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[–] 117 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I'm suspicious. The Royal Family wouldn't do something like this as a first choice so I think some evidence surfaced or something is on the way that prompted this as a response.

Can it be related to Epstein? I hope so. Trump needs to eat this crow.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah that was my first thought.

    The royal family's PR team would have been strategising this since forever.

    I expect they've been monitoring the Epstein situation, as the likelihood of a release increases they're looking to distance themselves from this turd.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Virginia Giuffre's book -- Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice -- is being released posthumously on October 21.

    My guess is prince charming knows the spotlight will be on him again shortly.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh, wow ok. Boom.

    God that's kinda heavy-handed. You'd think they would have done this the moment they were aware that a book was in the offing.

    I imagine they got an advance copy and this is a reaction to the content.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Seems to be prompted by a recently released book from one of the women he (allegedly) raped with Epstein for years. Virginia Giuffre

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Almost for sure used their own investigators to find out the truth. Then once they discovered the truth would hurt them and there's enough public evidence they're preemptively distancing themselves. As damage control. The question remains if they will self-report or wait for the truth to inevitably come out on it's own. Likely the latter.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Is he still reciving money for literally no reason then or does that go away with the titles?

    Also, can we now call him the child rapist formally know as Prince Andrew? Or is he still a Prince?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    He needs a symbol, like TAFKAP (The Artist Formerly Known as Prince), but I fear the symbol would be something no one should see.

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  • [–] 74 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    The Monarchy should be abolished. And the House of Lords while your at it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Am I not understanding things? I thought the monarchy had no governmental power.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    They apparently have the authority to fire all of Australia's parliament. -If I understand correctly, Australia has also not had another government shutdown since, either.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    The UK monarchy have no such power under Australia's Constitution.

    Constitutional duties

    The Governor-General has specific constitutional and statutory powers. The Governor-General acts on the advice of Ministers who are responsible to Parliament (and ultimately, through elections, the Australian people).

    Key constitutional duties include:

    - Presiding over the Federal Executive Council
    - Facilitating the work of the Commonwealth Parliament and Government
    - Dissolving Parliament and issuing writs for a Federal election
    - Commissioning the Prime Minister; appointing Ministers and Assistant Ministers; and swearing-in other statutory positions
    - Holding and possibly exercising the Reserve Powers.
    

    Under the Australian Constitution, the only action performed by The King is the appointment of the Governor-General (on the advice of the Australian Prime Minister).

    Source -- https://www.gg.gov.au/about-governor-general/role-governor-general

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The crown still plays a role in Canadian politics unfortunately.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The day the crown exercises any power in Canada would be the last day we have a Monarch.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    And the Governor General who has the power to dissolve the government is…?

    Edit: also they’re littered all over our legal tender.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Mary Simon, a Canadian citizen and an indigenous person (Inuk on her mother's side) who was chosen by Queen Elizabeth for the role on the advice of then prime minister Trudeau.

    While the role has formal diplomatic ties to the monarchy, it is a Canadian who holds it and the prime minister who really selects them (in the guise of advising the crown on who to select).

    Of course the monarchy has diplomatic power here (all the rich and powerful do) but the governor general isn't really an example of the crown being able to issue us orders or the like.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Don't get too excited: the titles have NOT actually been stripped, he has simply "agreed not to use them."

    From further down the page:

    For context: Prince Andrew's statement earlier said he had taken the decision, with the King's agreement, to no longer use his titles. Stripping him of his titles would require an act of Parliament - a legal mechanism last used following the First World War.

    and further down still:

    As a reminder, Prince Andrew has voluntarily decided to stop using his titles. He will remain a prince as it is a title from his birth, as the son of the monarch, with the titles he has since lost only given to him later in life

    The nonce formerly known as Duke of York also remains eighth in line to the throne.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    He gets to keep one: Prince Peadophile.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He should just give up his life. That’s what needs to happen.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Perfect timing.. just read this pretty rough article myself yesterday:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-abuse-epstein-maxwell

    This just makes me so sad. Imagine your abusers staying in power and being the most influential persons in the world. Just makes me wanna burn it all.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Then stop calling him prince it's just Andrew the pedophile.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    LOL, "work"? What work?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Was there some celebrating in York?

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