Prince Andrew

[tiggertoo]

I thought that photo was a joke at first. They actually wore Andrew and Virginia face masks. Ridiculous. Please please just shut up and go away. Go do some quiet charity work and be a grandpa.

I do think there are some shady things about Virginia b but you can’t deny that she was recruited as a youngster and what she had to do. And as someone said his continued friendship with Epstein.

It does bug me that no one else has been condemned. There are a lot of famous powerful men who flew on his planes and visited his island.

[mrspickles]

The latest PA drama seems to be his bewilderment that Charles hasn't shared any of his inheritance from Elizabeth. According to the headline, it is passed through monarch to monarch because there is no tax that way, but Andrew thinks he should get something- isn't that tax evasion then, to specifically bequeath to person b via person a, to avoid taxes? I suspect there were no promises made he just feels entitled and, a la H & M, taking it public to force the issue? Or do they typically do this?

[cremetangerine82]

I wish Prince Andrew could get the banishment and invasive public scrutiny that he deserves. He's a sexual predator on the UK taxpayer's pence, when can he be cut off and lose security detail?

[canuckcutie]

He’s lost both already - his security and taxpayer funding.

When he was forced to step down as a working Royal he lost the money he was allowed every year for carrying out Royal duties. From all accounts, the Queen was personally funding him.

Andrew’s taxpayer funded police detail was pulled late last year. It means Harry can’t use Andrew as an example of a non working Royal who gets security in his lawsuit against the Home Office. Although if Harry wins, Andrew will turn around and use Harry’s case as justification for getting security back….

I find it hard to believe that neither Philip or the Queen set money aside for their other 3 children, knowing the bulk of QEII’s wealth would go to Charles. I guess if Andrew is complaining he was left no money in the Will then that means Harry wasn’t left anything either.

[Ginger]

I'm not surprised at all that the Queen didn't give anything to her sundry children and grandchildren. It's standard that the heir gets everything and takes over as the holder of the purse strings. That's how wealth gets passed intact from generation to generation. (Versus the American way of splitting it up among all of the heirs, which means in a few generations, the big fortune is gone.)

Think of how big an amount the Queen would have needed to bequeath to Harry and Andrew in order for it to mean anything to either of them. It would have to be multi-millions. Andrew has been spending irresponsibly his whole adult life - would he suddenly turn into a wise squirrel and tuck the money away to pay for food and shelter in his old age? No, he'd buy matching yellow and orange Lambos for himself and Fergie.

And what about the Queen's other 7 grandchildren? Harry didn't do anything to earn a special present. Most of the other grandchildren have far less money than he does, so how much would she have had to give to each of them?

Charles isn't going to let any of them starve in the streets, which they all know (including Harry), so there was no need for the Queen to give them each their own millions to blow.

[Ridha]

Yes even looking at it from a non-Royal pov, the olden style of primogeniture inheritance makes a lot of sense. That’s how not just wealth but property stay intact within a family, rather than being sold off/liquidised so that all children can get their own shares. Obviously on a micro personal level that sucks for the non-heir children but in the macro scheme of things it works.

[boxofrocks]

It's probably a good way to keep the non-heirs in line. You're less likely to go rogue against someone if that person is your meal ticket.

[Yossarian]

The royal soap opera just keeps on giving. Apparently Andrew is refusing to move out of Royal Lodge and he's in very "low spirits." I wonder if Charles will call in the bailiffs to evict him?

[gremlin45]

May 16, 2023 3:06:56 GMT -4 Yossarian said:

The royal soap opera just keeps on giving. Apparently Andrew is refusing to move out of Royal Lodge and he's in very "low spirits." I wonder if Charles will call in the bailiffs to evict him?

Wow. Apparently living in Frogmore Cottage is like being sent to a Siberian salt mine. Will Andrew and Fergie organise a Royal Lodge sit in? Will they barricade the door and refuse to come out? Will there be siege warfare?

[gremlin45]

Andrew might have to move after all.

It's said that with Prince Andrew in his sixties there will be a plan needed for affordable accommodation for him in the future, not just now but in 10 or 20 years.

If he can privately fund the high costs of the maintenance and the security for a building on the grand scale of Royal Lodge, then he can remain, but if not then it seems that he will need to consider living elsewhere, as the current financial support from the King is not going to continue.

Well well. I bet Andrew's steaming.