Jeffery Epstein and friends

[1701-e]

Originally Posted by Mr K

Wonder if Andy will qualify for Univeral Credit?

New title..... The rapist formerly known as Prince

[thenry]

Originally Posted by thenry

Will he kill himself too

there's hope he's still 8th in line for the throne

Originally Posted by thenry

there's hope he's still 8th in line for the throne

Not for long - he’s being written out of the line of succession. Princess Anne moves up one.

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Edit … el gov now saying they’re not removing him. I’m guessing this might be because they need the same line of succession everywhere the king is still the king, necessitating acts of parliament in 15 countries.

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Paul

Well you could always read the whole quote

Point taken,

Apologies.

Originally Posted by Chris

Edit … el gov now saying they’re not removing him.

Its not like it really makes any practical difference.

[thenry]

Originally Posted by Paul

Its not like it really makes any practical difference.

It practically gives him a hard on. Heaven knows where he'd be without some sort of recognition.

Originally Posted by thenry

Will he kill himself too

[Sephiroth]

The government are right not to remove him from the succession. It opens a huge can of worms where the government would taste the ability (which they will still have) of getting rid of someone they don't want to be King.

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

The government are right not to remove him from the succession. It opens a huge can of worms where the government would taste the ability (which they will still have) of getting rid of someone they don't want to be King.

I mean no, it’s not as if they’ve ever used a Dutch Duke to chase the reigning monarch out of the country and declare him abdicated in absentia is it. Or drag a king to the tower and hack his bonce off.

Thankfully Parliament has more recently chosen to pass legislation in order to ensure the heir is determined by law rather than by pure birthright. Three times, most recently in 2013.

[jem]

Originally Posted by Chris

I mean no, it’s not as if they’ve ever used a Dutch Duke to chase the reigning monarch out of the country and declare him abdicated in absentia is it. Or drag a king to the tower and hack his bonce off.

Thankfully Parliament has more recently chosen to pass legislation in order to ensure the heir is determined by law rather than by pure birthright. Three times, most recently in 2013.

Yes indeed, Parliament, effectively the Commons, is legally ‘supreme’. The next monarch is one that Parliament decides will be. Naturally it will be William because they have no reason to deny it?

Removing Andrew from the line of succession does require an Act of Parliament, but as he is, what, 8th in line, it doesn’t really seem necessary. Of course is things were to change due to some really unlikely catastrophic issue then I suspect that Parliament would act so fast it will make his head spin!