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canetoad

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34. Note that the arresting force

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:15 AM

15 hrs ago

Was Thames Valley Police (yeah, same as Inspector Morse). Not the Met - he's not on their turf. Not MI5 which may or may not be interested nor MI6 who's brief is to deal with matters in other than the UK.

This may very well be an unusual but otherwise fairly standard type of prosecution that just happens to be of a member of the RF. I can't see anyone invoking the Official Secrets Act - it's a pretty fair assumption that the Firm will want this played out in public.

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Does anyone share my view that they only decided to finally pull the trigger on Prince Andrew to save the Monarchy [View all] artemisia1 21 hrs ago OP

The monarchy isn't in trouble. Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #1

Okay, "Protect" then. /nt artemisia1 21 hrs ago #7

which is more than a little different. - - -(nt)- stopdiggin 20 hrs ago #12

Take it outside. Both terms work. artemisia1 19 hrs ago #17

You asked a question and then accused the first person who disagreed malaise 10 hrs ago #42

Until a majority realize the "Royal" family is a disturbing and vile anachronism. PeaceWave 20 hrs ago #16

Beg to differ. artemisia1 19 hrs ago #20

Um, what? Wednesdays 19 hrs ago #22

Both work. I was indulging you. It has been on the downslide for decades and only QE2 kept it together in the post-War artemisia1 19 hrs ago #23

it's strange that these Western countries still have royalty: UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago #33

Don't know about saving the royals but DURHAM D 21 hrs ago #2

The British press invented sleazy gossip "reporting". They were determined to sabotage his marriage to Meghan. That artemisia1 21 hrs ago #5

That and this is a way to get rid of Fergie. mercuryblues 21 hrs ago #3

Well shanti 17 hrs ago #30

I agree. markodochartaigh 21 hrs ago #4

Again, the monarchy will still be intact after all of it Wednesdays 20 hrs ago #9

I think that picture of him over that young girl was the end for him. Jacson6 21 hrs ago #6

Imagine being a trafficked teen girl and having that oaf on top of you. I bet that picture was the absolute tamest they artemisia1 20 hrs ago #8

Feel like this is a "take what we can get" situation TBH AZJonnie 20 hrs ago #10

I agree, they sat on the Virginia evidence for self-serving reasons. It is a shame she couldn't see him in the metal artemisia1 20 hrs ago #11

I'm not entirely sure who sat on it, or even if it was consciously sat on AZJonnie 19 hrs ago #21

Palace security security at the Royal Lodge initially didn't allow process servers to hand him the lawsuit directly, UK artemisia1 19 hrs ago #25

Law of the Mafia. When someone is out of line ... usonian 20 hrs ago #13

Not really. My opinion - the people that are stopdiggin 20 hrs ago #14

I think they scheduled out these events so Andrew Ilsa 20 hrs ago #15

Definitely nt Raine 19 hrs ago #18

No, not at all. Emrys 19 hrs ago #19

There were calls for Charles to resign Blue Full Moon 19 hrs ago #24

I gather it's a very small minority Kaleva 15 hrs ago #31

They are making a big show of taking him to task for money stuff to distract from RockRaven 18 hrs ago #26

The monarchy is taking a big hit. Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #27

This. You stated it better than I did. artemisia1 17 hrs ago #28

AKA, No Sussexes And No Yorks (Mountbatten-Windsors?). ColoringFool 17 hrs ago #29

Yep. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #41

Is there any evidence that suggests the Monarchy is in danger? Kaleva 15 hrs ago #32

Note that the arresting force canetoad 15 hrs ago #34

I thought Thames Valley was a bit... róisín_dubh 15 hrs ago #35

Don't know the ins and outs canetoad 14 hrs ago #36

Oh no, my weakness! róisín_dubh 9 hrs ago #44

Charles, other royals and Thatcher were friends of the "admired" Jimmy Savile PufPuf23 14 hrs ago #37

Yes, good point, and those who think the Monarchy is in no danger forget how much disrepute the Savile connection artemisia1 14 hrs ago #38

Or those that disagree with you... BooScout 9 hrs ago #43

I bet Harry is relieved that he bailed out of this situation. edbermac 14 hrs ago #39

I agree. Despite his flaws he was perceptive enough to see the toxicity and parasitic nature within the Royal Family. /n artemisia1 10 hrs ago #40

I don't think they had a choice Buckeyeblue 9 hrs ago #45