[Kangaroony]

I'd argue this isn't really in the public interest to charge Andrew. He isn't predating on actual children, and again trafficking suggests someone is taken against their will... and she just looks like every other thirsty Instagram girl to me...

Ahhh... the old "victim blaming" defence.  Tsk, tsk.

It's all very well to say that Virginia Giuffre was a willing participant, and it's correct to say that the
age of consent is 16 years, but... in the case of a female, the male partner must be no more than
two years older, IE 18 years of age.  At the time of Andrew's sexual penetration of Giuffre he was
23 years older—in fact old enough to be her father!  This alone indicates a sexually deviant individual
who took advantage of an uncultured young girl's naivety, and one who had stars in her eyes.

Andrew hasn't been "charged" with any crime, nor will he be.  This will be purely a civil court case.

[Tom Bishop]

The Queen and Royal Family has apparently already judged him. That's good enough for me.

Judged him by not removing his Dukedom, not removing his HRH status, not removing his Vice Admiral Position in the Navy and judged him by allowing him to continue to live at The Royal Lodge in Great Windsor Park for free? All he has lost is the ability to call himself Lord of the Sea Scouts and a bunch of charity obligations. Sounds like a not guilty verdict to me.

This only tells me that the Queen thinks a prince's abuse of underaged girls is deserving of a revocation of military titles but not of Dukedom.

The Queen herself is an authority above the highest law in the land -

https://royalcentral.co.uk/features/insight/is-the-queen-really-above-the-law-1625/

From their homepage;

"Royal Central is the most popular independent source for royal news on the web. Launched back in 2012 in the wake of the Diamond Jubilee, Royal Central originally began life on Twitter under the account name @RoyalFactsUK – an account dedicated to tweeting facts about Monarchies around the world.

Independent != False

She's literally the monarch, the highest authority of Britain.

[stack]

Why does it matter that the Queen is above or below the law?

And is the UK an "innocent until proven guilty" shoppe, or the other way around? And its application to civil versus criminal?

[Rushy]

All of the British royals are pedos.

[DuncanDoenitz]

All of the British royals are pedos.

All of the American Royal Family would be pedos.  The British Royal Family are paedos. 

[Rushy]

All of the British royals are pedos.

All of the American Royal Family would be pedos.  The British Royal Family are paedos.

That's very paedantic of you.

[Tom Bishop]

How not surprising that the prince likes teddy bears as well.

https://people.com/royals/prince-andrew-teddy-bear-collection-routine/

[stack]

I'm pretty sure he is insane. Remember the maniacs collecting beanie babies?

But are teddy bear collections a pedo thing?

[Tom Bishop]

What a weirdo.

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3163760/prince-andrew-threw-tantrum-if-his-teddy-bear-collection-was

[stack]

What a weirdo.

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3163760/prince-andrew-threw-tantrum-if-his-teddy-bear-collection-was

I agree, weirdo. But what does this have to do with his alleged pedo-ism?

Even more insane, there's actually a word for this:

arctophile noun

arc·​to·​phile | \ ˈärk-tə-ˌfī(-ə)l  \
plural arctophiles
Definition of arctophile
: a person who likes or collects teddy bears

[Tom Bishop]

Not only did Prince Andrew have teddy bears, he had them on his bed.

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3163760/prince-andrew-threw-tantrum-if-his-teddy-bear-collection-was

[stack]

Yep, it seems that Prince Andrew is an arctophile.

[honk]

Teddy bears traditionally go on people's beds. Are you just trying to stir up controversy in a thread where everyone already basically agrees with you, Tom?

[Dr Van Nostrand]

Men don't keep teddy bears. They are plushy action figures.

[Tom Bishop]

Prince Andrew was allowed to attend the procession, although without his military uniform. He walked around with his medals pinned to his suit blazer, suffering heckling and public embarrassment.

[crutonius]

But it's a good thing you see.  Countries that have a pedo monarch are much more stable and democratic than countries without a pedo monarch.

[Tumeni]

Prince Andrew was allowed to attend the procession, although without his military uniform. He walked around with his medals pinned to his suit blazer, suffering heckling and public embarrassment.

Frankly, that's a reflection on the heckler, not the Prince.  A funeral cortege is not the place for shouting out your grievances.

[Rama Set]

Prince Andrew was allowed to attend the procession, although without his military uniform. He walked around with his medals pinned to his suit blazer, suffering heckling and public embarrassment.

Frankly, that's a reflection on the heckler, not the Prince.  A funeral cortege is not the place for shouting out your grievances.

On the other hand, the pedo can get fucked.

[Pete Svarrior]

But it's a good thing you see.  Countries that have a pedo monarch are much more stable and democratic than countries without a pedo monarch.

Not in the upper.

[Rushy]

It remains to be no surprise that an international ring of child traffickers selling children to pedophiles got away with it. We're lucky the royal family went as far as to say anything at all to Andrew.