• FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    People who commit serious crimes should not be in line to possibly become king. I know being king of England doesn’t mean much these days and I know the chances of him becoming king are slim, but still certain actions should disqualify you from having even a slim chance of becoming nominal head of a country

  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Oh no! Must be horrible for him! No prison sentence, still a shit load of money, no further consequences. No title (but still a prince? Why) is the worst punishment out there, not even a pedo deserves such a harsh sentence.

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    3 days ago

    Most people give up 10-25 years of their life to a prison cell, but whatever.

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      Her memoir is being released posthumously on October 21. My guess is the prince recognizes he’ll be in the spotlight again so is bowing out.

      • theneverfox@pawb.social
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        I saw an article about it before hearing about this, about Andrew feeling entitled about raping her

  • Trex202@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Ooh! The grand old Duke of York, he had underage sex, he flew them out to Epstein Island and he flew them back again!

  • Toto@lemmy.world
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    He’s the same person who did the same things. Difference is he feels he can no longer get away with it. Bet before he definitely did

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    This still shouldn‘t be the end for him or the other remaining Epatein-buddies… still some golden spoons left for the Prince of York and no justice for the victims.

    • amorpheus@lemmy.world
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      This isn’t for him, it’s for the Crown so they can get some distance. I’d say too little too late, but we will see how the public will react.

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    If Prince Andrew can give up his title then surely King Don can give up the Epstein files. Let’s do this before he uses nukes as a deflection from the Epstein files.