Prince Andrew: I thought staying with Epstein was 'honourable thing'
Source: The Guardian
Prince Andrew has said he regrets staying with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein but believed it was the honourable thing to do at the time.
The prince made the comments in an interview with BBC Twos Newsnight programme, the first time he has spoken publicly about his friendship with Epstein. The programme is to be broadcast on Saturday night.
When asked by Emily Maitlis why he stayed in the house of a convicted sex offender in a pre-recorded interview, understood to have been the result of six months of negotiations with the royal household, Andrew described it as a convenient place to stay. He said: Ive gone through this in my mind so many times but at the end of the day with the benefit of all the hindsight that one can have it was definitely the wrong thing to do but at the time I felt it was the honourable and right thing to do.
I admit fully my judgment was probably coloured by my tendency to be too honourable but thats just the way it is.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/16/prince-andrew-believed-staying-with-jeffrey-epstein-right-thing-to-do
Give me a fucking break.
Scotch-Irish
(464 posts)The prince was doing underage girls.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,359 posts)Scotch-Irish
(464 posts)True Blue American
(17,982 posts)You know why you stayed there. Has everyone forgotten Fergie? She thrived on that party scene.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Andrew,_Duke_of_York
obamanut2012
(26,049 posts)Fergie has major ethical issues, but she wasn't the one raping trafficking girls.
Why the fuck do people ALWAYS smear the wives and GFs of these men?!
True Blue American
(17,982 posts)Was sordid, too. Maybe you should read up. Major scandal.
You might want to read the posts further down for the details on Sarah before you jump again.
Yeehah
(4,574 posts)LMAO!
Midnight Writer
(21,733 posts)DrToast
(6,414 posts)Its like when a job interviewer asks you your weaknesses and you say, I work too hard!
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)embracing a POS like Epstein
JudyM
(29,225 posts)Vinca
(50,248 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)Maxheader
(4,371 posts)randy andy?..
Miguelito Loveless
(4,457 posts)sexual predation and rape are now "too honourable"?
Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)not fooled
(5,801 posts)he's attending the Donald J. Trump School of Public Relations, i.e. claim the opposite of the truth and wrap the lie in patently false innocence and piety.
58Sunliner
(4,375 posts)His Wicki is full of scandals, money laundering, kick-backs, etc.. In March 2011, it was reported that the Duke's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was producing "a steady stream of criticism". Sarah, Duchess of York, disclosed that the Duke helped arrange for Epstein to pay off some of her debts.[34] The Duke strolled publicly with Epstein after the latter's release from prison, allegedly while negotiating this financial help.[35] In July 2011, the Duke was reported to have cut all ties with Epstein,[36] and the Duke's role as Trade Envoy was terminated that month.[37]
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)I do that whenever someone (republican, royal, low-info or trumpian) tries to muddy our beautiful, nuanced language (the Queen's English, FFS!!) with vagueries, (peppered with enthusiastic non sequiturs). This tool, a notebook, and a good pen help keep me mired in reality.
"Honorable" synonyms: ethical, principled, honest , morally sound, righteous -which is what the poor guy is trying to project.
I see your eye-roll and raise you a
DrToast
(6,414 posts)Silly Brits.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Silly Brits?
keithbvadu2
(36,722 posts)Absolutely the wrong word to use in any conjunction with Epstein.
catrose
(5,065 posts)VarryOn
(2,343 posts)I hope every man that was involved gets outed. Hopefully, Epstein left good documentary evidence.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)I mean, it's so hard to find lodgings when one is fabulously wealthy, what's an entitled man of honor to do?
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)are turning themselves into contortionists to come up with anything that makes Andy look like anything other than the sexual predator/opportunist that he has always been.
This must be driving his Mum upside down. He IS her favorite child.
Lulu KC
(2,565 posts)This one takes the cake!
Go away, sir, and please be quiet.
I wonder if there are new charges pending or another reason for all the sudden attention.
The King of Prussia
(737 posts)Have a read about Prince Charles's friend Peter Ball:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ball_(bishop)#Bishop_of_Gloucester,_police_caution_and_resignation
And if you want more, google Charles's friend Sir (of course) Jimmy Savile (I recommend that you don't do this after eating).
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)involved in scandals like this or even worse.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Should have just said he's on a tight budget and FREE preferred, would be just slightly more digestible?
All of it is a result of our oversexed world?
7 billion+ babies running around as we speak can't be wrong?
ansible
(1,718 posts)Don't believe the british propaganda that the royals are just a figurehead, they still retain real, dangerous power.
myohmy2
(3,152 posts)...you do know they have a pic of you...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/06/jeffrey-epstein-virginia-roberts-giuffre-prince-andrew-photo
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truthisfreedom
(23,141 posts)She offered her honor
He honored her offer
And all through the night
It was on her and off her!
Judi Lynn
(160,501 posts)Duke of York claims alibi in interview with Emily Maitlis for Newsnight about Jeffrey Epstein links
Jamie Doward
Sun 17 Nov 2019 03.51 EST'
First published on Sat 16 Nov 2019 16.49 EST
The Duke of York claimed on Saturday night that he could not have had sex with a teenage girl in the London home of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell because he was at home after attending a childrens party at Pizza Express in Woking.
Prince Andrew gave the startling explanation in a bombshell interview with Emily Maitlis for BBCs Newsnight in which he was grilled about his relationship with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who has been exposed as a paedophile.
In a sometimes rambling and contradictory account of their friendship, which drew accusations of arrogance from viewers, the prince insisted he had not had sex with any women trafficked by Epstein in any of his properties. He confirmed that he had flown on Epsteins now notorious jet, nicknamed the Lolita Express, and stayed on his private island and at his home in Palm Beach, as well as at his New York mansion.
If youre a man it is a positive act to have sex with somebody, the prince explained. You have to take some sort of positive action and so therefore if you try to forget its very difficult to try and forget a positive action and I do not remember anything.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/16/prince-andrew-denies-sex-with-teenager-as-at-home-after-pizza-party
demmiblue
(36,833 posts)Karma13612
(4,547 posts)Did you see his eyes fluttering? And he was having to keep his I sweat/I dont sweat story straight. Bull. Its all just bull
MissouriLibrul
(35 posts)Aussie105
(5,363 posts)The words I was hoping to hear were 'Epstein was a sleazebag, I'm a sleazebag too', but you didn't quite get there.
Never mind, consider them said.
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