.

Mandy should be really scared now.

Will Keir survive?

HaddockDiem · 19/02/2026 16:48

ByLimeDuck · 19/02/2026 15:56

Yes I agree with this. For many reasons I have always thought Charles wasn't worthy of his title but even more so now. All this crap about 'I am horrified about the allegations', my backside. Of course he knew and is therefore complicit.

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canuckup · 19/02/2026 16:46

Louis on the money as usual

Prince (not) Andrew arrested.
nicepotoftea · 19/02/2026 16:45

HaddockDiem · 19/02/2026 16:40

Sweaty Nonce has been above the law for years. He should’ve been investigated for alleged sexual misconduct years ago and he still hasn’t been investigated for that.
Royal family are cynically scrambling to distance themselves from him after years of turning a blind eye to what must’ve been plain for them to see. They all need holding to account - Royals, police protection, staff…. he has been thrown under a bus to save the rest of them.
it is not justice until they get rid of the corrupt lot of them.

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I think it has taken a while for them to catch up to the idea that any of his behaviour was wrong.

Mountbatten was their great advisor and there are still unresolved allegations against him.

Playingvideogames · 19/02/2026 16:45

Allotmentblackfly · 19/02/2026 15:38

He has used his privilege to do dreadful things and it’s good he is brought to justice. He must be suffering terribly as his past comes back to bite him.

I’m delighted Andrew has been arrested but the RF cost far less than 1% of the benefits bill, plus they produce revenue. They’re incomparable situations and one doesn’t negate the other.

Differentforgirls · 19/02/2026 16:42

ChrisMartinsKisskam · 19/02/2026 16:27

They are scum
you can see it how the government come down so hard on people claiming UC
but the royal family are the biggest scammers there are

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Agree!

Differentforgirls · 19/02/2026 16:41

BeanQuisine · 19/02/2026 16:23

Chucklehead was also a very close friend of paedophile bishop Peter Ball, who eventually ended up in prison.

Friendship with Prince Charles made paedophile bishop Peter Ball 'impregnable'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/14/friendship-with-prince-charles-made-paedophile-bishop-peter-ball-impregnable

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It’s awful. I worry about the whole thing that money buys you happiness. It clearly doesn’t.

HaddockDiem · 19/02/2026 16:40

Sweaty Nonce has been above the law for years. He should’ve been investigated for alleged sexual misconduct years ago and he still hasn’t been investigated for that.
Royal family are cynically scrambling to distance themselves from him after years of turning a blind eye to what must’ve been plain for them to see. They all need holding to account - Royals, police protection, staff…. he has been thrown under a bus to save the rest of them.
it is not justice until they get rid of the corrupt lot of them.

Bagsintheboot · 19/02/2026 16:40

nicepotoftea · 19/02/2026 15:07

Completely agree, but I think questions are now also being asked about how much was done and by whom to prevent investigation when the people involved were alive.

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Yes, it's taken far too long to actually start asking the hard questions.

My personal opinion is that he's guilty as sin, as are an awful lot of his associates. We have to be realistic though - a conviction for a sex offence is, at this stage, extremely unlikely.

murasaki · 19/02/2026 16:36

Unfortunately I suspect he's safely ensconced in the chief constable's office with a scotch.

HelpMeGetThrough · 19/02/2026 16:33

Wonder if he’s had his mugshot done.

Would have been fun. “We are just going to be taking your photograph Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, I’m sure I don’t need to tell you how that’s done.”

LoudSnoringDog · 19/02/2026 16:32

LancashireButterPie · 19/02/2026 16:23

Good, just a shame that it is related to misconduct in public office and not the sexual abuse of young trafficked women.

Also while you are at it, Police officers, why not ask him about the murder of Alisa Dmitrieva, the young woman who's body was found on the Sandringham estate in 2012.

Surely that’s just the tip of the iceberg? It’s inevitable I would imagine that other stuff is likely to come out

LancashireButterPie · 19/02/2026 16:32

And actually Re Charlie.......He gave him £1.5million of the £12 million payout to Virginia.
He tried to bury this. Wasn't so keen for "the law to take its course then" was he.

I really hope the royals are finished now.

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