Doctored photo of Andrew? Here we go again

[Byker28i]

A prison interview with Ghislaine Maxwell is apprently airing on TalkTV, tonight, with the claim from here that the photograph of Prince Andrew with his sexual abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre is "fake".
https://news.sky.com/story/ghislaine-maxwell-repea...

It was also on the radio today that Andrew will be using his inheritance to sue Giuffre and clear his name...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2023/01/2...

[g4ry13]

No coincidence that Andrew is eager to get his titles back.

[KAgantua]

clutching at straws now - if the picture was so fake, why not call it out as such years ago when it came out?

[worsy]

KAgantua said:

clutching at straws now - if the picture was so fake, why not call it out as such years ago when it came out?

He did didn't he. He maintained he never met her.

[JagLover]

worsy said:

KAgantua said:

clutching at straws now - if the picture was so fake, why not call it out as such years ago when it came out?

He did didn't he. He maintained he never met her.

Whether he did it or not settling may still have been the smartest thing to do, so isn't in of itself an admission of guilt. Not sure what will have changed for him to decide to return to this.

[Seventy]

g4ry13 said:

No coincidence that Andrew is eager to get his titles back.

Had to read that twice

[Byker28i]

Seventy said:

g4ry13 said:

No coincidence that Andrew is eager to get his titles back.

Had to read that twice

[dundarach]

For the sake of discussion then, I'll bite.

Her hand doesn't appear to be resting on her own hip. She could of course be holding it funny, or a shadow.

Maxwell has five fingers and a thumb.

Never zoomed in on the photo before, always thought bang to rights!

[JagLover]

I may be being a bit ignorant here, but surely if it was a fake then it could be proved. Surely it couldn't fool an expert and something would be out in terms of lighting etc?

[Koyaanisqatsi]

JagLover said:

I may be being a bit ignorant here, but surely if it was a fake then it could be proved. Surely it couldn't fool an expert and something would be out in terms of lighting etc?

Straying towards the logical fallacy of proving non-existence there. A bit like proving that ghosts don't exist.

Stepping back, it just seems bizarre that he paid Giuffre $12m considering the apparent fact that he has never met the girl in his life. I'm struggling to find it now but isn't the legal bar on her speaking to the media finishing at the end of this month, which is why it's all kicking off again?

Still no other names announced either, despite the FBI recovering extensive data from hard drives and documents.

[TonyRPH]

An interesting article about the images on the Sky news website.

[Rufus Stone]

He was done up like a kipper.

[Byker28i]

JagLover said:

I may be being a bit ignorant here, but surely if it was a fake then it could be proved. Surely it couldn't fool an expert and something would be out in terms of lighting etc?

The claim has always been that the original photo has never been produced, either a copy or photocopy

[Lotobear]

I have to confess that photo has always appeared rather 'odd' and unnatural to me.

...slightly better than the famous Cumberland Spaceman photo, but only just

[g4ry13]

Let's not forget that rather than go to court and let a jury hear the evidence and potentially find Andrew innocent, the Firm decided to offer a settlement and avoid the unpleasantness.

[geeks]

Oh the Grand Ol' Duke of York
He had 12 million quid
He gave it to someone he never met
For something he never did!

[MesoForm]

g4ry13 said:

Let's not forget that rather than go to court and let a jury hear the evidence and potentially find Andrew innocent, the Firm decided to offer a settlement and avoid the unpleasantness.

To give him a bit of credit - what would going to court and being found innocent actually achieve? 99% of the people who hate him now would still hate him, it's not like his old charities would welcome him back as their patron and he would have all the stress of the trial.

[Seventy]

MesoForm said:

To give him a bit of credit - what would going to court and being found innocent actually achieve?

12 million richer?

[GranpaB]

Must admit reading that article does indeed raise some interesting points.

[KAgantua]

geeks said:

Oh the Grand Ol' Duke of York
He had 12 million quid
He gave it to someone he never met
For something he never did!