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7/7/2020 2 Comments

This Unfortunate and Undignified Crown

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Andrew's best mate Ghislaine Maxwell is ready to sing like a bird. Will she finger Andrew? 
The future of Brenda Windsor and her clan is again looking shaky. While I don't rush to write them off — given their proven resilience — you can't ignore the clouds on the horizon. Don't get me wrong because I believe the Windsors have a specific utility; it's just that individual members of The Firm appear intent on destroying it. 
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Of course, the British people are willing to forgive The Duke of Edinburgh being a bit racist and crashing cars into the Queen's subjects. We've all done it. We've even grown to like Camilla. She's now accepted as a sort of posh ‘Fag Ash Lil', who you know will be a laugh down the pub. Also, Kate exhibits all the hallmarks of dignity for the role, which is more than you can say for some others.

Harry, the Prince of Petulance, is now ensconced in La La Land with Megan and the kid. This week with jaw-dropping gall he's taken to lecturing us on privilege. This nonsense is coming from the bloke, who is the personification of privilege. Harry's arrogance and hypocrisy are off the scale. I'm stunned by his lack of comprehension. After all, he and Megan's luxury-lifestyle comes from leeching money from Daddy.  

Megan is busy claiming in her privacy case against the Mail on Sunday that the public should be grateful for the over £1 billion generated by her wedding. I always thought Royalty was about service, duty and honour. Megan has cut through all that to put a price on her performance, for which we should be grateful. The only problem is the numbers don't add up. Ross Clark breaks it down in this article. 

So, as Harry and Megan cling on for the oxygen of publicity, I must ask what happened to their quest for a quiet life? Whining about privilege while enjoying a mansion paid for by Daddy will invite ridicule. Harry is shaping up to be the worst kind of millennial, who runs with the herd. 

Meanwhile, Uncle Andrew, aka 'Randy Andy' can sense the breath of the FBI on his neck. Whether they intend to feel his collar remains unknown, although they would indeed like a chat. Andrew's best mate Ghislaine Maxwell is now in their clutches and is ready to sing like a bird. Will she finger Andrew? 

Either way, Andrew doesn't come out of this undamaged. At best, he made bad choices in his friends and was willfully blind to their activities. At worst, something far more sinister is going on. His November 2019 car crash interview with the BBC's Emily Maitlis earned him mockery as he sought to explain his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. After that, The Firm acted fast to sideline Brenda's favourite son. His troubles aren't going away. 

To survive the monarchy needs to change; otherwise, the UK faces the prospect of President Blair or a similar awful personage acting as the head of state. Can a 71-year-old bloke, with a habit of talking to plants, pull off the necessary evolution? The signs are not promising. Plus, forget the idea of skipping Charles because Brenda sticks to the rules. 

These days, with people less tolerant of arrogance, the Windsors need to appear to be 'one of us' plus keep a separation, an air of mystery and a degree of nobility. That's a hard act to pull off.
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Nutter
8/7/2020 06:07:59 pm

Harry was a top bloke until he started dating that ghastly actress. The classic example of a fella ruined by allowing himself to become shackled to a bossy strumpet. Andy has really let the side down. The line of succession to Charles and then William is secure and HMTQ has plenty left in the tank to see us through this difficult patch.

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Chris Emmett
25/1/2023 06:43:07 pm

Harry’s being manipulated by a sycophantic PR machine that he doesn’t understand. The machine has enveloped him and cut him off from the real world. It’s telling him that he can do no wrong and that his view of family and indeed, the world is the only view that’s real. At some point, he’s going to wake up and see that he’s living in a bubble that’s very small but due to his own actions, has become very hard to escape from.

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