‘Chucked under royal bus’: Prince Andrew’s demotion shows institution’s ruthlessness

When the announcement of Prince Andrew’s suddencame at a few minutes past 5pm on Thursday, the level of its brutality didn’t take long to sink in for people who know how the royal family works.

And then it was reported, via a royal source quoted by the Press Association, that Andrew will no longer use the style “His Royal Highness” in any official capacity “We know he has been trying to cling on to the last semblance of respectability in public life and keeping himself present,” Dr Owens said. “It now looks like that has backfired.”

There was no need to increase the reputational damage to the British monarchy with any mention of Andrew’s former friends Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, respectively a convicted paedophile and a convicted sex trafficker. Neither did the palace mention that the case it alluded to was being brought in a US civil court by Virginia Roberts Giuffre who claims she was trafficked byto have sex with powerful people, including Andrew, when she was 17.

“It is overdue and in some ways it should have been done earlier,” McClure said. “Some damage has already been done but there is the possibility of more to come. Even if he is cleared in the court, his reputation is finished and he has done damage to the royal family because of his association with Epstein and Maxwell.”

Epstein drove the bus and Andrew willingly stepped in front of it.

“Ruthless”? I mean, they are, but wouldn’t it be more out of touch and cold to act as if nothing was wrong and defend him?

I reckon it says 'he's guilty'

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