Prince Andrew

[Alex]

They're saying over on Twatter that there's been an out of court settlement.  This is between the man who wanted to clear his name and the woman who wasn't interested in money 

[Raven]

It's a pity he ever got mixed up with that crew in the first place. 

[Scrumpy]

I wouldn't pay for something I never had..

[Flying Bomb]

An innocent man, with guts, would be in court,
fighting to clear his name.
This settlement says it all.

[Raven]

Agreed, but it's still a pity he ever met them.

[klondike]

BBC story.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60393843?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Express
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1566531/Prince-andrew-funding-row-taxpayer-settles-virginia-roberts-guiffre-duke-of-york

[Raven]

We have all done stupid things but because of who he is it's been made far worse thanks mostly to the wonderful media, who of course would never screw him or anyone else over. 

[Scrumpy]

He was friends with Epstein for years.. Knowing he was a paedophile..
That's not doing 'something stupid' ..That's enjoying what you are doing..

[Alex]

What do people class as a paedophile ?  I've always thought it was having sex with children, now I'm not condoning anything the man did but weren't these victims all young women and not children ?

Get yer 'move to controversial'  pen out klondike 

[klondike]

I'm assuming the American classification is different from ours.

[Scrumpy]

The girls that were 'groomed' were underage in that country.. Maybe not in this country but 'when in Rome'.. and all that.

[klondike]

I don't doubt that importuning young women and passing them on to house guests for sex may break some law or other here too. If it doesn't then it should.

[-Oy-]

The fact that the rich buy innocence makes my blood boil.

[zoony]

What do people class as a paedophile ?  I've always thought it was having sex with children, now I'm not condoning anything the man did but weren't these victims all young women and not children ?

Get yer 'move to controversial'  pen out klondike 

It's the legal definition of 'age of consent' I imagine. Six months or six years doesn't legally matter, it's an abuse of a child. The fact that they were procured makes things very murky.. At this point we don't know enough.

[1955vintage]

He may have been innocent of the accusations she brought against him, but he is guilty of much more and deserves to be humiliated in this way.


I do not like his daughters but I do feel sorry for them.