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The royal family

Andrew - continuing his effort to end the Monarchy Part 3

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simpsonthecat · 21/02/2026 19:39

Here we are

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NoDrums · 21/02/2026 22:21

It really doesn’t end. I’m sorry if it’s behind a paywall, not sure how to make it available. But the headline says it all really.

Met protection told to guard Epstein dinner in New York www.thetimes.com/article/5ea04cac-c205-47b9-8808-0457d092d195?shareToken=7e91f192d45013771e88e9a8a68bf378 Andrew’s Met protection told to guard Epstein dinner in New York www.thetimes.com/article/5ea04cac-c205-47b9-8808-0457d092d195?shareToken=7e91f192d45013771e88e9a8a68bf378

MidWayThruJanuary · 21/02/2026 22:29

So Peter Loughborough- personal secretary to Charles and Camilla- was in charge of Royal Protection officers and instructed some of then to effectively act as bouncers at Epstein’s house in NY.

Bewareofstepfords · 21/02/2026 22:33

CandidGinny · 21/02/2026 20:02

Joining too, I found it interesting that SF has checked herself into the world's most expensive spa in Switzerland for some TLC.

She always feels at home at Paracelsus, and knows she’ll get love and attention there, as well as expert health treatment when she’s feeling at her most vulnerable.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15577273/Sarah-Ferguson-wellness-clinic-friendship-Jeffrey-Epstein.html

I wonder what treatments she is enjoying.

Deluxe toe sucking?

AreYouSureAskedNaomi · 21/02/2026 22:46

NoDrums · 21/02/2026 21:07

The Telegraph reports that’s F has stayed there previously and has appeared in a promotional
video with the founder…

And also in the DT, that Andrew may have used RAF jets to meet Epstein.

This is an absolute torrent.

How would the RAF flights get approved? I understand that AMW might have asked but he should have been told to politely fuck off. Who would have had agreed to this and authorise it?

EsmaCannonball · 21/02/2026 22:48

You've got to wonder if the freebies for Fergie will dry up now that she is so tainted and outside the royal tent or if the Epstein-level of rich people will still have a solidarity in mutual awfulness with her?

Fergie, Beatrice and Eugenie seem to make an awful lot of money out of being living, breathing letters of introduction between the amoral rich. Do the husbands have the real jobs they profess to have or are they all about 'attracting investors'? I'm guessing Beatrice and Eugenie will still be well-connected and lucrative enough for the marriages to survive.

VictorianChic · 21/02/2026 22:52

Their husbands aren’t really getting what they signed up for any more ie being royal adjacent. Whether they walk away depends on how entangled they are in the deals I suppose.

bluegreygreen · 21/02/2026 22:59

@NoDrums archive link here https://archive.is/Fdtlj

LunaTheCat · 21/02/2026 23:00

I think Andrew will talk.. he will do anything to save himself. The police will certainly push. Watch this space. .. he will take many others in very high places down.

TurquoiseDress · 21/02/2026 23:01

Thank you for starting this new thread, just placemarking!

Gonefishingithink · 21/02/2026 23:03

LunaTheCat · 21/02/2026 23:00

I think Andrew will talk.. he will do anything to save himself. The police will certainly push. Watch this space. .. he will take many others in very high places down.

I’m not sure he will save himself though. That’s the whole point. He most likely doesn’t want to end up like Epstein.

Gonefishingithink · 21/02/2026 23:04

MidWayThruJanuary · 21/02/2026 22:29

So Peter Loughborough- personal secretary to Charles and Camilla- was in charge of Royal Protection officers and instructed some of then to effectively act as bouncers at Epstein’s house in NY.

Oh my God.

NoDrums · 21/02/2026 23:04

AreYouSureAskedNaomi · 21/02/2026 22:46

How would the RAF flights get approved? I understand that AMW might have asked but he should have been told to politely fuck off. Who would have had agreed to this and authorise it?

It is starting to look as if the people responsible just looked away. I’ve read so much I can’t recall where I read this but when the PPOs said something about Andrew bringing women to BP, a senior officer in the Met had said they should shut up and that the privacy of whom they were protecting had to be protected.

Fealty and subservience to the Crown in true feudal style. I can really see now why AMW acted with impunity - he absolutely got away with anything because the UK was his playground. Those Times and DT articles are worth a read, if you haven’t read them already.

EsmaCannonball · 21/02/2026 23:04

Apparently, last year, Eugenie's anti-trafficking charity spent more than double on wages than it did on projects.

Teleron · 21/02/2026 23:05

Im not really that interested in the people like Andrew who were involved with Epstein, justice for them will hopefully be served. My interest lies in the people who turned a blind eye or facilitated this. It’s fascinating. How could the whole of the establishment not have know what was going on or more to the point, not have cared? And why?!

Gonefishingithink · 21/02/2026 23:05

Jitterybugs2 · 21/02/2026 21:23

I believe she’s having a special neck massage formulated just for her. A good rub down with Brasso.

🤣🤣🤣

NoDrums · 21/02/2026 23:06

bluegreygreen · 21/02/2026 22:59

@NoDrums archive link here https://archive.is/Fdtlj

Thank you @bluegreygreen!!! Again :-)

I need to figure out how to do this.

BasiliskStare · 21/02/2026 23:06

I"m assuming if SF did something (PR etc ) whilst she was the Duchess and royal adjacent for that clinic they have probably given her that for a freebie. Whether it's the full £13000 night package , no idea . But , speculation;ation on my part , these freebies will dry up quite quickly. Because who wants to go where SF goes? Pure speculation on my part - freely admit. I don't mix in those circles.

PeppyAmberHedgehog · 21/02/2026 23:07

CandidGinny · 21/02/2026 20:02

Joining too, I found it interesting that SF has checked herself into the world's most expensive spa in Switzerland for some TLC.

She always feels at home at Paracelsus, and knows she’ll get love and attention there, as well as expert health treatment when she’s feeling at her most vulnerable.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15577273/Sarah-Ferguson-wellness-clinic-friendship-Jeffrey-Epstein.html

I wonder what treatments she is enjoying.

I read it was £13k a night, that's really going to help her financial situation! How can this possibly help in a way that an normal hotel wouldn't? Ridiculous.

Gonefishingithink · 21/02/2026 23:08

PumpkinPieAlibi · 21/02/2026 20:23

I am from another Commonwealth country, not on the list @simpsonthecat posted above. There is literally one Letter to the Editor piece in an online newspaper and a FB post from a local talk show host where everyone who took the time to respond basically spoke about Trump and other Epstein-related names. The Windsors barely warranted a mention.

I found the links mentioned after searching for them as nothing came up on my SM feeds and none of my group chats brought it up.

For context, when the Queen visited the country sometime in the 80's, my mum who was around 20 then said the streets were lined with people waiting to see her. For the Golden Jubilee in 2002, the lower forms at my secondary school were asked to submit artwork celebrating same. There was even a small revival of interest up to the point when Harry and Meghan got married. Growing up, we had endless streets and facilities and sporting grounds named after the royals. Princess Margaret is part of our local lexicon and her name was used regularly in relation to a spoilt, arrogant person 😂

BUT...all that has genuinely changed. People in my age group do not even know who Andrew, Anne and Edward are and they only know Charles because of Diana honestly.

The reasons are threefold -

  1. Younger people simply do not believe in venerating and idolising people simply by virtue of birth. Meritocracy may be flawed but it is defensible.
  1. There's an Eat the Rich mentality and it's pervasive in millennials and Gen Z. People expect accountability, transparency and social responsibility...pretty much the antithesis of everything the royals stand for.
  2. In the commonwealth, there's growing anti-colonialism sentiment. The BRF are the epitome of the empire ideology and they are completely unrelatable to us in ways the British cannot understand. The country I was born and live in and the one my ancestors came from were both colonised and I think there is a rejection of all things reminiscent of Empire. Meghan would have been so good for the family image as she actually looks somewhat like the varied peoples the RF once ruled over and many people here found her easier to relate to, but alas...

She’s certainly not very relatable now , what with her desperately wannabe social climbing and expensive tastes.

MidWayThruJanuary · 21/02/2026 23:09

@AreYouSureAskedNaomi
Epsteins private jet was given permission
to land at RAF Morham - 20 miles from Sandringham. Hopefully records will show who gave that permission.

bluegreygreen · 21/02/2026 23:30

@NoDrums

This is what I do -

To archive links:
I copy the link, go to an archive website (I use https://archive.is), first search for saved snapshots, if available click on the thumbnail picture to go to them and copy the short archive link in the address bar to use.
If no snapshots are available I use the section saying 'I want to archive' - it takes much longer, especially for a recent article in a paper that runs adverts.
Hope this helps.

PumpkinPieAlibi · 21/02/2026 23:34

Gonefishingithink · 21/02/2026 23:08

She’s certainly not very relatable now , what with her desperately wannabe social climbing and expensive tastes.

I mean, it's bold of you to tell me what the people in my country think and feel and relate to. But yes, as much as it irks some of you, Meghan is still very liked in many places, certainly more than the toxic family she married into.

Quick question though - who has more expensive tastes than the RF? And why is that in itself something to be hateful towards Meghan for?

And also, I might be slow, but if money and social climbing were the goal, I'd think Meghan would do everything to stay in the RF. It doesn't get more socially stratospheric .and obscenely wealthy than that.

Those reasons sounds a little bit like jealousy, but I digress. There are much more important things to discuss and Meghan's alleged profligacy isn't even in the top 10.

TheAutumnCrow · 21/02/2026 23:38

simpsonthecat · 21/02/2026 20:23

£13,000 A DAY !

My god

So she’ll rack up a £1million bill by 11 weeks if she’s lucky.

That’s how she wazzes through money. In fact given her ‘extras’ and First Class travel, I think she’ll hit the million pound mark after 6-8 weeks tops.

MidWayThruJanuary · 21/02/2026 23:47

According to the Daily Mail a whistle blower has come forward to say that the RF were informed in 2019 that AMW was abusing the RF name in secret deals.
So were Charles and William aware 7 years ago?