Will Prince Andrew survive?

[hewlett]

The governments line is kind of, 'we support him now, he does great work, but if anything else comes out..'

Seems to me that this could be the strategy of doom for him, how many people will come out of the woodwork to trot out stories about the Playboy Prince? Let it be understood I'm not jealous of his no expense spared international lifestyle or anything

[CypherP]

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile? I don't think he's going to be living that life too much longer IMO.

[Zaxxon]

CypherP said:

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile? I don't think he's going to be living that life too much longer IMO.

Yeah, cause if he stops being the trade ambassador he'll be skint, poor bugga.

[CypherP]

I'd genuinely like to know the ratio of new trade against living costs. I wonder whether it would be quite as high as we'd expect?

[Toby Le Rone]

Zaxxon said:

Yeah, cause if he stops being the trade ambassador he'll be skint, poor bugga.

Unpaid, apparently, although he uses the connections he makes for his own ends as well as "promoting the UK", viz selling his house to a middle eastern for £3m above the asking price.

[joe_90]

CypherP said:

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile? I don't think he's going to be living that life too much longer IMO.

This sensationalist 'tabloid' ste. to stop.. he is NOT a convicted pedo. She was 17 or something, anyways, his over the top lifestyle should be stopped.

I have this feeling that high up in the echelons of power, that 'underage' is not frowned on so much.. not sure why.

[CypherP]

joe_90 said:

CypherP said:

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile? I don't think he's going to be living that life too much longer IMO.

This sensationalist 'tabloid' ste. to stop.. he is NOT a convicted pedo. She was 17 or something, anyways, his over the top lifestyle should be stopped.

I have this feeling that high up in the echelons of power, that 'underage' is not frowned on so much.. not sure why.

Listening to the news is where I find out about this, and that comment was meant about the guy he was spending time with and befriended, who paid an underage prostitute, so in that sense, the tabloid ste you speak of sounds correct in my mind.

I do agree that his lifestyle should be capped, so as not to make it seem like he is pissing all over the rest of us with his supposed freedom and impressive ability to spend half a million a year in travel.

[glazbagun]

joe_90 said:

CypherP said:

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile? I don't think he's going to be living that life too much longer IMO.

This sensationalist 'tabloid' ste. to stop.. he is NOT a convicted pedo. She was 17 or something, anyways, his over the top lifestyle should be stopped.

I have this feeling that high up in the echelons of power, that 'underage' is not frowned on so much.. not sure why.

They're accustomed with viewing people as commodities?

[MOTORVATOR]

Just so I've got the cut and thrust of this story right.

Ten years ago a 17 year old girl that is now down on her luck and sees a way to make some money out of her history, had her photo taken with Prince Andrew.

The dirty bugger.

Anorak summed it best:

"Andrew’s job is Britain’s special representative for international trade and investment, a wordy title that means Andrew gets to represent the country before deeply unpleasant people who think democracy is a joke and their nation’s GDP is their piggybank.

How exactly does this story damage Andrew’s ability to do that?"

[Jasandjules]

Will he survive?

Well, he'll still be on the gravy train no matter what happens, so I'd say yes.

[easytiger123]

I hope so. An aunt of mine is undergoing chemo and Prince Andrew came to open some new wing (or something similar) at the hospital last week. My aunt was sitting around with tubes pumping the drugs into her, and out of the blue Prince Andrew wandered over, sat down and spent 20 minutes chatting to her. I suppose this little story illustrates what sort of day to day routine a man like that has, opening hospitals, attending charity fundraising events etc etc, and that rather than a simple 1 minute "hi and bye" to my aunt, he took the time and trouble to spend far longer chatting to her. Made her day as you can imagine.

[XJSJohn]

easytiger123 said:

I hope so. An aunt of mine is undergoing chemo and Prince Andrew came to open some new wing (or something similar) at the hospital last week. My aunt was sitting around with tubes pumping the drugs into her, and out of the blue Prince Andrew wandered over, sat down and spent 20 minutes chatting to her. I suppose this little story illustrates what sort of day to day routine a man like that has, opening hospitals, attending charity fundraising events etc etc, and that rather than a simple 1 minute "hi and bye" to my aunt, he took the time and trouble to spend far longer chatting to her. Made her day as you can imagine.

good counter balance, and for that one post alone, credit to Andy

[MikeO996]

Is he still single? Can't remember him being linked with anyone (but don't exactly follow the tabloids). I was going to say depends whether or not he really did have a "massage" when he visited his good friend - but who's going to prove that and does anyone really care?

[Zaxxon]

Former squeeze Koo Stark is a bit of a hound now.

[wiggy001]

XJSJohn said:

good counter balance...

I bet Andy's people thought that too when they set that up. [/cynicalmode]

[dudleybloke]

CypherP said:

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile?

sounds like 'the who' on tour!

[Tyre Smoke]

dudleybloke said:

CypherP said:

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile?

sounds like 'the who' on tour!

That was research!

[CypherP]

Tyre Smoke said:

dudleybloke said:

CypherP said:

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile?

sounds like 'the who' on tour!

That was research!

[dandarez]

Tyre Smoke said:

dudleybloke said:

CypherP said:

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile?

sounds like 'the who' on tour!

That was research!

Worth a smilie, but Pete T. will be after you using all lower-case for the band.

Who are 'the who'? it's 'The Who', not 'the who'.

[dudleybloke]

dandarez said:

Tyre Smoke said:

dudleybloke said:

CypherP said:

For someone who spent £500k last year travelling and living the high life, with a convicted paedophile?

sounds like 'the who' on tour!

That was research!

Worth a smilie, but Pete T. will be after you using all lower-case for the band.

Who are 'the who'? it's 'The Who', not 'the who'.

'who' cares!