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How to Become a Socialite

philat98

Maxwell had a few extra advantages not mentioned in Wikihow.
1. Dad sends her to public school followed by Oxford.
2 Dad gives her various jobs.
3. Dad buys business for her in New York.
4. Dad lets her travel the world in his luxury yacht.
3. Dad gives her an annuity of £80,000 per year (Not so generous with Mirror employees.).

Jingsamichty

I see he is stepping back from his "royal duties". Forgive me if I don't see this as shirking away from the very minimal obligations that he might have had.

It seems to me that Andrew's role as a "trade ambassador" was literally no more than a gift for personal enrichment. I would be hard-pressed to think how his activities have ever benefited the UK as a whole.

Time to make an example of him. Strip him of his titles and make him sign on like anyone else.

dave_j

+1

Jingsamichty

Well, he has decided to step back from Royal duties for the foreseeable future. As someone who has effectively made themselves unemployed, should he have ALL taxpayer benefits stopped?

BEVS

He will just be mothballed away and that is certainly for the best. He has his military pension but I am not at all sure that he was ever on the now defunct civil list. I think not.
The Queen funded his royal duties via the much misunderstood Sovereign Grant. No duties = no SG funding. He will have his own wealth so his lifestyle as such will not be affected I would think.

Charities are already dropping him, so those will need to find a new patron or another member of the royal family will need to step in to fill that gap. The same may well apply to the funding initiatives that he heads.

Remembering that he has two daughters who love him, perhaps he and his ex-wife could simply fade away from public view....once he has helped with enquiries of course.

That interview was certainly ill conceived and badly advised wasn't it.

BristolUK

I'll give him a Restart interview after 13 weeks.

withabix

I see he's 'stepped back from Royal duties....is that so he can spend more time with the children?

magnumpi

Not a good time to leave a good paying hmm er job ? So near Christmas

dave_j

Is there a food bank at Balmoral?
Oh yeah.. it's called mummy.

caretaker

Tabloid says he and his girlfriend were seen shopping for an engagement ring. Diamonds are standard compensation for infidelity, and in this case probably the best she'll get. Travel (I've seen a trip to Hawaii as payment for adultery) isn't something these people need more of. She could probably say "Diamonds, and keep 'em coming!"

Paul_Shepherd

In this situation I totally agree with you.....the title of Duke of York was given to him by the Queen when he married as an honour, but after all this, it kind of makes a mockery of the title, he doesn't deserve the title, and he should be stripped of his HRH status. I always like to give benefit of the doubt in media driven scenarios like this, but he was such a bad liar in that interview, it was obvious.

I feel for the Queen, she has never put a foot wrong in serving her country as monarch, and then her selfish son indulges himself in these very unsavoury goings on, tarnishing the lifetime of duty she has loyally given to the United Kingdom.

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Shard

Where's the "whooosh" emoji? I don't get this 10,000 men joke of the last few posts...

moneypenny20

Nursery rhyme -
The Grand Old Duke of York, he had 10,000 men, he marched them up to the top of the hill and he marched them down again.
And when they were up they were up, and when they were down they were down, and when they were only half way up, they were neither up nor down.

Prince Andrew's title is the Duke of York.