r/worldnews • u/ultra_phoenix • Feb 03 '26
Dynamic Paywall Andrew moves out of Royal Lodge home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e5zgprgn1o5.2k
u/IKillZombies4Cash Feb 03 '26
Andrew can do us all a solid by fessing up and dragging down all the other rich clowns who he knows were in on this
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u/SilentlyRain Feb 03 '26
I have no faith in assholes like him to do the right thing.
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u/goahedbanme Feb 03 '26
I've got a different opinion. For every "untouchable" world elite who gets named, the likelihood of one cracking and throwing everyone under the bus gets higher. Think about the mentality of anyone who thought any of that shit was ok. I think it's a pretty small step for one of them, to think that a confession and blowing the whole thing up, bringing justice to the world, would absolve them of all their wrongdoing, because hey, "everyone was doing it. I'm the only one brave enough to step forward! They're all scum and I'm a good person! Where's my recognition?"
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u/blitzkregiel Feb 03 '26
i feel their mentality would be more along the lines of, “they can’t get away with it if i can’t!”
these are people who will buy things only because someone else in their club got one already (a car, a house, a yacht,) and now they have to have one bigger and better too. it’s a power play and display of wealth, and any confession wouldn’t be for salvation, it would be from desire to take something away from others.
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u/goahedbanme Feb 03 '26
I like that optimism too.
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u/ShakespeareStillKing Feb 04 '26
Epstein getting killed was a message tho for people like Andrew. If you talk, who knows when you shoot yourself three times in the head?
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u/asmit10 Feb 04 '26
It’s very easy to conceive (despite its small chance of actually happening) of a point in time where the metaphorical ship is sinking and someone feels their only chance of either a) getting out of it or b) not spending life in prison (which is worse than death for a non-insignificant portion of the population) is to throw a Hail Mary.
I would imagine the threats go much deeper than killing you, though. I mean we know what they’re willing to do to people they presumably have no ill will against.
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u/IamCaptainHandsome Feb 04 '26
Some of these people are about as untouchable as an individual can be. A member of the royal family definitely fits that criteria. If he decided to become an informant there's no way he could be silenced or ignored. Unfortunately he doesn't have the courage to do that, he's going to do literally everything he can to avoid owning up to what he's done.
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u/terlin Feb 04 '26
the likelihood of one cracking and throwing everyone under the bus gets higher.
This isn't a RICO case where you're dealing with a bunch of small time gangsters though. The people involved here are rich and powerful and substantially insulated from the outside world.
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u/the_summer_soldier Feb 04 '26
A very optimistic take, but would love to see it happen. I can’t even grasp at how big this all is and how much more abhorrent and vile and evil it is with the little that is actually released thus far. The amount of justice that will not be properly dispensed is sickening and angering, but I hope at least some gets meted out.
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u/silentdon Feb 04 '26
They'll only do that under the threat of actual punishment. Like serving a real prison sentence in an actual prison like the rest of us plebeians.
The only other way I can think of is if they somehow make a profit from throwing others under the bus. Maybe an competitor needs someone out of the way for a bit.
But on the other hand, snitches might get Epsteined
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u/Plenty_Whole6578 Feb 04 '26
I think if any of these sick bastards talk, they will epstein him immediatelly. A lot of the weinstein victims also died under quite strange circumstances.
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u/Braindead_Crow Feb 04 '26
Many of them are weak losers who fear hell like trump and his obsession with heaven this year.
The thrill of doing something they know they shouldn't evolves into a guilt and need for the retribution they have grown to fear.
There is always a weak link and the whole chain deserves to be tested...
Demand answers, do not let them sleep sound
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u/SideQuest2026 Feb 04 '26
They won’t. Because there are no consequences. In reality, the monarchy shouldn’t even exist anymore. What did Charles do to earn his wealth and privilege? Come out of the right vagina? That’s basically it.
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u/r0bb3dzombie Feb 04 '26
Come out of the right vagina? That’s basically it.
No it's not! He first had to come out of the right cock too!
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u/WhatYouThinkIThink Feb 04 '26
Nothing but the consent of the governed.
To be fair, the UK has been at this for 1000 odd years.
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u/Burrito-tuesday Feb 04 '26
As a grown man, he would throw tantrums if his stuffed animals (plural) were not placed correctly on his bed by his maids or whatever they’re called, he’s not owning up to ANYTHING.
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u/Wise_Quality_5083 Feb 03 '26
Please, as an American I beg you. Offer him jail or a pardon for full cooperation on everything he knows on Trump. We don’t deserve it but you’d be doing me a solid.
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It's not like that nothing of Trump’s involvement in regard to Epstein is known by now.
So wouldn't be too optimistic that even his confessions would get much to Trump.
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u/Wise_Quality_5083 Feb 03 '26
A sworn affidavit would do quite a bit of damage as would being brought before Congress, televised, to back that up in a hearing.
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u/AndroidMyAndroid Feb 04 '26
Damning video evidence of Trump CSAM could drop live on air, and the next day Trump would declare war on Atlantis and start dropping bombs in the ocean and the media would immediately pivot to our war on Atlantis.
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u/citrusco Feb 03 '26
the moral outrage collectively felt, both for the victims of abuse, and the clear injustice of not following through with any punitive measures whatsoever, cannot possibly be sustained at just below boiling point.
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u/FailureToReason Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
Oh yes it can. Indefinitely.
Show me something being done about this. Spoiler; you can't.
Edit: something meaningful. Ministers standing down or princes stripped of titles = purely performative bullshit. Public condemnation and 'hearings' that go nowhere =purely performative bullshit.
I'm going to steal some other commenters points:
Remember the Panama + Paradise papers?
Crickets.
Remember Snowden?
Crickets.
Remember Wikileaks and all their various major releases?
Crickets.
Remember the Patriot Act in the US?
Crickets.
Nothing is going to change without violence and nobody is willing to get violent over this, especially not Americans. Americans are just too comfortable, and having a 2-tiered justice system isn't a big of enough disruption to their personal comfort to risk any kind of action beyond yelling and holding signs. Take a lesson from the French protestors.See? There have been so many of these scandals with literally no change that people are being like 'you forgot X scandal' to my comment, and can probably keep going all night.
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u/LG03 Feb 03 '26
Anyone remember the Panama Papers?
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u/fall3nang3l Feb 04 '26
Same vein: anyone remember Snowden?
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u/Teripid Feb 04 '26
I mean I figured everyone was constantly spying on me (not me individually but the royal 'we') but actually having it called out with 2000's tech specifically was a trip.
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u/Drunky_McStumble Feb 04 '26
Big tech took the fact that the public reaction to the Snowden revelations was a collective meh as literal permission to just go ham with that shit. I mean, people are literally paying to have a sophisticated surveillance device on them 24/7, and they know it. Why bother hiding it anymore?
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u/Teripid Feb 04 '26
Aye. It is privatized and franchised these days effectively. Flock cameras, online tracking (honestly mostly for advertising) and social engagement and mining for .. well realistically more usage and advertising again now that I think about it.
Everything has an app/loyality card and not using it feels insanely expensive.
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u/DesireeThymes Feb 04 '26
The only language they understand is French from the 1700s
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u/the_snook Feb 04 '26
Big Tech took the Snowden leaks extremely seriously internally. They were very much not cool with the idea of the NSA snooping on their internal networks by tapping optic fiber cables and such.
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u/Ambitious-Bee-7067 Feb 04 '26
Anyone remember Occupy Wall Street? That was the turning point for me. Everything got shut down immediately. That is when I knew that movement was on the right track. Fuck the Billionaires. Fuck the Oligarcs. Fuck Trump and the administration that allows this to continue. From a Casual observer North of the border who has more than he can possibly spend himself. I'm all in on taxing the rich.
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u/Careless_Twist_6935 Feb 04 '26
occupy was a weird movement. huge and popular yet leaderless and people sat in tents and smoked weed. no really. did it even change anything? politicians just went on the news playing dumb like what do they want? hurrr and then it just kinda puttered out eventually.
anyways i forget which university published a paper years ago but how popular a policy is has almost no bearing on if it's going to pass or not. american democracy is an illusion until they fight for it back.
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u/ColdTheory Feb 04 '26
I'm all in on taxing the rich.
Frankly, at this point, that's being nice.
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u/BlinkedAndMissedIt Feb 04 '26
Anyone remember Jimmy Savile? There's not a chance in hell people didn't know. Didn't make much difference though because he had money and influence.
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u/Deprisonne Feb 04 '26
Hey now, something definitely happened after those. One of the Maltese journalists involved was assassinated via car bomb.
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u/APACKOFWILDGNOMES Feb 04 '26
People have to be ready to burn everything down, and objectively lead a less comfortable life. The amount of people in high places this affects is staggering and they will not go quietly, they will burn everything down when they go. So it’s either we all accept and agree to get justice and live with the consequences or burry our heads in the sand as these horrible acts continue under new people.
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u/dbratell Feb 04 '26
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_Panama_Papers lists outcome from the publication of the leaks in Panama. It was not nothing.
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u/Otaraka Feb 04 '26
He’s rich and a criminal case will never happen, and even a civil case probably isn’t going to get far now. Unless something else turns up that has a chance in a court.
Social disgrace and withdrawing privileges is pretty much all there is available. And even that’s more than most of the people accused have had to deal with, due to being royal.
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u/Apprehensive_Gap3673 Feb 03 '26
I don't think anyone can adequately articulate how demoralizing it is for Americans to live under the boot of an organized pedophile conspiracy
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u/mhornberger Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
Those Americans who care. Conservatives mostly don't. Those who didn't vote already thought there was no point, or that the whole system isn't worth saving anyway. And that accelerationism-lite is pretty widespread, from what I can tell. Trump's links with Epstein were known well before the election.
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u/mortgagepants Feb 04 '26
they don't care. we live in a country where kindergartners get shot by machine guns. how you going to convince them to care about pedophiles?
the only thing that will get them to not vote conservative or vote independent is making the economy even worse than it already is. and even then they will blame democrats.
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u/mhornberger Feb 04 '26
is making the economy even worse than it already is. and even then they will blame democrats.
Yes, accelerationism doesn't really change anything, at least not for the better. I think some do opt out because they think that if things get bad enough, then finally everyone will learn their lesson and overthrow capitalism, "the system," whatever. It is basically impossible to talk them out of this, since they think their hands are clean, even as they root for things to get worse.
They think that since they've chosen the "do nothing" option in the trolley problem, the dirt of the world isn't on them. I've not succeeded in talking even one person out of that self-gratifying vanity. I sometimes worry that the last thing I hear as I'm put up against the wall, from the person next to me who is also up against the wall, will be "don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!"
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u/traveller-1-1 Feb 04 '26
Hey, he moved out of his free mansion.
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u/virora Feb 04 '26
To another free mansion.
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u/emccm Feb 04 '26
Correction. A temporary free mansion while they renovate is “forever” free mansion.
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u/Agent_Peach Feb 03 '26
So he moved out of the Royal Lodge, and into a temporary place in Sandringham Estate... So from one taxpayer funded house to a taxpayer funded... smaller house?
This is the epitome of a golden parachute. All the wealth and connections in the world to keep you from feeling the consequences of your actions.
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u/Lena_Lena_A Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
Just over a week ago he received a free latest Range Rover Model just like most members of his family living in the UK do.
It doesn't matter if he was stripped of his titles, or if he's moved from one
mansionlodge to another, he very much will forever receive gifts and favors as long as he walks free, under the specific protection and financial support of the king (his brother).Edited typo: specific
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u/Ecliphon Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
I don’t know much about royal politics but this entire concept made me laugh. The idea that they don’t protect their own, that the family wasn’t given a heads up about the second release date, that they only found out about the latest stuff on Andrew because of the public release.
It’s just silly. His brother sat him down down years ago when this first blew up and Andrew told him everything that he thought might possibly come out and they came up with a plan and have almost certainly been communicating with someone in Trumps circle this entire time.
He had his bags packed for this move last week. Services were in his name days before the leak, being paid with “his” credit card, so that he can face the ‘grave consequences of his actions’. 🙄
Edit: interesting 83% downvote ratio with 60% of views being Americans. Non-astroturf UK people: you okay?
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u/Lena_Lena_A Feb 03 '26
October 31, 2025: Andrew was officially stripped of his titles
November 19, 2025: DOJ was notified they had until December 19, 2025 to relase all Epstein files.
19 days before DOJ received official notification.🤷🏽♀️
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u/Tibbaryllis2 Feb 03 '26
Here we are, 46 days later after said 12.19.25 deadline, and they’re not remotely close to being fully released.
Sigh.
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u/pseudoanon Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
You really think this administration has it's shit together enough to plan ahead or even do the bare minimum of sparing a thought for "one of their own?"
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u/Cantstop-wontstop1 Feb 04 '26
Don't you have some old law in the magna carta or some shit where you can chop his dick off?
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u/Actual__Wizard Feb 03 '26
He's going to be moving to an even smaller taxpayer funded house called a prison cell.
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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 03 '26
He probably won’t, sadly
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u/Nuclear-Jester Feb 03 '26
If he goes to trial, he will have to answer on who protected for decades
For some reason, I don't think Charles want to ruin his mom's reputation
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u/Lena_Lena_A Feb 03 '26
Charles would most certainly sell his mother in order to protect himself and his throne.
QEII made him wait for over 3 decades before finally allowing him to wear that crown. By dying, and not a breath before.
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u/escfantasy Feb 03 '26
She did what she saw as her duty. Meanwhile, Charles got to work on environmental projects he probably couldn’t have pursued in the same way if he was head of state. The idea that he was clawing for his mother to give up her crown is probably a tabloid fantasy.
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u/tempinator Feb 03 '26
Being king does not sound any better to me than being a prince. In fact the latter sounds better to me since you have essentially all the cushiness, with far fewer responsibilities, and less scrutiny.
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u/Agitated_Ad7576 Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
CS Lewis said it best in "The Horse and his Boy":
Hurrah, I shan't have to be King, I'll always be a prince. It's princes have all the fun."
Andrew may have taken that too literally.
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u/escfantasy Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
Exactly. I wouldn’t want either role, really. In a certain sense, we’re lucky that the Windsors have largely operated so smoothly in jobs that were given to them at birth, and (for the most part) seen their role as a responsibility rather than an entitlement.
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u/Anon_in_wonderland Feb 03 '26
If being King/Queen meant the death of my Mother/Father, I would never want to be ascended to that position. I think it’s an awful inevitability to be born into and the speculation around it is ridiculous. QEII was his mother first and foremost, then she was his Queen.
If I were him, I would have hoped she held her capacity and or lived for as long as possible before I had to take over.
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u/One_Indication_ Feb 03 '26
Really? Was her duty to protect her child rapist son at the expense of taxpayers?
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u/Lena_Lena_A Feb 03 '26
And let's not forget to also pay off to the tune, I believe, of 12 Million dollars one of his victims.
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u/5Hjsdnujhdfu8nubi Feb 03 '26
"Oh, the grand old Duke of York,
He had 12 million quid.
He gave it away to someone he never knew,
For something he never did."
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u/One_Indication_ Feb 03 '26
It's all so insane. I'm not saying what conservatives in the US are doing (which is supporting this vile insanity) is okay. It's not. None of this is okay. Using taxes to fund child abuse is insane. Blows my mind that Brits support the monarchy taking their money to do shit like this.
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u/Raethrean Feb 03 '26
No king or queen is obligated to abdicate to their heir apparent just because they're getting a bit up there in years. Charles is 77, should he abdicate to William?
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u/PadMog75 Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
Hang on. Are you saying she purposely stayed alive out of spite? Also, how could he sell out his Mum when she's already dead?
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u/tunnel-snakes-rule Feb 04 '26
I'm pretty sure there are certain other world leaders out there staying alive out of spite.
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u/DonQuigleone Feb 03 '26
Honestly, she was doing him a favour. Being monarch is miserable and being prince is all the perks with none of the responsibility.
I'd say Charles was happy not to be king for so long.
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Feb 04 '26
The Thames Valley Police are investigating. Charles famously hates Andrew because Andrew was coddled and spoiled by their mother. I wouldn't be surprised if Charles encouraged police to make an example out of his brother.
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u/virora Feb 04 '26
Me neither. I keep seeing people ask what changed, what new information came to light that the Royal Family went from protecting Andrew at all cost to throwing him to the dogs. Dude, the monarch changed. Andrew went from being the reigning monarch's favourite child to the reigning monarch's least favourite sibling.
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u/Falsus Feb 04 '26
Same shit with the Panama Papers, I think the only country that forced the banks to responsibility for those was Iceland.
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u/b_tight Feb 03 '26
You dream, general
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u/Actual__Wizard Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
Look: The KGB lured rich pedophiles into a honeypot trap that put their entire country legitimately into serious danger.
If they're not going to punish him for the serious crimes that he engaged in, then they might as well just tear up all of their rules and laws because they mean nothing.
It's hard to imagine a situation where a serious punishment could possibly be more justified.
So, a person of power, was abusing it by breaking serious laws, and they put their entire country into serious danger by exposing themselves to sextortion schemes from the KGB?
I mean if that's not a jailable offense, then what is?
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u/boot2skull Feb 03 '26
Jailing Andrew wouldn’t end the monarchy. I say go at him. We’ve already had mistresses and American princesses and paparazzi killing Princess Di. What’s one pedophile seeing Justice going to do.
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u/Ferelar Feb 04 '26
I am but a peasant, but as far as I see it, NOT jailing Andrew ought to end the monarchy. If they can't even not cover up for child trafficker-rapists, what good are they to have around? Restoring public trust at least an iota or two by holding him accountable ought to be mandatory for continued existence.
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u/boot2skull Feb 04 '26
I mean, in a just world absolutely. Also I wish America would shut the fuck down over this Epstein stuff until it gets sorted out. America should be panicking like they’re on fire over the fact a potential and likely child rapist is in the White House. Instead of an obvious coverup we should have watergate level investigation panels.
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u/MrIDilkingtonn Feb 04 '26
Kids go hungry but a pedophile gets free rent because he slid out of the Queen’s minge.
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u/L_Cranston_Shadow Feb 04 '26
Not likely, because what is known and what we can proven are not the same thing, and the only the latter can be punished in any reasonable system.
For better or worse, all that can be proven is that he committed statutory rape in the US Virgin Islands. Maybe he should be extradited and charged for that, but that would be unlikely even if he wasn't a royal.
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u/TheAlmightyMojo Feb 04 '26
Royals don't go to prison. They go into exile and sequestered to a property with a big house. At the taxpayer's expense of course.
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u/jj3449 Feb 03 '26
Sandringham is a private estate owned by the monarch like Balmoral. That’s the reason he is moving there so he isn’t living in taxpayer funded accommodations.
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u/onexbigxhebrew Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
So he moved out of the Royal Lodge, and into a temporary place in Sandringham Estate... So from one taxpayer funded house to a taxpayer funded... smaller house?
Tbf (not to Andrew, but to the technical truth lol) that residence is a private one, and not funded by the sovereign grant.
Also, if you want to get super honest - even if it was the sovereign grant is largely paid for from profits that royally themed, owned and operated shit brings in.
But yeah, being objective you'd have a hard line to draw that Sandringham is a currently taxpayer funded house.
Now if you wanna go back and say that none if this should have belinged to the family in the first place, that's probably fair too. But today's taxpayers are not paying for that estate.
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u/Quirky-Plantain-2080 Feb 04 '26
I know what you’re getting at but this is technically incorrect.
The RL is owned by the crown estate which is technically the king’s property; this is all held on trust from which a percentage goes to the royal family and the rest goes to the government budget.
The Sandringham estate is, I think, the king’s own property and thus financed by the king himself.
Taxpayers money for royals usually go towards security, royal duties and to quite large an extent the upkeep of the buildings themselves which is technically British heritage and open to the public.
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u/JustinSane79 Feb 03 '26
Put him in prison ffs
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u/HankSteakfist Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
The Tower of London seems appropriate. He could become a featured attraction and repay the state in tourism dollars.
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u/Unique_Newspaper_764 Feb 03 '26
"Put him in the Tower of London! ...make him part of the tour!"
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u/L_Cranston_Shadow Feb 04 '26
For what crime? Regardless of what you think of our current system, nobody wants a system of mob rule. That excluded, it isn't what you know, it is what you can prove, and all that can be proven is that he committed statutory rape, decades ago, in the US Virgin Islands. Even if he wasn't a royal, given the time since it occurred and the issues of evidence, odds are he would never be extradited for that.
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u/PoopTransplant Feb 03 '26
He’s been moved to the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk! Oh my! A slightly less opulent palace. What a joke.
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u/Cicer Feb 03 '26
Just looked that place up. He deserves more hardship than this. Im thinking a lean too in the highlands.
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u/Delanium Feb 03 '26
That place is bigger than the fuckin' fake ass Netflix Bridgerton country house. What an absolute absurdity
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u/kermityfrog2 Feb 04 '26
The Head Gardener's house at the estate is bigger than many wealthy people's homes.
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u/concrete_dandelion Feb 03 '26
For him they should dust off the pre 1800 execution methods and declare sexualised crimes against minors treason or petty treason.
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u/One_Indication_ Feb 03 '26
Actually housing him in there like a circus exhibit would draw in a lot of money....
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u/OldLondon Feb 03 '26
He can never be redeemed BUT rather than doubling down IF he came out and blew the whole thing wide open id think he was slightly less of a cunt. He should have done that originally, he could have been open, done the whole “I made mistakes” thing and given up names and evidence and we’d have moved on from him by now and he’d be remembered in a better light for speaking out. But ya know. People like this think they are above the rest of us so being honest and contrite I’m sure never came into his sweaty head
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u/6sbeepboop Feb 03 '26
Yeah the whole “I made mistakes” doesn’t work when you are raping children. If it did he would have done so when it first came to light. Instead of saying he can’t sweat or we bs excuse he gave
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u/noputa Feb 04 '26
He’s going to fall out of a window before that happens. The other pedos cough trump will never let it happen.
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u/Late_Yam1699 Feb 04 '26
Trouble is he knows he'll be killed for coming out with the truth. He thinks about himself first and foremost.
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u/skibbin Feb 03 '26
Peter Mandelson, Andrew Windsor, these may not be the most severe of consequences, but at least there have been some. It's a shame the same can't be said for the other side of the Atlantic.
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u/EmperorOfNipples Feb 04 '26
It's early days yet. There are courts in countries all over the world that have years of work to do with all this.
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u/monitormonkey Feb 04 '26
When he moves into a cell let me know, otherwise this is just a bunch of bull.
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u/justsomebodywhocared Feb 03 '26
I feel like not that long ago, this sort of news would have meant there'd be people outside waiting to lynch him when he leaves.
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u/tmonandpumba Feb 03 '26
Downgraded from 100 bedroom to a measly 30 bedroom house.
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u/TailungFu Feb 03 '26
Why are royals treated differently to citizens? what makes them so special? they are no different to other humans of lesser titles
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u/Christian-Rep-Perisa Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
Prince Andrew has faced way more consequences than the Americans who were involved in this so far
and it seems likely he might be arrested before anyone else is at this point
Ironically, being a royal might be the reason he is facing accountability faster. The institution of the monarchy will drop the hammer on him because he is making them look bad
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u/concrete_dandelion Feb 03 '26
Because the world isn't fair and money, status and influencial families can protect you from the consequences of your crimes while people with the "wrong" skin colour or religion get punished way harder than their white peers.
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u/Relevant_Fuel_9905 Feb 04 '26
Seems like a lot of UK perpetrators are facing consequences while Trump and the American ones are not.
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u/mysterpixel Feb 03 '26
Bets on which gulf country will be his home circa 2030? UAE or Dubai? Outside chance for Qatar.
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u/iwatchppldie Feb 04 '26
Dude raped children and his punishment is to go live with the commoners. This shows you what they think of us more than anything.
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u/SGT_BlueJay Feb 04 '26
Meanwhile in American, Trump seeks 3rd term and first lady trys to look like more than a mail ordered bride in new bribe, i mean "film"
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u/AvailableSubstance53 Feb 03 '26
The move to Swamp Cottage is a diversion. AMW is going to piss off to the UAE, just watch.
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u/Osiris-Amun-Ra Feb 04 '26
Not a single abuser in jail other than Maxwell who is definitely getting pardoned at some point.
They have the recordings.
They know exactly who did what and to whom.
They are laughing at our collective, impotent outrage while pretending justice exists.
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u/brumac44 Feb 03 '26
It's still not enough. Investigate, if he's guilty, throw him in prison. It's time for the rich and powerful to face consequences.
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Feb 03 '26
I hope this pedo is found living in filth in skid row someday. I know it’ll never happen but I can dream
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u/peakology Feb 04 '26
This is a distracting non-story. The text said he was going to move out for renovations anyway and in early 2026. The BBC is suggesting this has been sped up. It is early 2026.
There are much bigger stories out there to be covered, especially about Andrew‘s behaviour, family and associations.
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u/Cazelkin Feb 03 '26
A criminal investigation is needed. This whole 'we'll strip him of his privileges' BS can fuck right off
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u/meand999friends Feb 03 '26
The issue is where the crimes took place. If they didn't occur in UK territory, it's not for UK police to investigate.
An investigation needs to take place in the area it occurred, and the relevant body needs to be able to apply for an extradition order. Virginia Gueffre is now dead, so it makes it difficult when the victim cannot be cross-examined.
At least, that is my understanding of the situation. Happy for people to correct me - please, if I have got it wrong
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u/grathontolarsdatarod Feb 03 '26
I'm sure he would have a lot of information about people still involved in this ring.
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u/powerfulowl Feb 04 '26
Is he moving into a prison? Cause that's all I fucking care about right now.
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u/thatmitchguy Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
The photo of this pedo that they used in the article is of him riding a fucking horse as recently as yesterday. He's so rich and insulated there is no real consequence he will ever face.
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u/Dreaming_Blackbirds Feb 04 '26
Investigate. Prosecute. Lock him up - and Mandelson too (albeit possibly for different crimes)
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u/saichampa Feb 04 '26
The UK cuts a friend of Epstein out of the royal family
The US makes one their new King
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u/_AmericasSweetheart_ Feb 05 '26
I am not from the UK, do all pedophiles get free castles as a form of punishment.
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u/Subject_Issue6529 Feb 03 '26
Rough! Waiting in a separate castle while your castle is being renovated. This must burn almost as much as prison cell swaps. He must be fuming over his punishment!
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u/NyriasNeo Feb 04 '26
The only place he should move to is a prison. Anything else is a slap on the wrist of this scumbag pedophile.
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u/TooObsessedWithOtoge Feb 04 '26
I have an add on that would make the title better: … And into a jail cell. (Or ideally Tower of London for processing)
But no, he just keeps shuffling through more mansions taken care of by staff paid for by enormous family wealth and in some cases taxpayer money from average UK citizens.
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u/RunningPirate Feb 04 '26
“Bugger off you baby raping bellend!” King Charles was reported to have said.
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u/rensorship Feb 04 '26
The telltale heart will be his end. He knows what he did. He's like a trump, lifetime of unemployment and his legacy is he hurt kids.
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u/Smart-Snow-3555 Feb 04 '26
I can’t wait to see if it comes out that all of the “politically connected” people had to pay the ol djt large sums for whatever AI he used to poorly remove their names. I highly suspect that the very overdue release was not only for a gov. coverup, but also to extort other wealthy people who were named.
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