Holy shit:
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested and in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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@cstross It's a good fucking day. Now for the same to happen to the Swamp over here in the US.
@cstross Charles might want to follow the example of Philippe II of Orléans, regent of France during Louis XV's minority.
When one of his cousins, Count Antoine-Joseph of Hornes, a wastrel with gambling debts, was arrested for robbery and murder, the regent had him condemned to a commoner's execution by breaking on the wheel (as opposed to beheading), despite pleas for clemency by the aristocracy. He is said to have uttered (probably apocryphally) "when I have bad blood, I have it drawn by a leech".
@cstross Seems it's the leaking of confidential commercial/economic info to Epstein et al that got him banged up, not the trafficked/underage Epstein girls or the callgirls in the Palace and orgies while travelling OS on government business. No surprises there.
OMG, what if he goes to Wormwood Scrubs!
I bet Charlie is thinking thank god he got him out of his circle when he did.
So ironic Fergie is in the files too.
Lets see how UK justice system works on this, the Judge will have some dinner stories after this.
@cstross I am happy to hear that at least on your side of the Atlantic they are arresting pedophiles. It appears to me, here in the US the powers that be don’t give a shit.
@cstross I hope he squeals like the pig he is.
@cstross About time. Now for the rest of them??
@cstross wonder eh he’s going to grass up in a desperate attempt to plea bargain?
@cstross There he was worrying he'd be alone on his birthday
happy 66 birthday 👍
So, will he be the first Mountbatten to reside in the tower?
@cstross I needed a good chuckle to start my day, thanks! 😀
@cstross woah. I feel like this would not have happened before the Queen's death, which is depressing.
@cstross Hello friend Greetings 🌺
How are you doing today hope you’re feeling well and your family? You are having a direct text from Elon.
@cstross well that's one way to evict an unwanted tenant...
@cstross I really dislike the way the BBC keep calling him "Andrew". We are not on a first name basis. He's a shit. Don't make him familiar, call him by his full or last name.
It's one of the bad British things, assuming everyone is familiar and to some degree sympathetic to the royal family.
@cstross these later seasons of The Crown are getting a bit unbelievable.
@cstross <nods> The _in custody_ was the bit that most surprised me most earlier :-)
I love that in the BBC report of the police statement the police say that they are not naming the suspect and care should be taken by publications so as not to appear in contempt of court, immediately followed by the link you just posted in bold
@cstross So is Charles sick of his shit or throwing him under a bus to save the monarchy? Or both.
Both.
Admittedly swift action over the Epstein business is the only way to save the British monarchy at this point in time. Anything Epstein is radioactive kryptonite to the King, and the monarchy was already in big trouble as the halo of deference conferred by his late mother's longevity dissipated. (*She* was a national institution and symbol of unity: he's just a stuffy old billionaire in a fancy hat.)
@cstross @abstractcode he wasn't arrested for pedophilia, though (and to shield myself from draconian English libel laws designed to shelter aristocrats from accountability, something he denies).
He was arrested for misconduct in office, i.e. leaking confidential government information to Epstein for insider trading purposes.
I am not so sure about the peril for the monarchy. Don't underestimate the resistance to change of the English. Even the Australians have not ditched Charles as head of state despite his direct involvement in the coup against the democratically elected prime minister in 1975 (his mother was also involved, but too canny to leave a paper trail, unlike Charles).
Look, give him another sixty years and he'll be an equally hallowed institution.
... and a serious concern to those wondering how he's still going.
The case of the Crown vs Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor...?
Interesting times!
@cstross is it even a monarchy if the people can't execute a monarch when they're total shit or the crops are failing (or both)
@cstross a new resident for the Tower perhaps.
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I can't help thinking he is being used as a distraction from people guilty of more/worse crimes mentioned in the Epstein files 🤔
@cstross Hell must be freezing over and definitely some horses disturbed.
@cstross "Off to Tyburn for you, sonny Jim"
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I assume that the armed police guy was occupied on the phone with his boss when the arrest team came to the door in marked cars.
And I bet he didn't get thrown in the back of a paddy wagon.
Trying to assemble a violin from raw gluons. The damned thing have no musical sense. But that's OK, neither do I.
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What’s with the repeated use of adjectives consistently and strenuous, but no mention of vile, treasonous or lecherous
@cstross If he is convicted and jailed, would he be in with the general population, isolated for his own safety as is commonly done with sex offenders (“Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise”, as the possibly apocryphal acronym goes), or would he have the privilege of one of his residences being designated as a prison and little else changing?
@cstross They get him for sharing documents, but not for sexual abuse of underage girls ...
@cstross what a lovely birthday gift for him!
@cstross I mean, he was basically doing sex tourism with the people of the UK footing the bill - so yeah. That was obvious for a long time. Surprised that we're actually at the point when people are starting to get arrested, much less a defrocked royal. There are very obviously MANY people within the Epstein Files for which the files themselves provide abundant evidence of crimes.
@cstross Oh dear!
Well, better late than never.