[Watchman]

Prince Andrew to care for Queen's beloved corgis

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62870783

Seems legit, given his experience of grooming...

“Hello girls, would you like to see some puppies?”

[satnav]

The Daily Mail is running a story today claiming that Prince Andrew faces an uncertain future. If a man with millions in the bank, a comfortable house and a fleet of luxury cars at his disposal is facing an uncertain future there is little hope for those millions of people living on the breadline worrying about where the next meal is coming from and wondering when they will next be able to turn on the heating.

[Andy McDandy]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... le-bathtub

Marina Hyde on that photo!

Eyes Wide Shit

Finally! I don’t know about you but I always pay a reported £12m to settle a case out of court, when all I really want is for its claims to be heard in a court.

Andrew no longer enjoys the range of confected positions that enabled him to be helicoptered between the world’s finest golf courses. Does one really need a suite of damask-walled and lavishly gilded rooms with liveried attendees for his current activities? I can’t help feeling a lock-up with a single swinging lightbulb somewhere off the M25 might be more appropriate in the circumstances.

[Youngian]

That was your pitch?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sarah-fer ... ost-report

[AOB]

The Gallaghers might've reformed this year but there's zero chance Charlie will give the time of day to his brother again. He's an absolute liability

Prince Andrew says he 'ceased all contact' with alleged Chinese spy

[Youngian]

Was this roving ambassador subject to the same security protocols as real ambassadors?

[satnav]

in honour of the role he played in winning back the Falkland Islands I think it is probably about time Andrew was made governor general of the Falkland Islands, that should keep him out of trouble for a while.

[kreuzberger]

What have their sheep done to deserve that?

[Samanfur]

I'd suggest Governor of the Pitcairn Islands - but given their recent history, he'd possibly enjoy it too much.

[davidjay]

I'd suggest Governor of the Pitcairn Islands - but given their recent history, he'd possibly enjoy it too much.

Ambassador to Tristan da Cunha?

[Abernathy]

The “secret” identity of Prince Randy’s chum is rather easy to discover, thanks to Professor Google.

https://www.rfa.org/english/china/2024/ ... ng-tengbo/

[satnav]

Cameron and May have tried to distance themselves from all of this by claiming that they met a lot of people when they were prime minister but the pictures that appear in the article show that both of them posed for pictures with him and in the case of Theresa May her husband was in the picture as well.

Baring in mind that the Tories often charge quite a bit of money for businessmen to have one to one meeting with senior ministers I'm not sure they would rush into being photographed with random people with out asking a few basic questions.

[Youngian]

Hampton Group International Ltd

What can we call a front company to spy on the British that doesn't sound suspicious? Directors include Peter DeVere and Roger Sterling.

Isn't it a given that all Chinese or Russian businesses are aligned with the state? Anything less has consequences.

[Andy McDandy]

Vaguely establishment, very much old school and respectable, heritagey tinge to it (Hampton Court etc), and not a clue what it does.

Yes, just a slight whiff.

[Watchman]

And always (for me at least); how exactly did they make their money?

[kreuzberger]

And the revelations keep coming.

Duke of York or Archbishop thereof.

I used to be able to buy bits of Clarisse Cliff there for a song and then take the kids to the tearooms, which they loved beyond measure.

What the fuck has happened to this town?

[satnav]

The Archbishop of York is under scrutiny because he is about to become the Archbishop of Canterbury. It would appear that in his a previous role he missed the opportunity to sack a vicar who was the subject of very serious allegations. The Archbishop seems to be claiming that there were technical reasons why he couldn't sack him. I really don't think this excuse is really going to get him off of the hook. Even if he couldn't technically sack a vicar surely he could have least suspended the vicar while further investigations were held.

The bishop of Newcastle is currently pushing for him to resign and she seems to be very determined. It is really difficult to see how the C of E will be able to find a candidate to be archbishop of Canterbury who hasn't got a skeleton in their closet.

[soulboy]

The days of finding bargain antiques in York are long gone. Over priced Harry Potter tat? Plenty of that in The Shambles but not many bargains to be found.

[Bones McCoy]

Prince Andrew's firm linked to controversial PPE millionaire

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vep0p877wo

One of Prince Andrew's prized business assets was administered for two years by a company controlled by the controversial millionaire Doug Barrowman, the BBC can reveal.

After the prince's disastrous Newsnight interview in 2019, legal ownership of his Dragon's Den-style start-up competition, Pitch@Palace Global, was transferred to a Barrowman-linked firm, Knox House Trustees (UK).

Barrowman and his wife, lingerie boss Baroness Michelle Mone, hit the headlines when she admitted they had lied about their links to a company that won large government contracts during the Covid pandemic after she recommended it to ministers.

[Bones McCoy]

Makes you yearn for the early days of empire.

When troublesome minor royalty could be "promoted" to administer the Mosquito Coast.
Other disease ridden colonies are also available.