Questions being asked on walk abouts

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William was on a walkabout and a member of the public asked him how long he had known about Andrew.
Do you think William should have answered? If true, he could have said he knew nothing about it until recently.

I can accept he might not have been kept in the loop, his dad might have decided to withhold the information from him, but a) it’s reasonable for the public to ask and b) impossible to believe Charles wasn’t informed, perhaps not at the time, but over the last few years after Charles helped fund the VG pay off.

Surely they have all been briefed on what they should say to questions about Andrew - probably something along the lines of it being inappropriate to comment while a criminal investigation is underway.

Their PR team is a disaster lets face it. Its been handled badly.

I suspect if you had as busy a 'business' board as a relationships board you would see that many business partners have no clue what the other is doing either, particularly if it is siphoning off money for their own benefit or hiding less that perfect decision making and moral choices.

The Royal Family are a business, but each with different offices, separate entities but under one big parent company. We are often told (especially on the H&M vs W&C bun fight threads) that they are not friendly, with each office fighting against another for the best PR. Keeping and leaking secrets.

I imagine they have been briefed to say nothing in response to questions shouted from the crowd.

The question itself is vague as to what exactly is being asked; and it isn't as if the circumstance in which it was asked would have been conducive to a satisfying exchange, or an exchangevof any length.

I'm all for giving the RF pressure on this point, but am also realistic enough that none of them can reasonably be expected to stop and answer questions like this on a walkabout.

If hecklers keep yelling the question, of the PoW and others, perhaps the RF might see the need to clear stuff up.

Oh, and I wonder why is St Princess Anne not being badgered the same way, when she'd be more likely to have known about thngs as they happened. It is like the situ is being weaponised against PoW.

Yes, interestingly I noticed that Anne was not a recipient of questions or heckles when she attended the rugby.

Have any of the women had this during solo visits? Kate, Sophie…

Pfft. It's the only place we, the public, can ask such questions.

Long may it continue.

He didn’t ignore it . He virtually mocked the questioner by cupping his ear and pretending he couldn’t hear

How rude.

I'm surprised an "irritated silence" wasn't reported as that seems to be his usual response to things he wants to ignore.

Bene seen reports of protests at the recent commonwealth service and that the BBC didnt even broadcast it

So much for all those polls showing how popular they are...🫢

The palace will say they can't comment while there are legal proceedings. I do remember William answering a question about the royal family being racist after Harry's book , but I've never heard anyone else answer a shouted out question.
I hope it made them feel uncomfortable, there are lots of questions that the family need to answer but I don't think they ever will

I think it was unexpectedly axed at the last minute?

It's an interesting turn given how prone Auntie has previously been to rolling over for the royals,

The polls are part of the propaganda machine

I can prove the Windsors are not popular . If they truly were we would be allowed a vote on their continued existence.

On the contrary I'd say he coped with the question very well which seems to have got your ire.

Anyone who thinks it's appropriate to question them about it are imo being foolish and deflecting from Maxwell and Trump and other parties who clearly warrant full investigation. The fact AMW is not currently being questioned on the issue of trafficked women would leave me to believe there is little evidence on which to question him - at this moment in time.

If the person who asked knew anything about this at all, they wouldn't have needed to ask.

Neither William, Kate or Harry like ex-PA; they never have. It's very clear from anything you read or hear about it.

This is, I suspect, what PW is referring to when he speaks of a more slim-line Monarchy and I think he'll pare things down even more than his father has.

No, he shouldn't answer and I think it's pretty obvious that he won't, so why bother asking? It's disrespectful and I am sure people wouldn't be asking their mate the same kinds of stupid questions. William is not exPA's father, he was not in a position to do anything about his uncles behaviour. He can now and he has and will probably take further steps when he is promoted to the 'top job'.

The person who shouted out was asking "how long have you known about Andrew" Nothing about trafficked girls
He has done huge awful stuff apart from that. There's a lot about his actions in the media today. Passing on sensitive government information for fdosh.

I want that question asked every time they show their faces.

What do you hope to achieve?

I have no idea what my brothers do, or my uncle for that matter and I'm not responsible for anyone else's actions except my own.

Presumable you don’t act as a group who serves the public?

I will also add that for anyone to start answering questions from the media or a member of the public would be highly irresponsible bearing in mind the ongoing police matter into allegations of misfeasance in public office and could risk an effective prosecution should there be enough evidence to charge AMW with same.

Well actually I very much did and it was very clear what my professional obligations were. However with the type of constitutional monarchy in the UK the rules are less sharp and some might say very blurred, particularly for an arrogant entitled person like amw and therein lies the problem.

He probably made the right decision to not answer. However, when your entire family has made their livelihood out of being genetically pre-destined to rule for centuries, it's hardly surprising it will all start to wobble when the gene pool is shown to contain paedophiles.

What do I hope to achieve? Me?

William should not answer, there is nothing he can say on a walkabout. However I wish pressure to be put on the Palace and us general public have absolutely no options but to call out a question like this. Repeatedly I hope. It will then get through to the powers that be. I want the Palace to be more open, to understand that there is a lot of anger out there for the cover up of AMW, to learn lessons from this and start with some transparency.

Oh, and an apology to the Guiffre family after putting out a statement more or less calling her a liar.

As I say, he should not answer. But perhaps he and Charles could take note of public feeling.
Not yours obviously...

Known what about Andrew, though.

I am absolutely sure they are aware of public feeling.

An apology would not be legally advisable. They need to avoid prejudicing any investigation that may follow, both of his behaviour in public office and any wrongdoing in his private life. I don't think anyone wants to see anything other than a fair trial.

Any trial is to do with misdemeanour in public office.

I am not absolutely sure they are aware of public feeling at all. The Palace do seem to make a lot of faux pas

His misdeeds, lies, behaviour, grifting, backhanders, dodgy associates... over decades