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Oh Andrew, in the bath

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BarrelOfOtters · 27/01/2023 23:18

What are his PR people thinking

Oh Andrew, in the bath
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musingsinmidlife · 28/01/2023 06:08

Why is GM’s family releasing this bizarre story and picture. Is it supposed to help GM somehow?

Floofyduffypuddy · 28/01/2023 07:22

Is this Andrews big revaluation that will clear his name?

Life is certainly stranger than fiction!

It's like the creepy weird ending of a tales of the unexpected show.

The photo doesn't exonerate him at all.
I can't get my head around it, it's so bizzare and ludicrous.

vera99 · 28/01/2023 07:24

It’s been widely reported he’s recently launched a PR offensive with a view to restoring his former status and even trying to clear his name in court. Last week we had three former girlfriends/ pals speaking in public out of the blue declaring their belief he’s innocent. And also an opinion piece in the Telegraph by Charles Moore the other day also stating that sentiment.

But one thing is letting some of your columnists indulge in a bit of nutjobbery deep in the paper in the name of freedom of speech, and another to allow a historic and venerable pillar of the British press (putting its political leaning aside) to feature a clearly commissioned and indescribably desperate and absurd story on their front page that even the Mail might have been embarrassed to run.

I suspect there might be a lot of unhappy Telegraph journalists wondering if they’ve walked into the Express office today by mistake.

vera99 · 28/01/2023 07:28

A second article in the Telegraph helpfully includes a diagram.

He said: “Ghislaine’s appeal is being proceeded with, and it is quite obvious the original trial was littered with problems and didn’t follow due processes.

“There are serious grounds for the appeal, and Ghislaine is working away and it is hopeful she will finally get an impartial hearing. We think the appeal will be months rather than weeks away. I have managed video calls with her, and she remains remarkably feisty.”

He is convinced bathtub photograph casts serious doubt on Ms Giuffre’s credibility and might therefore help the Duke as he seeks to restore his reputation.

“If anything Andrew is a bit bigger, a bit broader than the man in the bath in the photo,” he added. “You can see how small the bathroom is and how small the bath is. The idea that two people can get in there and she bats her eyes and takes her clothes off and has sex in the bath is impossible.

“The only way you can start to change public perception around that is to provide incontrovertible visual evidence. People can now look at this photo in the bath and judge for themselves. I am putting it out, and if that helps Prince Andrew then so be it. If Prince Andrew wants to use it, we will make it available to him.”

Prince Andrew’s office declined to comment.

Oh Andrew, in the bath
Floofyduffypuddy · 28/01/2023 07:32

Andrews office declined to comment

Harry and Megan team roar with happiness.

Charles wants to get Andrew to do a paternity test on the chance he can cut him loose in the wild..

Andrew's team are.....well...

Cherryana · 28/01/2023 07:33

I wonder if the ceilings are mirrored or just half the walls?

PeachDelany · 28/01/2023 07:36

This has to be the ultimate low-ball day for the Telegraph

Spudlet · 28/01/2023 07:40

I know the mumsnet tradition is to ask whether someone is on glue, but in the case of whoever’s idea this was I’m not sure there’s a solvent strong enough to justify it 😳

vera99 · 28/01/2023 07:41

Every time I look at the photo it literally (obviously not) blows my tiny little mind. Maybe the Maxwell's have run out of money and have a coke habit rather than lawyers where they sit around dreaming shit up and convinced themselves of this. Then this arrives at the Telegraph, where incredulous they fall about laughing and go, "why not?" and get the win the Sunday headline award. It is up there with Freddie Star ate my hamster and Elvis found on the moon.

GerardWay123 · 28/01/2023 07:43

It's quite easy to give someone a blowjob in a small bath.......apparently.

Floofyduffypuddy · 28/01/2023 07:47

Well having gone this far I'm surprised that wasn't an attempt to show us some awkward positions?

The person sticking a foot out.... look how awkward it is to lick the foot

How many people are into feet? Massive coincidence of all the things he could have done it's the feet,same as fergie and her business man?

ButtonSister · 28/01/2023 07:51

Well that's the Royal Family's Xmas card photo sorted

BarrelOfOtters · 28/01/2023 07:52

ButtonSister · 28/01/2023 07:51

Well that's the Royal Family's Xmas card photo sorted

😂

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musingsinmidlife · 28/01/2023 08:08

Floofyduffypuddy · 28/01/2023 07:47

Well having gone this far I'm surprised that wasn't an attempt to show us some awkward positions?

The person sticking a foot out.... look how awkward it is to lick the foot

How many people are into feet? Massive coincidence of all the things he could have done it's the feet,same as fergie and her business man?

According to an unscientific google search, foot fetishes are not uncommon

5% of heterosexual women

18% of heterosexual men

11% of lesbian and bisexual women

21% of gay and bisexual men

Floofyduffypuddy · 28/01/2023 08:10

Button 🤣

Runnerduck34 · 28/01/2023 08:13

ButtonSister · 28/01/2023 07:51

Well that's the Royal Family's Xmas card photo sorted

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Saw the story last night on Telegraph app.
Thought I'd had too much wine, couldn't actually get my head round it was their headline story with the photo filling up half my screen. For a minute I was confused and thought they'd been hacked/ it was a spoof.
Then I realised they were serious, Words fail....

Simonjt · 28/01/2023 08:16

So to prove two people don’t fit in one bath, they photograph two people sitting in one bath.

If this was the genius idea they chose, imagine the ideas they decided weren’t good enough to be used…

erehj · 28/01/2023 09:35

So so weird and counterproductive. What the hell??

Apart from anything else, it just gives a very clear and vile image of how the whole thing happened. All that's missing is for the woman to lean back and extend her legs over his shoulders. The feet would be right there at head height, just as Virginia described.

Snazzysausage · 28/01/2023 09:55

What the hell! I saw it on the news and thought it was some sort of spoof. If PA has told his family he's going to clear his name with that photo, I don't know how his daughter's can even look at him anymore.

BasiliskStare · 28/01/2023 14:36

I am not a lawyer - be in no doubt - but Civil case - many millions paid . Now he is no longer a working Royal I reckon Andrew deserves / should take his day in court and I wish he would do it If he genuinely believes he is innocent . Obviously ££££££ for very good lawyers. I can see Charles wants to keep him quiet but on the other hand let him face a court and have a proper decision

CoorieInByTheFire · 28/01/2023 14:41

Presumably they’ve all had the brains bred out of them. What were they thinking?I’m looking forward to this PR ‘offensive’ if it’s going to be full of this sort of nonsense.

discobrain · 28/01/2023 14:43

He can go fuck himself the nasty parasite.

RagzRebooted · 28/01/2023 14:56

They claim the bath is nothing like the one originally described by Guiffre, but that was 20 odd years ago. Could the bathroom have been redone in that time and the 'victorian bath' removed.

Very bizarre photo though.

musingsinmidlife · 28/01/2023 15:10

Snazzysausage · 28/01/2023 09:55

What the hell! I saw it on the news and thought it was some sort of spoof. If PA has told his family he's going to clear his name with that photo, I don't know how his daughter's can even look at him anymore.

It came from GMs family. Are they in a joint PR campaign to try and clear his name? Why does GM's family want to go to bat for Andy?

GrazingSheep · 28/01/2023 15:14

I wish I was a fly on the wall when Charles and William saw this photo