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The Prince Of Nothing: Andrew Is Stripped Of All His Remaining Titles · 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. You know it's about damn time. After all
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the years of excuses, all the pomp, all of the
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official press releases dressed up as fairy tales, we finally
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arrived at the inevitable conclusion everyone with half a functioning
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brain saw coming years ago. Prince Andrew, the self proclaimed
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war hero, Mummy's favorite little monster, the so called man
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who managed to humiliate a thousand years of monarchy in
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one lifetime, is now officially the Prince of nothing. And
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that crown didn't fall from his head. He sold it off,
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pawned it piece by piece in exchange for silence, settlements
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and saving face. The man who once strutted through Buckingham
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Palace like he was God's gift to the armed forces
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has now been reduced to a cautionary tale told at
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family dinners. Listen, lad don't grow up to be like
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Uncle Handy. After years of dragon the royal name, through
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the filth of treating accountability like a foreign concept, of
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hiding behind privileged thicker than the palace walls themselves, this
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pompous parasite finally abdicated his titles. The move everyone's been
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begging for since the day that he opened his sweaty
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mouth on national television and said he couldn't recall being
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friends with the convicted sex offender because apparently he was
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too busy not sweating in a pizza express and woking.
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That interview alone should have been enough to strip him
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of every title, medal and every ounce of public respect
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he ever had. Instead, it took years of damage control,
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millions in hush money, and a national embarrassment that stretched
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from London to the last colony, still pretending to care
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about the royal family. And let's not get ourselves. This
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wasn't some noble act. This wasn't a man who was repenting.
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It was a man backed into a corner after realizing
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there were no more rugs left to sweep his scandals under.
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The palace didn't push him out because of principle. They
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pushed him out because the stench had become unbearable. The
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same man who used to wave from balconies next to
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his mother is now a permanent stain on her legacy.
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He chased her to the grave with scandal after scandal,
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turning her twilight years into a pr nightmare, and Now
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that she's gone, his cowardice is finally out in the open.
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The boy who couldn't face the truth finally gets to
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live it. A prince entitled, lonely, a disgrace in every
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other sense, Andrew's entire career has been one long exercise
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and delusion. He called himself a trade envoy, but what
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he really was was a walking liability with a diplomatic passport.
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The man couldn't close a deal if it came with
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a palace attached, But boy could he open a door
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for the wrong kind of friends. Epstein, Maxwell, shady businessman, oligarchs.
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If there ever was a morally bankrupt billionaire in need
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of royal validation, and he was your man. He turned
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the House of Windsor into a networking event for the
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ethically bankrupt. And when it all came crashing down, did
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he own it? Of course not. He hid, denied, deflected,
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because that's what cowards do when their whole world is
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built on inherited power and unearned privilege. So here's to you, Andy,
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The man who once wore medals for valor now gets
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to wear the invisible badge of disgrace. The mighty prince
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who wants, fancied himself a man of stature, now reduced
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to a bitter, bloated symbol of everything rotten about the
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upper class. You've gone from royal privilege to tabloid punchline,
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from palace balcony to hiding in your mother's old cottage,
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muttering to yourself about how unfair life is. You, sir,
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are the Duke of delusion, the Baron of blunders, the
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lord of lost causes. You didn't just abdicate your titles.
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You abdicated your humanity years ago, when you chose ego
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over decency and the juiciest part. This time, the royals
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aren't writing to your rescue. No spin doctors, no carefully
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worded statements, no palace insiders whispering about your service to
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the crown. They've all washed their hands of you. Even
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your own blood has finally had enough. Charles is keeping
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you at arm's length, Prince William wouldn't touch your name
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with a ten foot scepter, and the rest of your
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family is acting like you were adopted from the discount
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bin at Herad's. You're radioactive now, Andy, the kind of
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scandal that doesn't get smoothed over with charity galleys and
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glossy magazine covers. So enjoy your exile at the Royal Lodge,
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because it's the closest thing you'll ever get to the
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throne again. The monarchy may be cold, but you've earned
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every icy shoulder come in your way. And let's be honest.
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This isn't some quiet new chapter for Andrew. This is
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exile and plain sight. No parades, no fanfare, no thank
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you for your service, just a whimper. Now. The press
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release might sound polite, but the subtext is deafening. We're
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done cleaning up after you, even the palace staff for
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leaking like a sieve. Now whispering about how nobody wants
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to even sit near him at family functions. He's become
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the royal ghost. Not dead, just socially buried. The man
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can't show his face at a charity event with the
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room tightening up like someone just dropped the live grenade.
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And look, it's poetic, really, the man who spent decades
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living off the taxpayers now gets to live as a taxpayer,
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and not the bluff kind. He'll have to stare down
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the same public that he lied to, the same people
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who paid for his bodyguards while he rubbed elbows with predators.
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No more palace guards hide behind, just a bloated embarrassment,
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roaming around windsor Great Park like a bad smell the
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wind can't quite carry away. The tabloids are going to
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continue to eat them alive. But at this point it's
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not even cruelty, it's just justice with the side of
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irony and the royals. They're not just cutting them off,
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they're cutting them out. When the Christmas portraits roll around,
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don't expect him in the lineup. They photo shopped him
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out of history without ever saying the words. He's gone
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from HRH to FYI, formerly Your Highness. You can practically
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hear the sigh of relief echoing through Buckingham Palace. Even Charles,
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who's been desperate to preserve them monarchy's tattered image, finally
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had to face reality. You can't preach duty and honor
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while keeping a guy like Andrew around. He's the human
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version of Aubestos, toxic, outdated, and expensive as fluck to remove. Look,
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there's not going to be a redemption arc waiting, no
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comeback tour, no Netflix documentary about misunderstood Royals. The public's
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done the media is done, even the monarchy's done. The
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only people still defending him are the ones who stand
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to lose money if he goes completely under. But reputations
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like his don't get rebuilt. They're at slower in the shadows.
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Every time his name comes up, it'll be a reminder
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of how far privilege can fall when it finally hits
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the wall of public disgust. So here we are full circle.
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The Queen's favorite son wants, destined for a life of
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luxury and influence, is now just another washed up aristocrat
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with no crown, no credibility, and no clue the prints
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of nothing, dethroned by his own arrogance. He wanted to
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be remembered for his service, his valor his royal blood.
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Instead he'll be remembered for a photograph, a settlement, and
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an interview that turned him into a global punchline. That's
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the legacy yearned, not stolen by scandal, but crafted by
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his own cowardice, one lie at a time. Today's article
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is from the Delhi mel and the headline Prince Andrew
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gives up all of his titles, including Duke of York
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and this Order of the Garter membership as he's banished
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from royal life after a fresh string of scandals. This
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article was authored by Rebecca English and Mark Duhl. Prince
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Andrew was tonight finally forced to relinquish all of his
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remaining royal titles. After another week of scandal. He announced
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he would no longer be known as the Duke of
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York and was stepping down from membership of the Order
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of the Garter, the country's most ancient order of chivalry.
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While that's a good idea, probably should have done that
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a long time ago. No talks about being honorable, talks
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about how he does the honorable thing, and then goes
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and hides behind his mummy skirts whenever there's questions asked
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about what he was up to with Epstein. So yeah,
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this is a long time coming. And if anybody deserves
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to be embarrassed, if anybody deserves a downfall, it's Prince Andrew.
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Andrew will also relinquish his position as night Grand Cross
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of the Royal Victoria Order, but he will remain a prince,
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having been born the son of Queen Elizabeth. Well, yeah,
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you can't get rid of that, right. He's a prince.
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He's part of the family. That's the end of it,
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but you can't get rid of the titles. He doesn't
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have to get any of the benefits that come along
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with that, and he shouldn't be getting any of those benefits,
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especially anything that's paid for by the taxpayer. His ex wife, Sarah,
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Duchess of York, with whom he will continue to live
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with at the lavish thirty bedroom Royal Lodja Winsor, will
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now be known as Plain Sarah Ferguson. The Prince's decision
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was made after strong pressure from King Charles in a
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discussion with other family members, including Prince William as heir
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to the throne, as well as Andrew's other siblings, Princess
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Anne and Prince Edward. Well, we all know that this
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was William's decision. He's going to be the king, right,
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It's going to be up to him to make these decisions.
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And I'm sure that Charles bowed to him. Hey, look,
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you're going to be the king soon, and if you
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think this is the right way to go, fine, I'm
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going to back you up. And honestly, it's not like
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he had any other choice. What are you going to do?
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Argue on behalf of Prince Andrew there was a sense
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of relief at Buckingham that the King's brother had finally
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fallen on his sword after years of pressure to keep
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a little profile, despite being stripped already of his HRH
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title and made to step down from public duties in
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twenty twenty two. That was all symbolic. That really didn't
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mean anything, right, It wasn't like he was doing anything.
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He wasn't you know somebody that was active, really, so
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it was symbolic. He didn't anything to you step away
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from those working titles. But this is different. This man
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is now a complete embarrassment and we're gonna talk about
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some of the other people who have abdicated in the
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history of the UK. And it's a fucking rogues gallery.
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So welcome to the rogues Gallery, Prince Andrew. You've earned
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your spot. But there was also a sense of weariness
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that the monarchy had been forced to endure another week
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of deeply damaging headlines at the disgraced Duke's hand. It's
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understood that the King, who was believed to have spoken
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to his brother by phone from Scotland about the issue,
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feels glad at the outcome. Something had to be done.
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A source said, yeah, I agree with that, but it's
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a little late. No. If I was the king or
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the queen or whatever, and I had this information about
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my brother allegedly doing this, I would launch an internal
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investigation and whatever they found out, I would go from there.
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And if it was found out that my brother was
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up to this, bro, let me tell you what. I
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would have no empathy for him, no compassion, and I
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would sentence him to the harshest punishment that I could.
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No more money, no royal lodge, nothing, bro. Go get
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a job driving a lory. You've earned it. You're not
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going to sit here and soil the fucking family name.
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But they waited all these years. This is in new information.
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Everybody knew Prince Andrew was guilty of what he was
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being accused of. And now the chickens are coming home
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to roost and these are the receipts. What more do
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you need? Does an innocent man do all the things
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Prince Andrew has done? Of course he doesn't, So as
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far as I'm concerned, Prince Andrew is guilty of everything
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he was accused of. In a statement issued by a
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Buckingham Palace on his behalf, Andrew made clear he continued
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to deny allegations of sexual assault made against him by
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the late Virginia Roberts, who he met through pedophile financier
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Jeffrey Epstein. Well, what do you mean, I thought he
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never even met her. Oh, I've never met that girl
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in my life. I was weighing the wrong kitch. I
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wasn't sweating. I am too honorable of a man to
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ever take part in anything such as that. You fucking clown,
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you dope, you absolute moron. And look, folks, I don't
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really take any joy in people's downfall, right, It's not
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something I glowed in. You know, life is hard, People
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make bad decisions all the time, and I believe in
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second chances. Lord knows I've needed second chances in my
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own life. But when you don't even own up to
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the bullshit you're doing, you don't own up to the
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shit you've been caught for, how can anyone have any
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remorse for you? This man was literally yucking it up
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and laughing about his assault of Virginia, and then went
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so far as to say he has no idea who
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she is. Well, the emails tell us a different story,
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and maybe somebody should have told the Prince of punk
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asses that the Internet's forever, but he conceded that continued
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revelations about his dealings with Epstein, as reported by The
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Mail on Sunday, were a distraction from the good work
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of the Royal family. He said his decision was prompted
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by his desire to always put my duty to my
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family and country first, echoing his infamous comments that he
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chose to break off relations with Epstein by flying to
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New York to tell him the news personally because he
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was an honorable man. An honorable man doesn't have relations
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with a sixteen or seventeen year old girl, especially one
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that's being brought to you on a plane with two
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sick fucks like Laine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. You didn't
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ask yourself where her parents were, if they knew what
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she was doing, why she was with them, if this
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was okay, Why do they have this girl with them
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in the first place. None of that crossed your mind,
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you sick, degenerate fucker Tonight. In a statement, the family
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of Miss Roberts, who took her own life in April,
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said Andrew's decision was vindication for our sister and survivors everywhere.
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They added this moment serves as a victory for Virginia,
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who consistently made attained he knows what happened. I know
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what happened, and there's only one of us telling the truth,
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and I know it's me, and anybody who doesn't believe
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it at this point is fooling themselves. How many more
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receipts do you need? You tell me, A rich person
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that's not going to defend their honor, a prince of
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the blood, really best lawyers in the business, folks, and
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they told them he better settle. And this is why
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they knew all of this stuff existed. They knew that
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Andrew and Epstein were still close, and they knew that
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Andrew and Epstein were lying about the extent of their relationship.
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That's exactly why they settled. Last weekend, the MOS exclusively
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revealed that Andrew had publicly lied when he claimed he
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never had contact with Epstein again following a final meeting
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with him in December of twenty ten. It obtained emails
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sent twelve weeks after that meeting in which Andrew contacted
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the sex offender to reassure him. The day after, a
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picture of the Prince with Miss Roberts was published that
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we're in this together and we would have to rise
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above it. Well, guess what you didn't rise above shit?
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And I bet you took a nice long breath when
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Virginia passed away, didn't you thinking that everything was cool,
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thinking that you were gonna be done with this, you
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were gonna move on. Well guess what you were wrong.
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Remembering Gladiator when Maximus said that he'd have his vengeance
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in this life or the next. Well, same for Virginia,
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because this is vindication for her one hundred percent. All
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the people out there that doubted her story, all the
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people out there that you know tried to drag her
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name through the mud, go punch yourself directly in the
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fucking face, you bunch of losers, you bunch of coward
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ass chumps. Sickeningly, Andrew concluded, otherwise, keep in close touch
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and will play some more soon. It was signed a
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HRH the Duke of York KG as a night of
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the Order of the Garter. Well, the good news is
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he can sign his emails now as just do nod
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and everybody would know exactly who we're talking about. It
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was also revealed that Andrew met on at least three
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occasions the alleged Chinese spymaster at the center of the
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current Whitehall espionage case. Sources told The Deli Mal that
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things came to a head this week after a constant
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drip drip of fresh claims, of which the mos email
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revelations proved the most significant issue. The changes will take
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effect immediately and were decided upon in recognition of the
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fact that the Prince's personal issues continue to be an
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unwelcome distraction from the work of the wider royal family.
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Not for nothing, but what work? What exactly is it
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that you people do? Go around, shake some hands, kiss
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some babies, go to former colonies and tell people you
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love them. I don't even understand what their function is. However,
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the King has acknowledged that he cannot legally force Andrew
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out of the Royal Lodge home, and he will continue
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to remain there so long as he can afford the rent. Well.
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Pump the rent up. Yeah, I think we're going to
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charge five million dollars a month here. The Prince has
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a one hundred year plus private tenancy agreement with the
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Crown of State, which is said to be unaffected by
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issues relating to his honors and titles. It's understood that
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part of the King's thinking was to prevent a waste
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of parliamentary time formally taking the titles away. Any move
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to do so would have required an Act of Parliament.
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Bro What an embarrassment. I can't even begin to tell you.
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This man's up there with people like fucking Cromwell. Now
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we're talking about enemies of the state, people that led
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rebellions against the English crown. Those are the only kind
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of people that have had to abdicate throughout time. And
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now you can add the Joe exotic of the Windsor
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family to that list. But his Majesty was also very
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keen to protect Andrew's daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie,
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who remain her royal highnesses as granddaughters of Queen Elizabeth.
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And I think that's fair. I've said it from the beginning.
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I have no beef with Prince Andrew's kids. They didn't
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do this, since of the father isn't something I'm with Now,
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if you're engaging in the same bullshit, cool, But his daughters,
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while they're a bit disconnected, no doubt they weren't involved
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in this, So I won't hold it against them. If
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the father's titles had been removed, theirs would have been
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affected too, and Charles was keen to avoid this as
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he holds them in high regard and affection. He wouldn't
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have wanted to sign off on anything that would impact them,
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a source said, and again, look, I agree with that.
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I just want to be very clear. You can't hold
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the kids responsible. That's just unacceptable. Imagine you were held
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responsible for everything your parents ever did. Andrew remains a
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prince because he is the son of Queen Elizabeth. The id,
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according to letteris patent a written expression of wishes by
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a monarch, issued in nineteen seventeen by George of the
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Fifth and updated by Queen Elizabeth in twenty twelve. A
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source confirmed the title of Duke will not be used
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and considered in abeyance. His HRH title is already inactive
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the prince other titles and honors now join it. Notably,
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Andrew formally remains the counselor of the state to act
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on behalf of the king in limited and defined circumstances
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should he become incapacitated or is abroad. Prince Harry is
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another who could theoretically act in such a circumstance. Well, Harry,
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I expect. Look, I know people got beef with them
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because you know Megan and Markle and all that shit.
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But let's be real, folks. Okay, this is the Prince
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of the blood. Would you rather have him represent your
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country or Prince Andrew. I'm gonna go with Harry. But
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sources stressed that it was already made clear via Parliament
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in twenty twenty two that non working members of the
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Royal Family will not be called to serve in this capacity,
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so the position is again inactive and not worth taking
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up parliamentary time to change. Sources also confirmed, as previously
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revealed by The Male, that Andrew will not join the
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Royal family at Christmas at Sandringham ever again, although his
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daughters are welcome. A Royal source told The Mail there
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is relief that this is over over not by a
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long shot, sorry, not by a long shot. This man
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needs to speak to the authorities, point blank period. A
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source close to Sarah Ferguson said she had always used
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her maiden name professionally and had fallen into line behind
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Andrew's decision. It won't actually affect her in any way,
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and she remained supportive of him. They said, Oh, I'm
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sure it's not going to affect her in any way whatsoever.
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Miss I need some money, huh okay. In a statement,
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Virginia Roberts family said, we, the family of Virginia Roberts,
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believe that Prince Andrew's decision to give up his titles
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is vindication for our sister and survivors everywhere. This decisive
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action is a powerful step forward in our fight to
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bring Jeffrey Epstein and Glen Maxwell's child sex trafficking network
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to justice. Further, we believe it's appropriate for King Charles
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to remove the title of Prince this moment. Sir, this
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is a victory for Virginia, who consistently maintained he knows
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what happened. I know what happened, and there's only one
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of us telling the truth, and I know that's me.
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This is not just a victory for her, but for
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every single survivor of the horrific crimes perpetrated by Epstein
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and his co conspirators. The recent release of emails between
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Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein specifically won cent In early
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twenty eleven, just after a photo of Virginia, Prince Andrew
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and Glenn Maxwell was published, raises serious questions about the
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nature of their relationship. No shit, and look, I'll say
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it again, Prince Andrew, you're a liar. I believe that
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you did everything Virginia said and probably with other girls
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that were with Epstein too. In that email, Prince Andrew wrote,
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We're in this together and we'll play more soon, comments
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that further validate the truths that Virginia had long spoken about.
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This evidence starkly contradicts Prince Andrew's claims during his twenty
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eighteen BBC inner, when he stated he had ceased all
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contact with Epstein in twenty ten. Epstein pled guilty to
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soliciting underage prostitution in two thousand and eight, and these
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emails not only highlight Prince Andrew's contradictory statements, but also
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suggests a disturbing willingness to deflect from the truth and
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evade accountability. His actions and words indicate a belief that
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he could escape the consequences of his associations. We hope
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that the days of impunity for the powerful are over
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and protection for predators will no longer be tolerated. We
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hope A higher standard has been set for our leaders
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in office in the United States, one that will work
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tirelessly to follow. Here it's time for accountability, transparency, and
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justice for all survivors. The Order of the Garter, founded
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by Edward the third in thirteen forty eight, is Britain's
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most senior order of chivalry. We're talking were the Roses
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type shit, right, plantagenet tutor type shit. That's how old
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this is. It's an honor known to be highly prized
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by Andrew, and its removal is a serious blow for him.
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The monarch can strip the honor from members of the Order,
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although it's understood that Charles would much prefer his brother
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to voluntarily relinquish the title. One of the last people
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to be removed from the Order of the Garter was
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Emperor Hirihoto of Japan after his country joined the Second
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World War in nineteen forty one. And you know, at
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the end of the day, this isn't just about one
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fallen prince, It's about what he represents. Prince Andrew's the
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perfect symbol of everything rotten in the system that protected him.
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A man born into unearned privileged wrapped in silken ceremony
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who thought the rules were for peasants and consequences were
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for other people. He had the world handed to him
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on a golden platter, wealth, status, power, and the unwavering
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devotion of a mother who would have forgiven him for
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setting Buckingham Palace on fire. And what did he do
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with it? He disgraced her, He disgraced his country. He
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disgraced every single person who believe that royalty stood for
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something higher than greed and self preservation. Now he sits
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alone in his gilded prison, surrounded by portraits of ancestors
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who actually earn their place in history. He's not a
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royal anymore. His bitch ass is a relic or a
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minder that the Crown doesn't sanctify corruption, or shouldn't, but
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it just hides it behind better tailoring. He'll spend the
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rest of his days pretending to be dignified, while the
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world remembers him as a punchline that exposed the monarchy's
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moral bankruptcy. The Prince of Nothing, the Duke of shame,
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the man who traded a kingdom's respect for a coward silence.
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And let's not romanticize the downfall. It's not a tragedy.
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This shit is justice, the kind that doesn't come from
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a courtroom or a press conference, but from the slow
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grinding judgment of public memory. Every lie, every excuse, every
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smug smirk in that BBC interview is etched into the record. Now,
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congratulations prints a nothing. Your legacy isn't royal, it's radio active.
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You can bury titles, you can strip honors, but you
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can't wash the stench of guilt off of a man
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who spent decades rolling in it. So let the palace
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doors close behind him, Let the tabloids print his obituaries early,
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Let the world watch at the last bits of his
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empire crumble into dust. Because this is what accountability looks
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like when you've run out of castles to hide in.
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The fall of Prince Andrew isn't the fall of a royal.
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It's the fall of the illusion, the myth that bloodline
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make men noble. Turns out, all that ever took to
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bring down the House of Andrew was the truth, ugly,
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relentless and long overdue. And when it's all said and done,
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maybe that's the lesson here. You can fake grace, you
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can buy silence, you can hide behind privilege, but you
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can outrun the reckoning, not forever. He can clutch his memories,
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the yachts and private jets all he wants. The world
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remembers the photo, the arm around a terrified girl, the smirk,
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the denial. The cowardice has already written its verdict, and
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it's carved in stone. Guilty of wasting every chance at redemption.
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You don't come back from that, not with pr teams,
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not with time, not with the silence of a family
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that finally ran out of excuses. So let the people
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remember him exactly as he deserves, not as a fallen prince,
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but as a man who proved that privilege without character
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is just rotten a crown. Let him live out his
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days surrounded by ghosts of luxury, haunted by the echo
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of a title that now means nothing, because in the end,
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the great irony is this Prince Andrew didn't lose everything.
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He was everything that was wrong to begin with. No
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grand reckoning, no redemption arc, just a quiet, miserable end
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for a man who thought himself untouchable. And when the
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final page turns on his story, there won't be trumpets
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or tears, just a nation shaking its head, muttering the
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same words under its breath, It's about damn time. All
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