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Prince Andrew Part 2

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SunsetBoulevard3 · 19/11/2019 15:59

Here is another thread to discuss the PA interview and its repercussions.

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Dowser · 30/11/2019 16:05

Whole article
FWIW

MissEliza · 30/11/2019 18:29

Why has no politician raised this as an issue and demanded questions be answered?

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QueenOfTheAndals · 30/11/2019 18:32

When is the VG interview airing?

StartupRepair · 30/11/2019 19:59

Maybe there will be more offence/reaction at the dodgy money making aspect of Andrew's life than the exploitation of young trafficked women?

CathyorClaire · 30/11/2019 20:44

Why has no politician raised this as an issue and demanded questions be answered?

Too busy politicking at the moment I expect.

Anyone else remember Harper Beckham's birthday party being 'hosted' by Andrew and Fergie at BP?

Has me wondering if he trousered a percentage from that...

Dowser · 30/11/2019 20:56

Yes I remember that

Dowser · 01/12/2019 00:08

Well ...the DM is the gift that keeps on giving
how PA funded his extravagant lifestyle
Now we know

Too tired to read all the articles but make of it what you will

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7742249/EXPOSED-Prince-Andrews-deals-tax-haven-tycoons.html

JemimaTab · 01/12/2019 01:13

There are quite a few articles in the Mail on Sunday on PA’s dodgy finances. This doesn’t look like it’s going away. About time!

SunsetBoulevard3 · 01/12/2019 07:36

I watched the Prince and the Paedophile last night. Chilling.

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mrscampbellblackagain · 01/12/2019 07:36

I wonder if there will be a thorough investigation into all members of the RF's finances.

I bet there is a lot of blurring of lines with a lot of them.

Roussette · 01/12/2019 08:20

Dear oh dear. That article is damning Dowser

Basically... PA had a friend, a tax exile who used to be Tory party Treasurer. He was trying to set up a new bank for tax exiles and PA used his influence whilst on UK Trade envoy trips to shoehorn meetings into his schedule to assist with this. This friend also paid off some of Fergie's debts. And PA has a 40% stake in some dodgy offshore company registered in the British Virgin Islands. Oh, and this 'friend' seemed to go on these UK trade missions with PA. There was a lot of using his position in the RFamily to his own ends and to fund his lifestyle. How much of what he did to encourage trade with UK is questionable.

Thati's it, in a nutshell, all very murky.

Dowser · 01/12/2019 08:51

Rousette thank you..and his name was spotty Muldoon...oops I meant Rowland.
😂

You just get the feeling there’s more don’t you.
I drifted off to sleep thinking..why has PA been chucked under a bus.
Why now?
What’s really going on?
Love for the monarchy is at an all time low and they’ve brought it all on themselves.

It’s all strangely fascinating

MakeMineALargeProsecco · 01/12/2019 09:10

I always felt there was more to come out about Andrew; he opened the floodgates to scrutiny when he gave that ill-advised interview.

I would love to see some kind of official investigation in to his finances. But it will never happen. There will not really be any consequences for him & he will continue on his over-privileged lifestyle.

FLOrenze · 01/12/2019 09:17

Can you imagine Christmas with that lot? The Queen warning everyone of a long list of things they must not mention. I bet they all wish they could spend Christmas with ‘just their own little family’

Roussette · 01/12/2019 09:17

Agree Dowser it is fascinatingly awful. I took one for the team going on the Daily Fail page Grin. I have to disable my AdBlock and there is so much on there that it's almost impossible to scroll down and read!

MakeMine I'm not sure. I think the worm has turned somewhat. I think everything is going to change dramatically for him. We know what the Daily Fail is like... a dog with a bone when they've got it in for someone, and they certainly have for him. Who knows!

BelleHathor · 01/12/2019 09:27

Dowser Yes that Rachel Chandler. She used to have an open Instagram account with some very disturbing pictures of children. Its private now but some internet anons archived it. If you look at the pictures on your link there is the camera capture from Epstein Island. She has some of the tapes and has flipped and sung like a bird to the FBI. Dead behind the eyes because she was groomed to be a victim and also a handler from childhood.

betaboo · 01/12/2019 09:56

I really do wonder why the more reputable newspapers are not touching this story, why are they not investigating all the links to very dubious people.

MillyMollie · 01/12/2019 09:57

The Daily Mail states thatBeTrice is having an engagement party in the Chiltern Firehouse.
Good luck to her.
I don't hold out high hopes for that marriage and thought why did her patents not sit down and discuss with her the fact that Edoardo was engaged to someone else - this woman was supposedly unaware of the relationship with Beatrice and had / has a very young child with Edoardo.
Then I remembered who Beatrice's parents were.

No wise counsel there.

Wildorchidz · 01/12/2019 10:03

I don't hold out high hopes for that marriage and thought why did her patents not sit down and discuss with her the fact that Edoardo was engaged to someone else

Presumably because she is a 31 year old adult.
And how do you know that they didn’t have that discussion?

MissEliza · 01/12/2019 10:13

The DM have been pursuing him for a while. They've been publishing stories for years about him: his links to Kazakhstan, the dodgy sale of his home, the cost of his ski chalet etc. However as long as those in power turn a blind eye, he will continue to get away with it.

SerendipityJane · 01/12/2019 10:55

Love for the monarchy is at an all time low

Only by your experience. They were far more loathed in the early 1800s and early years of Victorias reign. A lot of people assumed Victoria would be the last Monarch before Britain grew up and became a republic.

(You could make a TV series about how that reversed during her reign ...)

"Blackadder the Third" alluded to it, with how incredibly unpopular the Prince Regent was. I suspect that when Andrew was learning about his illustrious ancestors somebody crossed out all the "DO NOTs" when pointing to Prinny.

AnyMinuteNow · 01/12/2019 12:12

What a car crash the Christmas Q's speech will be.

Although, on second thoughts, she'll probably just demonstrate, once again, how completely out of touch she is.

Its time she move over.

CathyorClaire · 01/12/2019 12:19

That DM article is shocking. His HRH designation is becoming more indefensible by the day.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 01/12/2019 12:40

What a car crash the Christmas Q's speech will be

Not really - as you went on to suggest, she'll probably just mouth a few platitudes as usual; omeone who's spent a lifetime sweeping things under carpets is hardly likely to change at 93

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