The former Duke of York is eighth in line to the throne meaning he remains eligible to be King.

The government is considering introducing legislation to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of royal succession.

Defence Minister Luke Pollard told the BBC the move - which would prevent Andrew from ever becoming King - was the “right thing to do,” regardless of the outcome of the police investigation.

Currently Andrew, the King’s brother, remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles, including “prince”, last October amid pressure over his ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

On Thursday evening, Andrew was released under investigation 11 hours after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He has consistently and strenuously denied any wrongdoing.

  • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    12 hours ago

    Everything I’ve read about this says that the misconduct in question was sharing state secrets with Epstein.

    The child raping doesn’t appear to be concerning them.

    • nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      I read an article that said that he hasn’t actually broken any UK laws to do with rape that we know of.

      From memory the main points were:

      • Virginia Giuffre was 17 when they met which is above the age of consent in the UK so he can’t get done for having sex with a minor.
      • Had he done what he did now, he’d have broken laws to do with sex trafficking but the laws weren’t strong enough back then so they don’t apply either.

      Obviously, what he did was wrong but that doesn’t mean that he can be prosecuted for it.

      I’m hoping that there’s stuff that we don’t know about that they’re preparing to prosecute him for.

      • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        I’m assuming that the reason he shared state secrets with Epstein is because Epstein had something on him.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      6 hours ago

      Al Capone didn’t go to prison for murder, he went to prison for tax evasion. Do you think it was because Elliot Ness just didn’t care about murder?

    • Avicenna@programming.devEnglish
      101·
      12 hours ago

      Nevertheless, whistleblowers spend their whole life being hunted down by goverments for exposing state secrets that reveal crimes.

      • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago

        Perhaps that’s the state secret he’s being punished for revealing: all the child rape among the rich and powerful.

        • Avicenna@programming.devEnglish
          2·
          9 hours ago

          I would like to have that much faith in humanity but given that it has only happened now despite this going on for more than a decade, I doubt it. If you witness such a thing and don’t reveal it, it is either that you are the victim and afraid, or they have dirt on you, or you are an average individual who realizes that this would be a battle against a network of some of the most powerful individuals in the world and you don’t have an epsilon chance. I think he only fits in the second group.