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Disgrace, Denial, and Delusion: The Three Estates of Prince Andrew · The Epstein Chronicles

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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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Epstein Chronicles. Every time that Prince Andrew opens his mouth,
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I have to check off its satire. That's how ridiculously
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jaw droppingly entitled everything he has to say sounds. I mean,
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we're talking about the man who brought sham to the
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royal family like it was a competitive sport. Now has
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the audacity, the unholy goal to demand not one, but
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two new homes because he's being nudged out of the
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royal lodge. Two homes two, as if he's some kind
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of commodity being courted by rival kingdoms. Bro, You're not
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Aragorn being offered the throne. You're a disgraced duke who
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couldn't even manage a coherent interview about your friendship with
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a convicted pedophile. You're lucky you still have plumbing, let
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alone a roof. This man really walks around like he's
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a key player on the world stage, when in reality
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he's more like the water boy who got caught gambling
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on the Games. He's the usial operating in this alternate
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universe where a public humiliation somehow increases your property value.
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He's acting like the monarchy owes him reparations for the
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suffering of having to live and free in a mansion.
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You can almost hear him whining, it's not fair Mummy
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would have let me stay, as if invoking the ghost
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of the Queen somehow justifies him still leeching off the crown.
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It's like watching Sandor Lagane snarl at the lanister guards
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I'll have two chickens, except at least the hound earned
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his appetite. Andrew's out here trying to negotiate from a
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place of power when the only power he has left
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is his Wi Fi connection and whatever's left in his
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royal allowance. This man couldn't sweat his way through a
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BBC interview, yet somehow he thinks he can strong arm
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King Charles into a real estate deal. He's the only
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man alive who can look straight into the abyss of
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his own disgrace and still think, yeah, I deserve some
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beachfront property. This sheer delusion is almost inspiring. It's like
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watching a man drowning in quicksand can plain that the
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sand isn't silkier. The absurdity would be funny if it
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wasn't so perfectly on brand. Because, of course, Prince Andrew,
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the original poster boy for royal obliviousness, thinks that he
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can play hardball with the very institution that spent years
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trying to bury his scandals under Buckingham's carpeting. He is
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the aristocratic version of a guy who loses his job
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and then demands the company car as a loyalty bonus.
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The world has moved on, his titles are stripped, his
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dignity is on life support, and he still wants to
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be treated like he's indispensable. The prince of absurd, demanding
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two castles while standing in the ruins of his own reputation.
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It's almost poetic, really, like a Shakespearean fool who still
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thinks he's the hero of the play long after the
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curtains dropped and the audience has gone home. Every request,
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every statement, every whiff of arrogance just reinforces what everyone
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already knows. It's Andrew's only kingdom left is denial, and
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even there the walls are closing in. The man lives
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in a bubble so thick you could bounce an artillery
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shell off it. He still struts around like he's owed something,
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as if the nation should be grateful for his existence,
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when in truth, the country would probably throw a street
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party if he finally vanished quietly into the countryside. He
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doesn't seem to grasp that the world outside Buckingham Palace
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is not a fairy tale. It's full of people who
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actually work for their homes, you know, pay mortgages, who
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don't have grace in favor written into their DNA. And
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yet here he is the Duke of Disgrace, crying foul
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because the gravy train doesn't have enough passenger cars for
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his ego. Well, it's really tragic, well tragically hilarious is
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that he thinks that this is a negotiation, like he's
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sitting across from King Charles at a mahogany table, sliding
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demands across the surface while sipping tea with his pinky out.
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In his mind, he's still a power broker, a man
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of leverage. In reality, his leverage evaporated the second that
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the BBC interview aired. That was the moment that the
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mass slipped, that the whole world saw the man for
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what he truly was, a pomp is self pitying relic
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who thought his titles could shield him from the consequences
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of his own depravity. He can puff out his chest
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all he wants, but that doesn't change the fact that
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he's a royal liability whose presence at family gatherings now
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causes a collective grimacing. And yet somehow the audacity persists.
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The same delusion that kept him from sweating apparently keeps
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them from feeling shame. Every time he surfaces in the headlines,
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it's never to show contrition or accountability. It's to ask
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for more, more money, more homes, more validation, more anything
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to fill the gaping hole where his dignity used to be.
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It's like watching a man set his own life on
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fire then demands someone else buy him a new house
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because the all one burned down. And look, the reality
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is this The only person who still believes in Prince
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Andrew whose importance is Prince Andrew himself. Everyone else has
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moved on, rolled the rise and left him talking to
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the echo of his former relevance. Today's article is from
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the New York Post and the headline Prince Andrew will
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only give up his royal residence if one massive demand
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is met. This article was authored by Leah Bitsky, Prince
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Andrew and his ex wife Sarah Ferguson are willing to
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move out of Royal Lodge in exchange for Megan Markle
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and Prince Harry's former UK home. Oh well, isn't that
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magnanimous of him? Let me move out of one mansion
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into the next, because you know, that's something all of
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us have the ability to do. Right, you get thrown
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out and you're going right to the next mansion. Meanwhile,
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most people, they get thrown out and if they have
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the money, which a lot of people don't, they'll move
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into a different apartment or whatever, usually not a better one.
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If you're getting evicted, that usually means that you have
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some issues right financially, whatever it might be. So this
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idiot thinks that he should get thrown out of one
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mansion and go right to the next. Here's an idea,
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how about an apartment in the middle of the city
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like everybody else. And frankly, it boggles my mind that
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this dude thinks that he's negotiating from a position of power. Bud,
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you are completely disgraced and you're lucky that you're not
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thrown out directly on your ass. Andrew is considering a
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move into Frogmore Cottage after news surfaced that the disgraced
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former Duke of York hasn't paid rent for his Winsor
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Estate mansion for twenty two years. The Delhi Mail reported
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on Sunday, King Charles has already offered them the Duke
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and Duchess of Sussex old home amid the backlash. So
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does he not have rent there? I mean, this guy
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can just move in wherever he wants to move in
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and not pay any rent. How do I sign up
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for this program? Because I don't know about you, but
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there's a lot of things I could do if I
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didn't have rent to pay. But Prince Andrew, it's not
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good enough. Right. Not only has his whole been handed
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to him, not only has he been given everything, not
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only has he not have to really work a day
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in his life, but on top of it, he doesn't
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have to worry about rent. He doesn't have to worry
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about a power bill, he doesn't have to worry about
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getting up in the morning and going to work with
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a bunch of people he doesn't like. In fact, Prince
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Andrew's the person that everybody else doesn't like, so he
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doesn't have to worry about any of that. But in
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his mind, he thinks that he's still some kind of
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significant figure over in the UK and that he can
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bargain for what happens next. And my unsolicited advice to
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him is to get that bargaining done now, because when
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William becomes the king, the party is over for Prince Andrew.
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Bro might as well take up that offer that was
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extended to him by one of those shakes over in
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like UAE or whatever it was. Enjoy the desert, bro
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Andy of Arabia looking ass. Another potential option could be
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Prince William and Kate Middleton's former abode, Adelaide Cottage, which
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the Whales found family recently vacated for a more upgraded home.
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Andrew allegedly prefers to stay close to Windsor or in
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proximity to his daughter's homes in London. According to the outlet,
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oh give me a break. As if London's that big,
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as if the UK is that big, What a weak
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ass excuse. I'm sure a lot of people want to
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live closer to their family, but they can't do it
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because you know, work or whatever is in the way.
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But Prince Andrew, well, he has to stay in the
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mansion so he can see his family. Here's an idea.
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Hop on the tube and take it over to your
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daughter's house, or ride one of them horses you love
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so much. But whatever you do, quit fucking whining. Charles
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seventy six has allegedly wanted Andrew sixty five and Ferguson
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sixty six to move at a royal lodge for some
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time now, and the ruling monarch reportedly wants them to
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move into Frogmore. Like the name sounds terrible, right Frogmore.
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Then you look at pictures and you're like, holy shit,
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you're complaining about moving into that place. Most of us
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would kill to have a place like that, even to
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rent it. But for Uncle Touchy, the Joe exotic of
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the Windsor family, that's not good enough. He deserves more.
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Can you imagine having to deal with this guy? Frog
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Moore and Adelaide reportedly require no new renovation or more
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security at the expense of the taxpayer, as the properties
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are within Windsor Castle security perimeter. Well, here's an idea.
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No security for Andrew. If you want security, pay for it.
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Why should the regular old people of the UK pick
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up the bill for these combags? I don't get it.
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I truly don't understand how that could even be a thing,
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especially now that everybody's hip to it. It's one thing
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when he's doing it on the cuff, where nobody, you know,
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is wiser to the nonsense. Now though everybody knows. So
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we're just gonna let him go live in that castle. Still, however,
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Parliament has yet to figure out how Andrew and Ferguson
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would be charged for rent in their new designated homes. Oh,
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they're not going to be charged for rent. Come on,
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how is Prince Andrew going to pay rent? This dumb
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fuck can't even have a podcast, Start a TikTok, do
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a dance competition, do something bro go, get a job
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at the Bowling Alley, start a food truck, a Halal
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food truck going by yourself. A power washer and start
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a power washing business. And to follow that fels there's
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always clown college. No one's really sure how it's going
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to go down at the Palace yet, a source told
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The Sun. Insiders believe that the new tenants would move
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into Royal Lodge to fund necessary renovations. Well where are
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they going to find new tenants? I guess it wouldn't
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be that hard, right, But the problem is security. That's
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what people are worried about. Moving people into that house
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could become a security nightmare for the royal family. So
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what you do is you move other Royals in there
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that actually, you know, have some money and they can
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pay up. Andrew's realistic and knows the writing is on
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the wall and that is time at Royal Lodge is up,
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the Sword said, referencing how the ousted royal has struggled
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to afford upkeep on the property despite not having to
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pay a rent. It's like buying a car that costs
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too much money. Right, You're struggling, like an m effort
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to keep up with the payments, and then something goes
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wrong and boom. You don't have the dough to fix that.
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So now the bank's holding the note, you're not driving
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the car. How much longer do you think you got
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before the repossession man shows up? Spoiler alert, not very
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much longer. The Crown Estate granted Andrew with seventy five
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year lease agreement for a Royal Lodge in two thousand
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and three, and he moved into the home with his
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kids a year later. After renovations on the home were
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completed in two thousand and eight, Ferguson moved into Andrew's
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home despite the duo divorcing in nineteen ninety six after
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ten years of marriage. The whole entire thing with him
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and Fergie weird as hell. Now, look, I'm not going
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to sit here and judge anyone's relationship because I don't
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know the ins and outs of it. Bro Come on,
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you really think she's sticking around because Prince Andrew is
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just this great guy? Or is it that you can't
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let go of the whole duchess routine. I'll leave that
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up to you to decide. They've been under a meds
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strain this year and need a break from one another.
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It's a fresh start for both, the source said. So basically,
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the gravy trains running out, and that shit's quickly followed
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by Fergie out here running as fast as Usain Bolt
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trying to get away from Andrew. Now, under the property's
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lease agreement, Andrew paid one point two million dollar a
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premium to secure the lease and an additional nine million
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of his own money for a required refurbishment. Where do
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you get the money? Please, Somebody explain to me where
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Prince Andrew is getting that kind of dough and I
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mean now, because back in the day, we know he
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just called his boy Epstein and he get hooked up.
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Because his out of pocket fees exceed five million pound
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threshold set by the Crown Estate, he effectively bought out
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the annual rent fee, which is why he did not
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pay any additional fee over the last two decades. The
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Gray two listed house is three stories and features thirty rooms,
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including seven bedrooms and a saloon. What does this dude
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need all of that for? I mean, come on, one guy,
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one disgrace. Prince needs all that stuff? Huh. The neatly
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one hundred acre property also boasts a gardener's cottage, the
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Chapel Lodge, six lodge cottages, and police accommodations. Meanwhile, Frogmore
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and Adelaide are a much more modest in size, with
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the former featuring five bedrooms and a nursery and the
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latter boasting four bedrooms. Again, what does he need that for?
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Get him a studio. Put this motherfucker in the basement
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below Buckingham Palace for all I care. Andrew and Ferguson
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notoriously lost our royal titles due to their ties to
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Jeffrey Epstein with his Majesty's agreement, we feel I must
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now go a step further. I will therefore no longer
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use my title or the honors which have been conferred
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upon me, Andrew said in a statement earlier this month.
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As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations
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against me. So look, this is where we've landed, the
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final act of Prince Andrew's long, humiliating slide into irrelevance.
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The man still doesn't get it. He stands a knee
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deep in the wreckage of his own life, crown cracked,
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reputation buried, and he's still out here demanding new homes
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like the world owes him something two houses two. The
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rest of us are just trying to keep up with
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rent and groceries, and this guy wants a pair of
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palaces as consolation for torching his own legacy. The sheer
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nerve of it is almost admirable, and I can't look
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away from the car crash kind of way. It's like
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watching a fallen king who still thinks the peasants should
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cheer when he walks by. The delusion is breathtaking. The
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world saw what he was, what he did, how he
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hid behind his title, while others took the fall, and
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instead of humility, instead of an hour of remorse, we
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get a wish list. It's entitlement so baked in that
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even when he's standing on the gallows of public opinion,
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he still thinks he's being inconvenienced. He doesn't even realize
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he's not feared or respected anymore. He's mocked, and that's worse.
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So yeah, let him stop his feet and demand his
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two chickens. Let him cry about the unfairness of it
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all from whatever cushy corner he lands in next, because
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no castle, no estate, no royal decree can buy back
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what he's already lost, his credibility, his honor, his name.
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The crown can't save him, the palace can't protect him.
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The world has already moved on. The Joe, exotic of
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the Windsor family, is not a prince anymore. He's a
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walking reminder of how power without humility curdles into something grotesque,
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and the only throne he's got left to sit on
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is the one made entirely of his own disgrace. All
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