The late queen's protection of him was a blemish on her record. I'm happy the king has cut him loose to face consequences..... I wonder if they asked him before the arrest...

I'm not British but I'm also very surprised. I can't help but wonder if they would have dared had he still had his title?

on his birthday too.

The cops took the phrase "the icing on the cake" literally, and I think it was an excellent choice.

Blame Queen Elizabeth. She was more interested in preserving the monarchy than Andrew's victims. There has to be a better way to promote tourism.

Especially a rich white person

Sadly, as I understood from a report I saw this morning, it's not in connection to his pedophilia but to sending highly sensitive gov docs to Epstein which may have been used for financial gain.

That was probably the best angle to start an in-depth investigation into his dealings with Epstein. Evidence that comes to light during that investigation can still be used for additional charges.

Because even in the Epstein files most people aren't saying "ay Jeff, cheers for the fifteen year-old lasses we all shagged, see you next time," but they are saying "here are the minutes of the cabinet meeting/this is what the prime minister thinks about regulating your company/this is the most he's willing to give you a tax break for" in emails because that stuff had to be communicated somehow.

We can all see that Andrew probably committed some sex crimes. But being a suspicious creepy fucker, being accused, and having a photo of you crouching over a girl would not be enough evidence to get you or me charged with a crime either. The counterweight to "nobody is above the law" is "nobody shall be convicted except on the evidence."

CPS generally charges what they can reasonably prove.

*and since he's high profile I expect (hope) they aren't going to fuck it up. get him for something like this, maybe it opens the doors to further charges. Anyway, living in hope.

Well actually it was the taxpayer that had 12 million quid, then gave it to a sweaty nonce for some ungodly reason

Someone on bluesky said that SCOTUS has made American presidents less accountable than British monarchs

You have to start by removing his title.

He's being arrested for sharing official documents. Not the disgusting crimes he committed against children and/or women. It's not real accountability, it's theater meant to placate the angry masses.

Meanwhile in america: {crickets, followed by a tumbleweed blowing across a sand covered road}

And that's after the obese orange child rapist was best friends with Epstein for decades, and has been mentioned many thousands of times, with thousands of pictures, and numerous sexual accusations all in the Epstein files.
The fat cunt could shoot a baby live on TV and no fucker would do a thing about it.

This would have to be absolutely fucking airtight to even be contemplated.