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Prince Andrew gives up royal titles after string of scandals

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She was never an ambulance driver to my knowledge.
 
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They must long for people to be normal with them.
I would guess they just hang out with people who don't fawn, on their own time anyway.
Normal is not a word I generally use about human beings, there is no reliable definition.
 
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Yes, a life of luxury and deference must wear on one so.


Can’t be longing too hard with the lack of abdications to live normal private lives.
Well, I'd get fed up with it pretty soon, as well as not liking having my life organised by others. (A minor royal might not be too bad though. ) Obviously, there are much worse jobs, but that doesn't mean that they don't work and many of them have too high a sense of duty to abdicate.

We're not going to agree so let's agree to differ.
 
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I would guess they just hang out with people who don't fawn, on their own time anyway.
Normal is not a word I generally use about human beings, there is no reliable definition.
Yes. when they.can. I think it's when they are at Balmoral that they can be more informal.
She was never an ambulance driver to my knowledge.
As Princess Elizabeth, she drove them and served as a mechanic, in the later stages of WWII.
 
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Whut? I'm the instigator of an internet term? Alas, I don't think it has the legs of a Godwin's Law...
 
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Whut? I'm the instigator of an internet term? Alas, I don't think it has the legs of a Godwin's Law...
No, I do not use social media. It is not about to fall into common use or anything. You did nothing but entertain a couple of neurons in my brain, and they are still amused.
 
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No, I do not use social media. It is not about to fall into common use or anything. You did nothing but entertain a couple of neurons in my brain, and they are still amused.
Shame. I was going to split the royalties with you.
 
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Personally I think that punishment would be prison.
With prison overcrowding in the UK the government are desperately trying to avoid sending people to prison, or indeed releasing even potentially dangerous criminals early. It was reported in the news yesterday that a prisoner who was released early went on to commit murder. Had he been kept in to term, the murder would not have occurred.

There's an allegation against Andrew Windsor concerning decades old sexual abuse, the complainant now sadly having killed herself. And there would be no cell available to send him to, even if he were found guilty. Human beings trying to police themselves, create a mess.

Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one gets justice (Proverbs 29:26)

Kind Regards.
 
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With prison overcrowding in the UK the government are desperately trying to avoid sending people to prison, or indeed releasing even potentially dangerous criminals early.
A. Windsor has not actually been deemed guilty of anything by a court, prison overcrowding has nothing to do with it.

He is guilty of inapropriate behaviour as a working member of the British royal family, and King Charles has decided to act accordingly.

There's an allegation against Andrew Windsor concerning decades old sexual abuse,
Correct, an allegation exists, not a guilty verdict, a complaint.
 
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A. Windsor has not actually been deemed guilty of anything by a court, prison overcrowding has nothing to do with it.

Yes. He's being penalized on the basis of allegations. And he's unlikely to get a day in court, allegations or not, because the court/prison system is close to collapse and the witness is deceased.
 
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Yes. He's being penalized on the basis of allegations. And he's unlikely to get a day in court, allegations or not, because the court/prison system is close to collapse and the witness is deceased.
My post does say he is guilty of behaving in a manner that is not appropriate for an HRH, all the King has done is act on that.
 
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My post does say he is guilty of behaving in a manner that is not appropriate for an HRH, all the King has done is act on that.
Andrew seems *exactly* the kind of person who would be a "royal".
 
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My post does say he is guilty of behaving in a manner that is not appropriate for an HRH, all the King has done is act on that.
It's just as well that a royal title cannot be lost for adultery, or Charles would be in the soup. Kind Regards.
 
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He can vote now...good grief.

"While a highly unprecedented move, Andrew could choose to shift from Palace to politics as he is indeed able to vote.

Mr Hardman stressed that though it is unlikely he would vote, 'he could stand for the local council in Norfolk' and 'do something useful'.

Making light of a scenario in which a former Prince could stand for a role in public office, he added: 'I'm not sure he'd get many votes'."


Royal expert Robert Hardman answers questions about Andrew's future
 
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I would be amusing to see him finish below Count Binface.
 
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