So this is where our tax goes..

[Ihateboris]

Prince Andrew 'met with 40 escorts on taxpayer-funded Thailand trip', biographer claims
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/prince-andrew-met-with-40-escorts-on-taxpayer-funded-thailand-trip-biographer-cl-5HjdBKh_2/

He can sue for libel if he feels he's been misrepresented. I doubt the author or publisher would commit assertions to paper if they couldn't produce evidence to back them up should the need arise.

When Charles was prince of Wales he got into Cambridge with only two A levels, a grade B and a C. It was unheard of even at the time.
He got a 2.2 in history.
Nice story -- apparently his close protection officer attended all the same lectures as him and also sat the final exams. He got a First.

Oh my goodness about Charles’s close protection office; what a fabulous story!

I just don’t understand the Royals having access to these top class educational institutions and not making the most of it! To my mind there’s absolutely no point in being rich if you are not really well educated too.

It also makes me quite angry. The daughter of a family friend recently turned down a
good offer from UCL because she can’t afford the living costs in London.

There's no jeopardy- no ' try your hardest or you won't get a good job'.
I do think Charles may not be academic but he does like learning and understanding. I think in general he and his late father are outliers in that. The rest of them are dim and incurious. They don't have to learn anything and they don't have to try. All they have to lose is a bit of pride and they can get someone else to do their exams/ coursework/pull strings for them to save themselves from that.

They don't have to learn anything and they don't have to try.

Lazy W couldn't even be arsed to pick up a few basic Welsh phrases unlike C who apparently became quite fluent.

I do think Charles may not be academic but he does like learning and understanding

I agree with this. None of them are in the slightest academic or stuffed with brains, but I think Charles has an enquiring mind in all sorts of ways.
I don't see that in William.

You need to consider the possibility that even with all the assistance he'd have available, a 2:2 is all he was capable of. He's really not a clever man.

Yes, Lownie in one of Andrew Gold's Heretics interviews (need to check which one) said Andrew also asked for young men. Poor men!

The monarchy was hereditary for a long period before Henry VIII. Yes, fights would break out, but back in Norman days, and from then on, eldest son was the rule.

I'm part Polish, & up until our disastrous last king Stanislaw Poniatowski in the 18th century, we had a system where the king was chosen from the nobles each time. The issue was this was vulnerable to outside pressure. Eventually Catherine the Great removed her ex-boyfriend's throne & helped partition Poland in the 1790s.

So the hereditary system is grim now, but it did have some benefits in the past as well as drawbacks

I would like to see the royals cut down to a Scandi type monarchy if we are going to keep them. No expensive coronations, just a simple accession ceremony before parliament. How many castles and palaces do they need to live in? Most of them could be sold off or converted to house homeless people or those who cant get on the property ladder. That would help to fill up Rachel's Black Hole. The so called sovereign grant should be restricted only to the head of state and their direct heirs. The rest can get themsleves down to the job center

This is worth reading.... the most gobsmacking castles, palaces, royal estates

(Yes I know some of them are privately owned by the Royals)
It's just interesting to see such beautiful properties and so many of them!

https://www.veranda.com/luxury-lifestyle/g27044934/royal-family-homes/

He had to take a term out to go to Wales. That can make a big dent in your ability to keep up with Cambridge coursework.

BTW W lived and worked in a Welsh- speaking part of Wales. He may not be fluent, but I bet he speaks better Welsh than his 3-months-in- Aberystwyth Dad.

Doubtful. William himself has said he only knows a couple of phrases but can ask for a cup of tea in Welsh.

Charles gave a speech in the Senedd in Welsh, slowly admittedly but he tried hard

So they tell us…

Only 18 percent of the Welsh population speaks Welsh.

Only one person is Prince of Wales, knew he was likely to be Prince of Wales since birth and lived in a Welsh speaking part of Wales for a couple of years!

I knew he was a sex pest but hadn’t realised what a corrupt bastard he is

I couldn't have phrased it better myself 🤣

I second that!

Now I've finished the Lownie book my opinion of Andrew, Sarah and the whole of the Monarchy has reached rock bottom.

Oooo, tell me what the most shocking revelation is please 🙏

Far too many to pick one! Grifting, lying, grasping entitlement on a grand scale basically...

Off to buy the book!

Ooh it sounds like it's worth a read!

Yes, monarchy is a very weird concept. It should be consigned to history books and fairy tales. If a brain surgeon died would his son inherit his job ? I find it strange that people act like sycophants in their company and laugh at their stupid jokes. Prince George can’t choose what future career he might like to do, which seems very cruel and controlling. People should be elected to be in positions of power not just given a leadership role because of their birth. That twat, Andrew actually thinks that he is better than everyone else just because of his birth. His mother was an enabler too.

I’m halfway through and it’s so utterly depressing I am not sure I can finish it. It’s like examining the contents of a sewer in minute detail. Just how did this dreadful venal self serving pair get away with it? It beggars belief. SF actually comes across as much worse than Andrew. She actually seems to be completely mad and out of control. He is without any redeeming features whatsoever. On a par with a giant slug. Even some slugs must serve some sort of purpose. Andrew on the other hand hand seems not to have any purpose whatsoever. Stupid, ignorant, entitled and arrogant .