Harvey Weinstein Visited Prince Andrew's Home

[PeterRS]

A photo has appeared on the BBC website showing Harvey Weinstein with Epstein and Maxwell at Andrew's home, Royal Lodge. When his daughter Beatrice held a masked ball in Windsor Castle to celebrate her 18th birthday in 2006, it was known that all three were on the guest list. Not known was that all three had earlier visited Prince Andrew's home at Royal Lodge during that visit to London. Now the information and a photo have been leaked. The date of the birthday was two months after the warrant for Weinstein's arrest had been issued in the USA. Echoing his comments on the now infamous BBC Emily Maitlin interview, Prince Andrew said he "wasn't aware of it." 

Maxwell was a relatively frequent visitor to royal residences. The BBC has also re-published this photo of her and actor Kevin Spacey sitting on the Queen's thrones in the Buckingham Palace thone room. The photo was discovered by The Daily Telegraph newspaper in the early 2020s.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g7d39n6vgo

Meantime, the King was yesterday heckled after an engagement in the Midlands. During a walkabout, one man shouted, "How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein?" He then twice asks, "Have you asked the police to cover up for Andrew?" The King must surely realise that the 'Andrew' issue has to be resolved faster than perhaps he would have wished.

[PeterRS]

So the King has finally acted. Andrew has been formally stripped of his titles and forced to move out of his 30 room mansion. In future he will simply be called Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. This may not be the end, though. Several Parliamentarians are calling for a debate. 

There are no modern precedents for such a colossal loss of royal status . . . The sliver of dignity given to him, that he was voluntarily choosing not to use his titles, has been taken away . . . Titles such as Duke of York, the Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh will be forcibly removed . . . All that remains is his place in the line of succession, and new guidance from the House of Commons Library has shown that too could be removed by Parliament, if Commonwealth realms give their consent.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62elnjnqqxo

Parliament may well now act because even without his titles, as the son of a Queen, Andrew still remains eighth in line of the throne. That is almost certain to be stripped from him. 

[unicorn]

3 hours ago, PeterRS said:

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Parliament may well now act because even without his titles, as the son of a Queen, Andrew still remains eighth in line of the throne...

Not a serious risk.

[Riobard]

More likely a cocaine line in new digs Downturn Abbey.

[Riobard]

6 hours ago, unicorn said:

Not a serious risk.

You haven’t seen 28 Days, Weeks, Years Later film series?

Exile can be a succession bump. In addition to the cocaine one. 

[vinapu]

17 hours ago, PeterRS said:

 Titles such as Duke of York, the Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh will be forcibly removed . . .

I guess not many people treat  that loss  seriously , exemption perhaps being Andrew himself.

Will he get some stipend from King or will be forced to join welfare rolls ?

[unicorn]

18 hours ago, PeterRS said:

... the Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh will be forcibly removed . . .

I wonder if York will be left without a duke, and Inverness without an earl... or will William's children inherit the titles?😄

[PeterRS]

5 hours ago, vinapu said:

I guess not many people treat  that loss  seriously , exemption perhaps being Andrew himself.

Will he get some stipend from King or will be forced to join welfare rolls ?

It has been announced that the King will subsidise him from his private funds. No suggestion yet where his avaricious ex-wife will live.

4 hours ago, unicorn said:

I wonder if York will be left without a duke, and Inverness without an earl... or will William's children inherit the titles?😄

I can't imagine anyone in those cities is too concerned! There is already a wealth of persons with titles in the UK but who these days wants another Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquess or Duke? Besides, the awards every half year given out to prominent persons are also out of date. The British Empire all but died in the mid-20th century but people are still awarded as either Members, Orders or Commanders of the British Empire!

[vinapu]

20 hours ago, PeterRS said:

 The British Empire all but died in the mid-20th century but people are still awarded as either Members, Orders or Commanders of the British Empire!

no harm done 

[PeterRS]

No good either, in my view! I'm all for giving recognition to those who do good in their communities, but not for continuing to glorify centuries when the British Empire - as all such Empires did - resulted in  great deal of harm.

[Keithambrose]

6 hours ago, PeterRS said:

No good either, in my view! I'm all for giving recognition to those who do good in their communities, but not for continuing to glorify centuries when the British Empire - as all such Empires did - resulted in  great deal of harm.

I could be changed to The Order of Great Britain. 

[vinapu]

3 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

I could be changed to The Order of Great Britain. 

not a bad idea but I figure that UK has more pressing issues that re-naming venerable orders

[Keithambrose]

9 hours ago, vinapu said:

not a bad idea but I figure that UK has more pressing issues that re-naming venerable orders

Indeed so! Andrew Mountbatten Windsor OGB? Mind you it's just as well the Royal family changed their name during the First World War,  or he'd be called Andrew Saxe-Cloburg-Gotha!

[Keithambrose]

Just now, Keithambrose said:

Indeed so! Andrew Mountbatten Windsor OGB? Mind you it's just as well the Royal family changed their name during the First World War,  or he'd be called Andrew Saxe-Cloburg-Gotha!

*Saxe-Coburg-Gotha