Prince Andrew, Duke of York, named in underage 'sex slave' lawsuit

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The Queen could afford Prince Andrew’s settlement by making her own packed lunch and ditching Netflix, insists Kirstie Allsopp

Television presenter and personal finance expert Kirstie Allsopp has told the Queen not to worry about paying Prince Andrew’s huge legal settlement, because a little belt-tightening is all th…

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[danski]

The Grand Old Duke of York,
A bally decent chap,
But you and I know better,
He’s really full of...honour?

 

[pogofish]

I fear this is too much wishful thinking - they can't be so thick that they aren't alive to the PR disaster paying this out of royal funds would create. Great if they are, but...

IIRC the Queen is worth around £300 million in personal wealth that is not considered Royal funds.

 

[Pickman's model]

I think it will be far more like that the British press/certain media will be out to eviscerate Giuffre, for years to come, every time she spends a penny on anything for "wasting our money".

A few strategically placed "exclusives" and gongs for editors/owners etc will probably mollify the press as far as the rest of the RF goes.

It's possible. But I think it more likely Andrew will be a whipping boy for years to come, it's not like he was a much loved royal beforehand and the eagerness with which the media have taken to calling him a nonce is far plainer than them having turned on vg.

 

[Pickman's model]

IIRC the Queen is worth around £300 million in personal wealth that is not considered Royal funds.

£290m

 

[two sheds]

£288m I heard

 

[Pickman's model]

Man has a point it will be ace if attempting to try to draw a line under this ends up tarring Brenda and Chucky as well.
If the real motive turns out to be it not hanging over the Jubilee it might very well ending up doing so anyway if enough people get sniffy about £12M (or whatever it is) being used to bail out HWCS when folks are struggling with big fuel bills

It's going to hang over the jubilee because it's not really reached a conclusion as it would have done if the trial had proceeded. Instead there's this fudge where everyone knows he's guilty as sin but has - with the queen's capacious wallet - paid vg to go away

 

[killer b]

IIRC the Queen is worth around £300 million in personal wealth that is not considered Royal funds.

I think the british public's view of public and private funds would be somewhat stricter than usual in this case. IE, I don't think her paying any of the settlement would be acceptable, and she knows it.

 

[Sprocket.]

The butlers and footmen will be off scooting around the local banks carrying a Purdy apiece.

 

[bluescreen]

Whatever you may think of James O'Brien, he has a good rant here. He's not going to let people forget to ask who's paying.

 

[pogofish]

It's possible. But I think it more likely Andrew will be a whipping boy for years to come, it's not like he was a much loved royal beforehand and the eagerness with which the media have taken to calling him a nonce is far plainer than them having turned on vg.

Yes, he will remain the dark shadow in the background but the rest will be OK.

Losing him to one of the lesser houses around Balmoral or Sandringham as a "manager"/family representative is a possibility I'd expect - he's been sent up here for prolonged periods before and James Middleton keeps being despatched to play the mine host at a remote highland estate owned by Brocksbank's family every time he looks like he's about to fuck-up. I heard he was back again just yesterday!

 

[pogofish]

I think the british public's view of public and private funds would be somewhat stricter than usual in this case. IE, I don't think her paying any of the settlement would be acceptable, and she knows it.

Maybe but whilst we, or more likely parliament have some justification in asking about how public money gets used, her private wealth is as sacrosanct as that of any other oligarch or rich/rip-off fucker.

 

[killer b]

Maybe but whilst we, or more likely parliament have some justification in asking about how public money gets used, her private wealth is as sacrosanct as that of any other oligarch or rich/rip-off fucker.

It doesn't matter - if she uses her private wealth to get her son off a rape charge - or if the source of the payoff is vague enough for us to assume she's paying it - the british public will consider it them paying, which is something she'll be very keen to avoid. So I'm 99% sure she won't have done, cause I reckon she isn't as thick as sweaty.

 

[bluescreen]

I still reckon he could go bankrupt, and she'd let him.

 

[pogofish]

It doesn't matter - if she uses her private wealth to get her son off a rape charge - or if the source of the payoff is vague enough for us to assume she's paying it - the british public will consider it them paying, which is something she'll be very keen to avoid. So I'm 99% sure she won't have done, cause I reckon she isn't as thick as sweaty.

Maybe - but her whole family have an established network of financiers dedicated to keeping their personal business private, so I think they can manage it.

 

[scalyboy]

Whatever you may think of James O'Brien, he has a good rant here. He's not going to let people forget to ask who's paying.

I like how he emphasises how astonishing and incredible it is that the Queen is paying £12 million (or some of that, or a different amount) when ordinary people are struggling to heat their homes. It is incredible in the 21st century but many people accept it as the norm. Good to be reminded of this.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Ex-HRHaiku

Sweat-free Duke of York
Paid millions to stranger
Because he's a nonce

 

[Pickman's model]

I still reckon he could go bankrupt, and she'd let him.

He's already well-known as a moral bankrupt

 

[Raheem]

IIRC the Queen is worth around £300 million in personal wealth that is not considered Royal funds.

World War 2 was a great time to be a mechanic.

 

[killer b]

Maybe - but her whole family have an established network of financiers dedicated to keeping their personal business private, so I think they can manage it.

Manage what? If they 'keep it private' they might as well say 'yeah she paid it', and it'll accomplish more or less the same reputational damage to the royal family that they'll been keen to avoid.

 

[danny la rouge]

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Who is paying for Prince Andrew's settlement?

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Bump.

 

[danny la rouge]

 

[Pickman's model]

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This place is getting like the BBC with all the repeats

 

[danny la rouge]

Sign the Petition

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Bump.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Bump.

 

[danny la rouge]

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[Pickman's model]

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Sadness in his eyes

 

[Yossarian]

Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York
He raped a trafficked kid
But the Queen will pay the legal bills
No matter what he did

 

[magneze]

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Is that the side panel of a Fiat Uno?

 

[nogojones]

Not sure they'll be high profile but he'll sneak into low-level roles - parks commissioner or something that fulfilled his immense entitlement.

And whenever he shows up somewhere, there'll be at least one person shouting "NONCE!"