AIBU to want to know what was in Prince Andrew's "distasteful joke" about breast cancer email?

[agonyauntie2020]

Just that really. Being reported that he forwarded a distasteful joke about breast cancer so unpleasant even the Daily Fail won't say what it was. AIBU to think sunlight is the best disinfectant and the more we know, the better we get at understanding what he's really like, and the more the palace will see how unacceptable it is, and he is.

A lot of people make jokes in poor taste involving illness, disability, death.

I think it is horrible but don't imagine he is any worse than many others - always men.

OMG if this is true then he is a truly despicable human being.

Yes, forwarding a tasteless joke is the line.

Until this point he was a great bloke but if he really has sent some crass humour to another person then he's s monster.

Nothing else he has done wrong could compare.

If it was really that awful, the Daily Mail would have printed it.

Someone will repeat it eventually. It can't be worse than the jokes that did the rounds after Linda McCartney died.

I was trying to find it on the 'net but it isn't there, however he apparently made a racist joke involving a camel at a state banquet for the Saudi royals, 2007/8. I am intrigued to know what this joke consists of - racism and a camel? The mind boggles.

Bluerussian

A camel? Also very intrigued!

I was wondering whether the cancer joke will be something along the lines of that tiresome Little Britain sketch about breastfeeding grown offspring. Possibly inspired by this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13336986

It could be that they’re unable to say what it is. ie they’ve been told not to.

It could also be possible that it wasn’t awful and they’re not publishing it to build up more drama.
... Although I’m struggling to believe a ‘not awful’ cancer joke exists.

He’s an awful man

I am intrigued to know what this joke consists of - racism and a camel?
I think this could be that old one ending with "men, women, sometimes camel".

RedRed9

Oh, it'll be tasteless and disrespectful, all right. But there is the possibility that it might be the kind of awful that, if reproduced in the Daily Mail, would have loads of readers commenting that they don't see the problem, and 'PC gorn mad'.

He forwarded the email in 2011. No idea why ot's being dragged up now. I think we already know all we need to know about PA and his character.

www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7956403/ELIZABETH-DAY-Andrews-cancer-joke-bad-enough.html

The only reference to what the "joke" is I could find is on opinion piece in the daily mail.
Whilst I take the daily mail with a pinch of salt, I can believe PA has made an offensive joke.

One of the emails consists of a cut-and-pasted fake news story about breast cancer that is so tasteless it turned my stomach.
t is a 'joke' which manages the double whammy of being utterly unfunny AND stupid.
There is no wit to it; it is a poorly constructed jibe which uses cancer patients as an excuse for a sexual punchline. I truly can't think of anyone in their right mind who would find it amusing.

I’m a bit at DM deciding it’s too awful for them to even print. This is the DM after all. Making tasteless jokes about cancer doesn’t make him more disgusting than he already is. This just means he’s a revolting alleged nonce who tells horrible jokes about breast cancer.

I doubt he even remembers sending that email, it was 2011. I wonder how the Mail got hold of it, that's a bit scary actually.

Had a good root around the 'net trying to find whatever it was he said and so far not successful but apparently it was a copy of a BBC article.

The ethos of the Mail is to be self righteous, spread unpleasant rumours and encourage readers to be outraged.