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Britain
Queen Elizabeth strips Prince Andrew of royal and military titles
2022-01-14
[NYPOST] Prince Andrew was stripped of his military and royal titles Thursday — a day after a Manhattan judge allowed the sexual assault lawsuit against the disgraced royal to move forward."With The Queen’s approval and agreement, The Duke of York’s military affiliations and Royal patronages have been returned to The Queen," Buckingham Palace said of the 61-year-old prince.

A royal source confirmed that Andrew would no longer use the title "His Royal Highness" in any official capacity and his other roles would be distributed among other members of the royal family. He is, however, still listed on the royal family’s official website as ninth in line to the throne.

"The Duke of York will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a private citizen," the palace said of the sex-assault lawsuit against him.

Andrew’s monarch mom had already barred her middle son from performing royal duties amid the severe backlash sparked by his disastrous 2019 BBC interview justifying his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Want Some Candy, Little Girl? Epstein
...A high class pimp financier who was alleged to maintain a stable of underage whores sex slaves who were paid big bucks to entertain the rich and/or famous. He is a registered sex offender and made at least 17 out-of-court settlements with former members of his stable, with some cases still ongoing. 2011 court docs reveal that 21 email addresses and phone numbers for Bill Clinton and an aide were found in Epstein's electronic black book, and that Clinton frequently flew with Epstein on his private plane between 2002 to 2005. But really, they were probably just discussing finance or politix or something. While getting massaged. Then things got serious, Jeff was tossed in the slammer in New York and then he killed himself. Really. That's what happened...
and now-convicted madam Ghislaine Maxwell.

The prince, a former Royal Navy helicopter pilot who flew in the 1982 Falklands War, initially retained his military titles.

They included vice admiral of the Royal Navy and honorary colonel of the Grenadier Guards, the stoic soldiers famed for guarding Buckingham Palace in their distinctive bearskin hats and red tunics.

The Queen’s decision Thursday followed mounting calls for Andrew to finally lose those titles.



Posted by:Fred

#5  /\ At least the Poms had some class.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-01-14 09:36  

#4  The English had an entitled class long before the Yanks grew their own.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-01-14 08:26  

#3  Whereas Prince Harry didn’t wait for his grandmother to strip him of anything, but gave it all up voluntarily.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-01-14 06:18  

#2  ...It's been pointed out that Andrew's actions during the Falklands War (short version: he hauled a radar reflector around on a chopper to lure EXOCET missiles away from the fleet) would have gotten anybody else a VC.

A shame his brains didn't match his b@lls.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-01-14 04:55  

#1  Please PLEASE don't strip Andrew
- Pam G. (and a grateful nation)
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-14 00:20  

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