He’s the sacrificial lamb, the powers that be will let the public rage against this while quietly shoving the rest of the Epstein revelations under the rug.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Submitted 7 hours ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c70kjr9wjw0t
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MrNesser@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 hours ago
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they just picked some high status moron to be their fall guy.
Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 1 hour ago
I’d like to hope he’s the first of a long line of people arrested.
Next up should be Mandleson who has done the same as him with his government emails
MrNesser@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
They just did
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
I bet he’s not even sweating this one.
bampop@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It’s a pretty huge step to arrest a member of the royal family. They even did it on his birthday, which is just the icing on the cake. In principle he doesn’t deserve to be treated differently from any other pedo rapist, but in practice, I don’t think the police would do a thing like this unless they really, really mean business. It would be too risky for the careers of everyone involved, unless they felt they had a rock solid case and no choice but to proceed with it.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
This is for misconduct in public office, not alleged sexual offences.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
From what I recall, they’d most likely have probably needed to ask The King for permission to do so, who would have handed him over.
Honytawk@feddit.nl 3 hours ago
At least something is done about it, unlike other countries (not to name names)
JiffyBag@feddit.org 1 hour ago
Time to play it again! Prince Andrew Is A Sweaty Nonce by Kunt and the Gang*
Twig@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
Happy birthday to him, lol
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
Good spot!
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 6 hours ago
(Emily maitlis voice) Misconduct? He was a…
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
- Good
- meanwhile in America…
thehatfox@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Well that’s something I thought I would never see.
Horse@lemmygrad.ml 6 hours ago
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
When I saw this news my reaction was to say “lol”
He’s a bit of a silly billy isn’t he
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
A Silly Billy Touchy Willy, even…
Coldcell@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Silly Billy touchy willy rapey kiddie
XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 6 hours ago
You wouldn’t arrest the birthday boy!
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
I wonder where he celebrates his birthdays. Maybe Pizza Express in Woking.
Shepy@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
tetris11@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
Thanks Charlie!