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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Noted, thank you.

Edit: I flipped them around

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 124 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am no true king.

You do the math. ;)

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Right. You're a potato.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 19 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 5 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 96 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 8 points 1 month ago

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

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 62 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".

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why does this fucker get royal staff?

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 39 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.

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

Here is your beer “Sir” …

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 40 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 12 points 1 month ago

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

[–] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 month ago (21 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.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I heard a very interesting argument that if the Royal family can remove Andrew from the line of succession, then the line itself can be manipulated, and anyone else could be added. In that case, what is the point of having a royal family?

[–] brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

I’m not sure what the point is in any case. Whatever about how the monarch is chosen…having a monarch is bad! And this monarchy is particularly bad!

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Ash@piefed.social 20 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 13 points 1 month ago (7 children)
[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Racist fucks doing racist fuckery

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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 19 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 6 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 5 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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[–] mEEGal@lemmy.world 18 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) (2 children)

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

[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 15 points 1 month ago

Wait until they downgrade him from Mountbatten to just Hill

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 13 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.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

Sir Pedophile

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 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"

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 10 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 11 points 1 month ago (4 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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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 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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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Where is he interacting with royal staff these days?

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago

Should be calling him by a number

[–] 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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[–] Spesknight@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ser Fucked (read it in Spanish)

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The only good royal is dead royal.

Being a monarch or nobility of any kind is a crime against humanity. And yes, this applies to all, no exceptions. I don't care how "constitutional" a monarch is. No one should have inheritable legal status or power. Inherited wealth is bad enough. Every king or noble should have to give up their title or give up their head.

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[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No son of royalty or riches is a real boy!

Mainstream or street.

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

Fuck you Andy

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