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Peppercorn Rent and Public Rage: Parliament Takes Aim at 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. Another day, another story about Prince Andrew, the
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royal train wreck, the sweaty or not sweaty, depending on
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what day it is, embarrassment of the British monarchy. This
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man has managed to do what centuries of war, scandal
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and bad wigs couldn't turn Royal blood into pure sewage.
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This is the guy who has handed everything from birth power,
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muddy fame, luxury, and somehow still managed to fumble the
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bag harder than anyone in royal history. The man who
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looked at the silver spoon he was born with and thought,
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how can I use this to dig my own grave?
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And boy did he ever. So let's not sugarcoat this.
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Prince Andrew wasn't just associated with Jeffrey Epstein. He was
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entrenched in that swamp. There weren't casual acquaintances. There were BFFs,
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jet setting, dinner partying, luxury loving pals. You don't keep
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visiting a convicted sex offender after he's done time unless
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you're either brain dead or complicit. And Andrew ain't stupid,
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He's just rotten. Epstein's social circle wasn't about friendship. It
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was about access to wealth, to influence, to flesh, and
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Andrew fit right in. The entitled prince who thought laws
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were for peasants, the royal leech who never had to
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work in a day in his life, but somehow found
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time to cozy up with a predator. He claimed he
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staid at Epstein's mansion because it was convenient. Convenient for
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what andy getting your feet run by a traffic teenager.
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The man actually said he thought it was honorable to
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break off a friendship in person. But you and I
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both know that nobody goes to a known predator's house
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for tea and sympathy unless they're part of the same
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disgusting ecosystem. And then, oh my god, the interview. The
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BBC interview wasn't just a pr disaster. It was an
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extinction level event. It should be studied in schools as
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a case study on how to annihilate your public image.
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And under an hour watching it felt like witnessing the
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Hindenburg go down in slow motion while the pilots wore
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everything was fine. I didn't sweat, he said, I was
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at pizza Express. Do you understand how insane that sounds
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coming from a man who's supposed to be royalty, the
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Duke of York, claiming that he couldn't have been assaulting
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a teenager because he was enjoying a night out at
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Pizza Express and woking the sheer absurdity of the defense
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is Shakespearean and the I don't sweat excuse it's legendary
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and its stupidity. He claimed he lost the ability to
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sweat from PTSD during the Falklands War. Bro if the
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Falklands stopped you from sweating, how come you were drenched
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in flop sweat. The entire interview, the man looked like
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he had been chased through the desert by karma itself.
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Every word that came out of his mouth reeked of entitlement, arrogance,
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in desperation. He thought he could gaslight the entire planet,
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as if we all just imagined the photo, imagine the flights,
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imagine the witnesses, and you know what makes my skin crawl?
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That grin, that smug, self satisfied grin as he brushed
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off accusations like he was above at all. A teenage
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girl was trafficked and violated, and Andrew sat there smirking
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like he was inconvenience by the question wasn't just tone death,
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it was revolting. The man has the emotional intelligence of
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a wet mop and the morality of a snake in
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a suit. And when the lawsuit started rolling in, when
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Virginia stood her ground and demanded accountability, he didn't fight
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to prove his innocence. He paid to make it go away.
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Millions of pounds quietly transferred to silence the storm. You
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don't pay that kind of money unless you're terrified of
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what's in the evidence box. And then he had the
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nerve to cry poor, to whine that the royal family
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wasn't supporting him enough. The man who's lived in palaces,
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flown on private jets, worn metals for wars he barely saw,
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has the audacity to act like he's the victim. He's
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not a victim. He's a walking indictment of privilege. He
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hides behind the palace gates like a scared little boy,
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too cowardly to face the reality that the world sees
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him for exactly what he is, a predator in a
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suit of entitlement, And every time accountability gets close, he
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ducks behind some royal protocol or a family connection. I'm
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willing to cooperate with the authorities, he says, sure, Andy,
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as long as those authorities are imaginary. The FBI's been
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trying to get him to sit for an interview for years,
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still waiting. He's dodged subpoenas like he's in a spy thriller,
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not a criminal investigation. This dude actually thinks he's the
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victim of cancel culture. No, you're the victim of your
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own actions, Pal, You canceled yourself. And what makes it
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even more disgusting is how he keeps trying to crawl
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his way back into the royal spotlight, trying to sneak
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his way into public life, showing up at funerals, hoping
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the world's collective memory fades. But it won't. The image
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of Prince Andrew with Epstein, the arrogance of that interview,
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the cowardice of that settlement, It's all carved into stone
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and history will not forget. And while the survivors live
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with the trauma, Andrew lives rent free in his royal lodge,
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whining about his reputation brows the poster child for unearned privilege,
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a man so soaked in entitlement he genuinely believes the
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rules don't apply to him. Every time he talks about
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duty or honor, the word loses meaning. And let's be
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very clear, Prince Andrew isn't misunderstood. He's not unlucky. He's
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not the victim of bad press. He's the rot, the decay,
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the proof that power without accountability turns men into monsters.
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He's the Duke of denial, the Prince of perverts, the
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lord of lies, the Joe exotic of the Windsor family,
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the human embodiment of everything wrong with the Old Guard, Greed, arrogance,
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corruption and moral bankruptcy, wrapped in a royal coat of arms.
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So yeah, roast them, rip his ass to shreds. He
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deserves every ounce of ridicule, every ounce of scorn. He
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thought that the Crown made him untouchable, but all it
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really did was spotlight is rot for the whole world
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to see. His titles worthless, his reputations radioactive, and his
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legacy it's nothing but shame. Prince Andrew isn't just a
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disgrace to his royal family. He is a disgrace to humanity.
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And the most poetic part. All the money, all the titles,
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all the royal spin. Doctors can't buy on what He's
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truly lost, dignity, respect, and a single shred of public sympathy.
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He's done finished. The world has moved on, and he's
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just standing there, sweating bullets he swears he can't produce,
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wondering how it all went so wrong. We know how Andy,
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We've always known, and we'll never forget. Today's article is
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from The Deli Mal and the headline Prince Andrew may
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face humiliating public rebuke in Parliament as mp seek opportunity
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to question his lifestyle and rent free occupation of Steinhone mansion.
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This article was authored by day Bid Wilcock. Prince Andrew
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may face the humiliating spectacle of MPs lining to criticize
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his lifestyle and his living arrangements in the House of Commons. Well,
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it's about time somebody checked in on him. Bro is
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using public money or was using public money when he
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was up to no good. So I would think that
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the MP's basically you know, Congress over in the UK
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would step up and have some questions. I mean there
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has to be some kind of regulation, right, somebody that
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steps in and says, look, you can't do this. The
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public's money isn't for you to, you know, fund your
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lifestyle and act like an absolute fool. And even if
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you cut out all of the stuff with Virginia, say
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you don't believe any of that. Prince Andrew was still grifting.
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Prince Andrew was still doing things that he shouldn't be
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doing while on the public time, and that's a big
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problem as well. Plans are under way to give Parliament
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an opportunity to address the scandal surrounding the King's brother,
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including his friendship with a notorious I'll file Jeffrey Epstein. Bro,
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Can you imagine what it must be like in the
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hollowed halls of the palace right now, knowing that this
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is coming down the pipe, just what the King needs,
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sick as the day is long with cancer and everybody
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knows that's not fun. Now you have your brother Uncle
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Touchy over here, throwing another wrench into the machine, fucking
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everything up. I swear to God, if it was me,
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this dude would already be in the Tower of London.
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Whatever I have to do to get rid of them,
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I'd be getting rid of them. The Prince's rent free
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occupation of Royal Lodge and Windsor for more than twenty years,
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and the possibility of officially stripping him of his York
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dukedom would also be addressed. Hey, look, all of that's
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on the table, and all of it should be Remember,
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Prince Andrew is in a cage of his own making.
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Nobody did this to him. Nobody told him to paler
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around with Jeffrey Epstein, nobody told him to spend time
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with Virginia Roberts, nobody told them to have relations with
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the traffic girl. He did it all on his own.
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And I think that if anybody has made their own bed,
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if you will, it's Prince Andrew. Although Andrew is given
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up using his Duke of York title, only a law
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passed by Parliament can formally remove it. The Government is
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so far refused to allocate time in the House of
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Commons for MP's to discuss Andrew's situation because the Royal
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family wants Parliament to focus on important issues. Oh I
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bet they do. So the Royal family is calling the shots.
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And let's not make pretend that the Royal Family doesn't
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have any Epstein dirt on their hands. They do. They
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wanted to keep this quiet for so long and they
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were willing to put it under the rug instead of
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just facing it head on. When all of these allegations
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were first made, they denied, they ducked, they dodged, And
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now we're in a situation where the Royal family has
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run out of road. There's nowhere left to hide. So
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now inevitably they're left with only one option, and that's
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getting rid of the Prince of punkasses. That's the only
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way they can see themselves getting out of the hole.
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But they should have done it a long time ago.
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But the issue could be raised on one of the
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days when ministers are not in control of the parliamentary timetable.
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A Liberal Democrat source indicated to The Sunday Times that
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the party could be prepared to use one of its
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opposition days to allow MPs to discuss Andrew's behavior. Well,
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I don't care who does it. I think it's a
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good idea and anybody who cares about transparency should be
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behind the idea of this topic being debated. It comes
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as Andrew face mounting pressure to quit Royal Lodge before
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the Prince and Princess of Wales move into their nearby
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forever home. Royal sources told the mel on Sunday that
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William and Kate want to move into Forest Lodge in
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Windsor Gray Park before Bonfire Night, whatever that is. I
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know that the UK has a bunch of stuff going on,
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you know, all these Royal try additions and whatever. I
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have no idea what any of it means. I do
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know this though, Prince Andrew's bitch ass is cooked. The
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eight bedroom home is just over a mile from Royal Lodge,
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where Andrew has lived for more than twenty years, and
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Williams said to want his disgraced uncle out of his
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thirty room mansion by the time they move in. Yeah.
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I wouldn't want to be neighbors with Uncle Touchy either,
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have his little sons running around and Uncle Touchy come
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riding up on the horse, followed by a pack of Corgis,
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talking all kinds of nonsense. No thanks, Just get rid
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of this, dude. Negotiations over the Prince's living arrangements are
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taking place on a daily basis, amid public outcry after
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it emerged he only pays a peppercorn rent on the
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lavish property. Well, come on, you want to talk about
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NEPO babies, This is the original NEPO baby right here.
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Forget actors and actresses, this dude right here. The original grifter,
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Andrew cannot legally be evicted from Royal Lodge under the
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terms of his cast iron lease, but Pallace insiders believe
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he will inevitably have to move out because of the
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scale of public anger. The King's brother is said to
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be in talks with Charles representatives, but is reluctant to
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give up his residence for more than twenty years, with
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the sticking points said to be the location of his
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new home and financial compensation for funds spent on the lodge.
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Liberal Democrat MP leis La Moran said the party would
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look at all options to trigger the Commons debate, telling
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Times Radio, this is about public accountability for someone who
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shouldn't have had taxpayer money paying their rent at a
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time when I can barely afford to pay my own rent,
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let alone subsidize Prince Andrews. And I think that's a
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sentiment many people have. You got people getting up every day,
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going to work, breaking their ass and paying for everybody else.
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Meanwhile they can't afford to do what they want to do.
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No vacation this year. You know, got a scramble to
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get your kids' school clothes, whatever it might be, but
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one thing's for damn sure. Nobody wants to fund the
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lavish lifestyle of Prince Andrew. She pointed out that the
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eight and a half million dollars paid by the Prince
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before moving in amounted to a rent of twenty two
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thousand dollars a month over the time he has been
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in the thirty room mansion. I don't accept that that's allowed,
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that's acceptable, she added, I just don't for a non
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working royal who is a national disgrace. I don't feel
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that the taxpayers should be footing that bill. William and
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Kate are said to be keen to use half term
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break to prepare their children George twelve, Charlotte ten and
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Lewis seven, for their house move. A sour said Catherine,
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shudders at the thought of living so close to Royal
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Lodge while Prince Andrew is still in it. William wants
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him gone before they can start to move in next week.
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It's not about what Andrew doesn't want to do anymore,
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it's about what he's going to be told to do. Well,
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if the future King wants you to go, my guess
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is it's time to go. But Prince Andrew, for whatever reason,
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has proven to be teflon when it comes to the
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Royal family and getting rid of them. The Wales is
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moved from the apartment in Kensington Palace to Adelaide Cottage,
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which is just over three miles from Forest Lodge. In
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August of twenty twenty two, the mos has learned that
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they had previously wanted to move to Royal Lodge, but
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Andrew insisted on staying. Andrew has attempted to draw a
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line under years of controversy following allegations that he sexually
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abused Virginia Roberts by giving up his dukedom and other
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honors ahead of the publication of Robert's memoirs, But the Prince,
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who strenuously denies the allegations, was instead swamp by the
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criticism that focused on the property he has lived in
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effectively ran free since two thousand and three. The ability
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of the MPs to discuss matters relating to the Royal
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family is constrained under the Commons procedures. Well, isn't that nice?
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The people that actually make the laws and the rules
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in the country can't have any oversight on the royal family.
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Sounds like a legitimate way to go about things. I'm
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sure nobody in the Royal family is ever going to
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take advantage of that. Huh oh Wait, Prince Andrew already has.
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The guide to the rules, known as erskine May, states
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that unless the discussion is based upon a substantative motion
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drawn in proper terms, reflections must not be cast in
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debate upon the conduct of the Sovereign, the hearth of
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the Throne, or other members of the Royal family. With
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the Government unwilling to table emotion to discuss Andrew due
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to the wishes of the royal family, an opposition day
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debate could be the way MPAs to speak out. A
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Liberal Democrat source said, we need to explore all options,
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including an opposition day debate, to ensure Parliament can scrutinize
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this properly, from Prince Andrew's residence at Royal Lodge to
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his dukedom. The first thing we need is proper transparency
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and accountability. That's why we have called for the Crown
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of State and Prince Andrew to give evidence under oath
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in Parliament. I highly doubt that's ever gonna happen. Now
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maybe you know the crown purse or whatever, but Prince
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Andrew highly doubt it. The Lib Dems have one opposition
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day left this parliamentary season, but no date has yet
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been allocated for it. The source added, will take a
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decision on what is most important for the national interest
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as and when the government tells us when it will be.
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The Lib Dem insider indicated that they hope that the
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King would be willing to take action. It's right that
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we're led by the King on this and if Parliament
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does have to act, we hope it could be hand
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in hand with the palace. The source said, Look, I
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don't know if that's going to be the case, but
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one thing I do know is that Prince Andrew certainly
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needs to be looked at. And like I was saying
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in the beginning, even if you don't believe the stuff
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about Virginia, this man was obviously pilfering public funds to
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go and power around with a child molested, and then
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you add on top of that all of the public
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money he used to fund his lifestyle. So yeah, the
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people of the UK are right to demand answers. I
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think the only question we have now is will they
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get them. All of the information that goes with this
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episode can be found in the description box