Prince Andrew…? Is this man a total idiot? Discuss.
Then again , why bother at all? It’s such a lovely day today .It’s one of those unexpected days in January when the sun is screaming out into a brilliantly clear sky. The post -Christmas doldrums are held in abeyance for a short while. It feels so good to be above ground and breathing.
You’ll understand, I started this New Year, not with the joys of life, but as an attendee at a very unexpected funeral.This time of year can sometimes be the saddest time .It is the focus and remembrance of times past; a necessary pause in our lives, to maybe assess our progress through life’s decades or to simply rally and collect our thoughts. It can also be brutally real and it is a savage moment when death can unexpectedly claim one of our family or friends amidst the otherwise manically cheery celebrations and booze-fuelled bonhomie. It can be literally heart-stoppingly brutal.
But back to Prince Andrew . …
It’s all that the press and the world are talking about but is anyone really surprised by this latest scandal? I somehow doubt it. This particular outrage has been a lifetime in the making and it’s recurrence now also threatens the Clintons coming attempt at a new White House tenancy in the near future . Hillary has her eyes on the prized Presidency of the USA. You see old cigar -chomping , twinkly eyed , husband Bill has also some tenuous connections to the convicted paedophile at the centre of the affair who apparently supplied underage young ladies to “entertain” his high- profile friends. Apparently the sainted Robert Maxwell’s daughter is also involved and has been described as both a madam and a procurer.There are also other world leaders involved apparently…major political movers and shakers.Then again , they all put their trousers on the same way every morning so in this case they’ll probably each take them off the same way.
Apparently Prince Andrew has found himself in the frame again for supposedly consorting with a young underage prostitute .She’s all grown up now and happily married but she wants to get the record straight and record her version of history for posterity.
There ‘s nothing new in any of this , of course . We all know that money and power will buy anything .We also know that this will all be covered up , altered or suppressed on a monumental scale.We’re not dealing with grubby, tracksuited Jimmy Savile here or beardy, weirdy Rolf Harris . It could be argued that someone like Harris at least was a talented man , but Prince Andrew has never shown any proficiency for anything other than spending money that he didn’t earn. Guilty or not , Prince Andrew will never see the inside of any police cell. His mother Her Maj , the Queen of England would turn over heaven and earth to protect her errant offspring. High octane lawyers and advisors will be wheeled out with pots of black paint to merrily paint all the white squares the right tone again. There’s even talk that if it comes down to the wire , there will be an immunity clause for any royal caught with his pestel in some young lady’s mortar. In other words this particular family grouping will somehow be placed above and outside the law …the ultimate outlaws.
Of course, they can only do this because there is a compliant population allowing them to do it.Republicanism never took hold in England as it did in France or America ,so the people are still not really citizens at all .They are still subjects to a family of privilege and that is what they still want to be at this moment in time. Prince Andrew is one result of that, but there have been others and Prince Harry may shape up to follow in his uncle’s footsteps .The public seem to love him and may be prepared to allow him full rein and possibly even full reign{ You’d never know!}… in the future too.It really doesn’t matter whether or not some of the family loved the Nazis , were closet racists, or gluttonous, mad sex fiends , the public love the continuity of this particular pompous circus. ..warts and all.There’s already another generation of them being prepped for “Hello” magazine.When Kate’s latest offspring is born , all of Andrew’s sins will be forgotten for another few years.
This kind of thing has a very long pedigree. If King Henry V111 didn’t like the law , he’d make damned sure that it would be changed to suit him.
We only think we live in changed times.It’s one of life’s greater illusions…
Think you mean the daughter of Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine, Harry. Better change it before m’learned friends send you a letter
Phew! Thanks, Paul…
Oops …slip of the finger there , Jude …kindly attend , there’s a good chap!!!
Done…
Love the blogs. But surely it wad Robert Maxwell’s daughter?
Yes another RM slipped into the mix …Jude scooped it out in the very nick of time….!!!
Harry
You forgot that Prince Andrew did see active service in the Faulklands in 82.
Hi Norma methinks he seen’ active service’ in many other places as well. I dont think he earned the name ‘Randy Andy’ for chasing sheep
Lots of people in the BA, RAF and RN saw active service in the Falklands – why should we remember Andrew especially?
so the royals aparently busy themselves white-washing and shrouding their activities in secrecy
they manipulate the press – just last week on the instructions of prince Charles lawyers, the BBC pulled a documentary about how camilla’s image was polished up to make her more acceptable to the british public.
http://www.thejournal.ie/bbc-documentary-royal-family-1857548-Dec2014/
The royals are also above and beyond the reach of the Freedom of Information requests http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/royal-family-granted-new-right-of-secrecy-2179148.html
Like i said Ben ..they are increasingly beyond the law .One family in the population that have the kind of clout that a “Godfather” like Don Vito Corleone would crave .The ultimate outlaws.
Guilty or not Prince Andrew will never see the inside of a cell?
If only we could throw people in prison for being idiots, eh?
Well Gio ..They threw Dave Lee Travis, Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris and several others in gaol for being “idiots” ! I’m sure his mother has called him as much in the privacy of her room…any mother would . “if you must cavort with these undesirables, Andrew, please try not to get caught!!! Look at the money we’ll have to spend cleaning up your latest mess!!!”
Prince Andrew will always be beyond the reach of the law whether guilty or innocent of any crime..He’ll never pay as much as a parking ticket. He’ll never see one , come to think of it.Some flunky will do it for him. He lives in an arena with no responsibilities.
As Norma says , he was in the disputed Falklands dispute some thirty years ago , as a young soldier .That’s another royal tradition, of course..they all put in a few years in the services because mum is the leader . , but what exactly he’s actually “worked at” since then would be hard to define.
Yes, Gio , it really is a pity that there isn’t a gaol sentence for complete idiocy , but they’d have to build very big ones …especially in Norneverland..
paddy
They would be full alright.
I’m not sure of your point about Gary Glitter et al as they were rather more than mere idiots were they not?
Its the ‘guilty or innocent’ bit I’m moaning about, I mean highlighting, suggesting as it does that even if innocent he could do with locking up.
I’m just suggesting that Gary and Rolf were idiots to allow their obvious baser desires to land themselves in prison when they had so much going for them . They both had fairly successful careers after all…The same could be said about the prince if he is found guilty .He has lived a life of cosseted wealth after all. He didn’t exactly go down the mines every day of his life and yet he’s managed to bring his family into disrepute over the years with his poor choices and some of the company he keeps. He may , of course be guilty or innocent of this ongoing investigation . My point is that it will most probably be edited out of the record anyway.
Jude, if you continue to censor this site, then please remove me forthwith. I find some of your comments abhorrent and unpalatable, including giving some justification to Rolf Harris, excusing everything that Sinn Fein/IRA have been involved in, and continually and consistently condemning all things of a Unionist variety. I have heard you speak a number of times, and whilst not agreeing with a lot of what you say, you could reason your argument. I now find that I was correct in my original opinion, you really do not want a Unionist about the place
William – I’m doing with you what I have never done with anyone in some four years of daily blogging – I’m simply removing you. Why? Because you are someone who is, to put it charitably, economical with the truth and reckless about the laws of libel. I am confident I have a case against you in this last posting alone. I think it’s sad that someone who’s clearly literate and intelligent should stoop so low. If at some future date you can give me a guarantee that the sort of lies – and yes, they are lies – that are on display here and elsewhere from you will not be repeated, I’ll be happy to have you back. Since that’s clearly not the case at present, I’m removing you.
Did i miss something there Jude , when I went to make my dinner? Has William been telling porkies?
Not so much porkies as consistent lies of a slanderous nature.