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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In the future, please link directly to the article or video as the main link.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Noted, thank you.

Edit: I flipped them around

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 103 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am no true king.

You do the math. ;)

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Right. You're a potato.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A huge piece of shit in almost every respect, but the character had his moments of poignancy.

[–] ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

a POS, but a good politician and he had his principles. not many lanisters could claim that much...

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 77 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

His staff are on record as saying they call him "the cunt" when he's not around. I forget which interview that was but it was a former staff member on a TV interview.

[–] CreativeCider@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

Seen it, I think it was an interview with one of the security staff

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Yes, sir. Flagon of ale for the child rapist, sir. And absolutely nobody has done anything untoward in it, sir".

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

Here is your beer “Sir” …

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why does this fucker get royal staff?

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 31 points 1 month ago

He's still uber rich. Between being mummy's favourite and being the literal shaddy deal's man for the British government for a while, he probably has more money than he would be able to spend.

[–] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I think we really should stick to calling him “Prince Andrew.” If we don’t we’re letting the monarchy separate itself from him…but that’s bullshit; he has the privilege of being a prince and his status as prince is not just what gave him the liberty to be a monster, but I think we can assume it’s what actually made him a monster.

[–] OCATMBBL@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

The Andrew formerly known as a prince.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Eh… I have mixed feelings on that.

Firstly, I don’t think his position made him a monster. I absolutely think it made it easier to become one, but there are plenty of opportunistic pedophiles who aren’t princes. In fact I don’t think it’s a far stretch to say the vast majority aren’t princes

Secondly, correct me if I’m wrong but hasn’t the majority of his privilege been stripped from him? Yeah, he can still visit royal places and such, but doesn’t he have about the same “power” as an in law or something?

There’s also the question of if the monarchy enabled his actions. Though, again I admit they may not have done enough after learning of his actions.

As a Canadian who never really paid attention to British royalty, this feels a lot like blaming a family for one member committing a mass murder. But that could just be a lack of understanding on my part.

[–] Ikon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well when the family has a long history of mass murder....

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He is getting used to it I guess. "Sir" is a pretty big demotion from "your royal highness".

[–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

man I'd love to try "Ah yes your pedoness" just once

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't post pictures of headlines. Link to the article

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[–] Ash@piefed.social 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd literally tell him to "fuck off I'll call you Nonce Andrew, and if you threaten me I'll go to the press and tell them even more shit that will get you in prison, you fucking nonce. Now get on your knees and apologise. And then I'd film it, and send it to the press"

[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago (7 children)
[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Racist fucks doing racist fuckery

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[–] mEEGal@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

My first impulse was to comment this :

But then...

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You're just a Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor to me.

[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 10 points 1 month ago

Wait until they downgrade him from Mountbatten to just Hill

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It stands for "Sweat Isn't Real"

[–] hector@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What a bizarre claim to make, that he can't sweat was it? Obviously not true, he was in the military I think, even as a helicopter pilot he wouldn't be able to serve if he couldn't sweat. You wouldn't be able to live without sweating first time you get some exercize you would get brain damage, or first trip to the subtropics, from the heat. Your balls would get fried too.

Guy obviously can sweat if he couldn't he would be like a bubble boy.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The helicopter pilot was his nephew, Harry. I believe Andrew served in the Navy during the Falklands war.

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The really incredible thing is that he thought everyone was dumb enough to fall for all the bullshit in that interview. "I have a tendency to be too honourable." FFS.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

No matter what they are forced to call you, you'll always see the contempt in their eyes; not one person smiling to see you walk into the room, ever.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People are very negative but they don't understand the house of windsor and how tradional it is. What else is traditional. The stockades.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think it's particularly hilarious that for all the talk of tradition, the house of "Windsor" was a name chosen during WWI, barely more than a century ago. The original name was "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha", but somewhat awkwardly German bombers built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik and popularly known as "Gothas" happened to be dropping explosives on London.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lol ok sure, Andrew formerly known as Prince

[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The thing about "prince" is that it's halfway to "nonce"

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Sir Pedophile

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This Saxon Royalist shit heap deserves to be buried in an unmarked grave. Ideally without building a parking lot over his insipid pedophilic corpse so as to deny him even identification after centuries of disgraced death.

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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They can't call him sir, that's an honorific in England that has meaning and he lost all formal titles, legally he isn't a sir anymore he's a Mr.

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

Should be calling him by a number

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Where is he interacting with royal staff these days?

[–] Spesknight@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ser Fucked (read it in Spanish)

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The only good royal is dead one.

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[–] Redvenom@retrolemmy.com 5 points 1 month ago

Fuck you Andy

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

The pedophile traitor deserves a single finger salute and tell him to fetch his own beer.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No son of royalty or riches is a real boy!

Mainstream or street.

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