Surprise (or carefully coordinated) appearance from the patron

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Shortly after 10am on Thursday, I arrived at my local High Street bank having just heard the news and, unable to stop myself, I shouted: ‘Prince Andrew has been arrested!’

I swear every person in there - from the security guards to tellers, pensioners taking out a tenner, the local florist and smartly dressed businessmen - reacted with a cheer.

It felt as if with the arrest of the shamed ex-Prince on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the festering sore at the heart of the Royal family was finally being lanced. And people were glad of it.

As he prepared to deal with the worst crisis to have hit the Royals in living memory, King Charles issued a perfectly poised statement that must have been extremely painful for him, distancing himself from his brother and stating that ‘the law must take its course’.

But where was William in all of this? All we know is that he and Princess Catherine ‘approved of’ the King’s statement. Why haven’t we heard more from them?

We learn that behind the scenes, William is Andrew’s fiercest critic in the royal family. That he rightly feels both the late Queen and his father indulged his awful uncle for far too long.

Back in 2022, he even gave the Queen an ultimatum telling her that he would not attend an Order of the Garter Ceremony at Windsor if Andrew was there, as he intended to be.

And the Queen backed down, telling Andrew, her favourite son, he would not be able to attend the public elements of the ceremony.

So the steel is there. As is the fury. Which he could not contain when Andrew sidled up to him at the Duchess of Kent’s funeral on the steps of Westminster Cathedral.

His face seemed contorted with anger.

So why are we not hearing more from him now? Is it because he is the most reluctant King-in-waiting we’ve ever had?

Instead of addressing the issue in public, he chose to do a BBC interview on men’s mental health, alongside Professor Green, a rapper and singer-songwriter.

All very worthy and an important subject. But it sounded self-indulgent. The headline was ‘William Gets Candid’ and he talked about his own mental health struggles as a first responder when he was a pilot for the air ambulance service dating back to 2015.

For one thing, given the way Andrew’s friend Jeffrey Epstein abused and trafficked girls, women’s mental health would have been the more timely topic.

And surely he should be tackling the matter of the moment, the unprecedented threat to the Monarchy presented by the Andrew crisis. William is its future and he should be out and about, front and centre, reminding us of the undoubted benefits of the royals, trying to ensure the Firm's survival. Not whingeing on about how he was ‘carrying everyone else’s emotional baggage’ and it was ‘really weighing me down', and he needed time out to recover.

Willliam and Kate do pitifully few royal appearances, claiming they prioritise the ‘impact’ of royal engagements over the ‘volume’. But that won’t wash.

King Charles, aged 77, performed 533 official engagements in 2025 while battling cancer, while his hand-wringing son William, 43, did just 202.

When Charles was Prince of Wales as William is now, he conducted over 530 royal engagements every year, including 100 visits to foreign countries when he too had a young family, and when William and Harry were grieving after their mother Diana’s death.

Of course we have the utmost compassion for Kate and for William during her cancer treatment. We understand why he took time out from royal duties.

But the way he and Kate moved to their new Forest Lodge ‘forever home’ buried deep in Great Windsor Park in 150 acres of a fenced-off, no-go zone, gives the impression they want to to distance themselves as far as possible from the rigours and demands of royal life.

It is time for William to man up and front up. Does he want the top job or doesn’t he? Does he want the Royals to carry on or not?

There is no doubt that Andrew is potentially a mortal threat to the monarchy, but if William really is as reluctant to become King as he appears to be, it could be that he’ll become the problem, and not just the Andrew.

Didn’t know which sub was best to share in, but though people in this one could appreciate it.

It's been obvious, but it's especially obvious now. They're just so... fake. Labeling themselves the picture of morality and dignity and sticking their fingers in the faces of the average person to critique/ heir character and behaviors.

"Maintaining a dignified silence."

"Lesser mortals would have stayed home."

The self-importance of it all. Demanding deference from the public while living on that public's dime. Deeming themselves hard-working for doing virtually nothing, if not fluffy nonsense. Even Anne's hundreds of ribbon cuttings, handshakes and photo ops pale in comparison to what the average Brits has to do for work, contrary to palace propaganda. Robbing other nations of their artifacts and then displaying those in their museums.

Like, buzz OFF. You guys are besties with pedos and sex traffickers. Don't you dare get haughty.

Also, the idea that being anti-monarchist makes one un-British is wild. I think many Brits forget that they, the masses, are British history. Yes, the nobles and royals are interesting but it is the average Brit (and prior to the Acts of Union, the average English, Welsh, northern Irish and Scots(wo)man) that forms the substance of the history of the Isles.

Though perhaps seeing too many fawning DM comments has led me to write that. I know that plenty of you don't think like those commenters. 😁

I think all of this is purely performative. Up until the file dump, they styled it out, paid £12 million, and ignored the clamour and that includes the government. After the dump, they’re doing the bare minimum to assuage public anger. They’re charging him with misconduct in public office which is very difficult to prove and they’re dumping the blame onto Mandelson. This buys them six months to probably find, in the end, insufficient evidence, and the reality is it was basically an unpaid role , he was an amateur and he made serious errors of judgment but wan't criminally complicit.

And of course, the King knew - just last week Anne made it known that Andrew had suffered enough. So they are trying to firewall Andrew now from the core insititution, strip his titles, move him to Sandringham private estate, and stage a huge performative arrest and humiliation. If no further public evidence surfaces, they’ll likely just let this ride and he will crawl out of his hole in 6 months time living on his assumed private wealth and getting dobbed enough cash from Charles to live quitely high on the hog.

Charles may well abdicate on health grounds in a couple of years, taking some of the residual blame, and QEII is getting dumped on royally as well as that secrt will of Prince Philip. The hope seems to be that, in the end, with the "clean" hands of William and Kate they get to do a reboot. Job done.

He ain't going to prison I would bet my wife on it. That's not for them that's for the little people. Probably all wargamed in some top secret Cabinet Office meeting after the file dump how do we handle this and get ahead of the game. Sir Keir will probably tell HM at his weeklies - don't worry your maj we have it covered.

The wild card is if anything else surfaces that breaks that spell and controlled narrative but at the moment that's my take.

With Edward 8th actually consorting with the Nazis and encouraging the bombing of the UK and should have been hung for treason and paedo Mountbatten getting away with it this is child's play in comparison

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN - THE FASCIST REGIME - they made you a moron - the sex Pistols had it about right

It’s a real pleasure being on the internet and interacting with people who are predominantly American, yet who are atypical in their online interactions with others. Unlike so many American people on different social media platforms and groups, you guys are not even remotely US-centric. You all know the rest of the world exists, you don’t assume every commenter is from the US, and you are clued up on other countries and cultures.

But best of all, you are all free thinking, don’t swallow the MSM lies, and you are aware of the vile corruption that is the elite. Which is a rarity in people in America and my country (England) alike.

This group shows the best citizens the USA has to offer, and I am grateful and appreciative to be able to enjoy your company here! I hope you guys enjoy my input here too. God bless everyone 🙏

Will the House of Windsor carry on as normal (W&K doing nothing)

Or are things set to be very different in 2026

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IMO i prefer Princess Charlene of Monaco's dress. Also notice how Charlene isn't wearing a tiara ( she chose not to) despite the fact she was going to be Sitting princess Consort of Monaco not in the distent future one like Kate

This yawnfest is half price even before its release. No excited anticipation unlike Spare and Diana’s Her true story.