Prince Andrew in jep?

I think he’s embarked on a kamikaze mission. Surely the Queen doesn’t want Andrew to be slugging it out in salacious, technicolor detail in court - in the year of her Platinum Jubilee - and potentially irretrievably damaging the position of the monarchy in the public mind.

He’s had his various military titles and royal patronages removed already. If he’s not careful, his teddy bears and much more will be removed as part of a damage containment exercise.

At this stage I’m waiting on the “In light of the Queens jubilee, not distracting from the great work of the royal family…blah blah blah…I’ve decided to end this unjust personal situation I find myself in by paying up but I still protest my innocence..blah blah blah”

Guarantee you it will never come to trial and something similar to the above will be issued by the princes spokesperson and Fergie will complain about what a victim poor Andrew is in all of this.

And the public will be none the wiser on what exactly happened or didn’t happen as the case may be.

And also, this trial isn’t about “justice” it’s about money - lots of it- even if found liable Andrew won’t apologise as there’s no reason for him to do so - I think I’m this case a civil trial will prove nothing - witnesses on both sides are thin on the ground and suspect in the main, looking for their 15 minutes of fame- there’s absolutely no detail around the USA encounters only the UK one, presumably because of the “trafficking” and international element - based on “evidence” right now available in the public domain, it shouldn’t really go to trial - but I wonder if it did, would Andrew’s defence be as muted as Maxwells was? I think it would- relying on the statement of “not proven beyond the balance of probability”

There’s no obligation on him to apologise- it will never happen- this is a civil suit and it’s all about money-

But, but, but……..She said that she wants an apology!

Wouldn’t it be fun if he was found guilty and she was only awarded a few grand!

😛- now that would be “bombshell” alright LOL- yeah there’s speculation around the type of questions both sides will have to answer such as “shape of manhood” etc - I mean really, can you see Andy going through all of that but in fairness that’s probably what’s involved in other sexual assault trials so should be no different for this one - he’ll definitely settle without apology .

That seems to be how American justice works-all in public and long in advance of any trial- one needs to move away from the Irish justice system thinking which I think is much fairer and confined to an in-court hearing.

About that particular instance you mention, there were reports a few years ago that when Guiffre was writing her life story about this, a different man was placed in that scene but a subsequent draft of the book had Andrew- that’s one of the reasons I’m not giving this case much credence.

I wonder also, might Andrews legal team withdraw from the legal process citing lack of a chance of justice or a biased judge or some other excuse- even if found liable he can still argue it was not a fair trial - I think face-saving will be an important element to the end game negotiations but better believe it , all we’re doing here is observing the US legal playbook in action- that’s all .

She was with Epstein and Maxwell for around 4 years. Getting paid for services rendered. It doesn’t make it right, but her father knew what she was doing.

No. Andrew wasn’t the one paying her. Epstein and/or Maxwell were.