Paedophiles High And Low

[sandyRoe]

How could the name of a member of our Royal family come to be tainted with such allegations?

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/prince-andrew-named-in-us-lawsuit-over-underage-sex-allegations/ar-BBhrutx

[BlackadderV]

It's the US, isn't it?

[BlackadderV]

By the way, I would not describe a man having sex with a 17 year old woman as a paedophile.

[sandyRoe]

True enough, BlackadderV. Epstein's taste for young women isn't paedophilia,

[ummmm]

Jeez.

[ladybirder]

It's in Sandy's link.

[youngmafbog]

pedophilia is not restricted to any one class/level of society.

Percentage wise I suspect there are as many in the upper echelons as there are in the denizens of the urban underclass.

[ummmm]

It's not paedophilia. It's sex with underage girls according to the laws of the country/state it happened in.

Paedophiles are attracted to children not teenagers.

[davetuc]

Sandy, why do you find it so surprising? People in powerful positions will nearly always abuse the privilege, sometimes in a small way, but sometimes in a shockingly serious way. If the current investigation in this country gets to the bottom of the true story, and the names of people in power is revealed, it will blow the establishment wide open. Why do you think nobody wants to take charge of it? They are scared of revealing the truth.

[craft1948]

I just wish he wasn't the Duke of York, he's so embarrassing and has no interest whatsoever in York...

[Daffy6543]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia

[mikey4444]

A storm in a tea cup if you ask me. There has been a suspect paedophile in the Royal Household, but it isn't Randy Andy.

[jourdain2]

Can I echo craft1948's remark - he's always been an embarrassment.

[DTCwordfan]

This is not paedophilia, mike - she was 17. If true, he was plain stupid, that I would say, and he was warned about his relationship with Epstein. Just hope that he the common sense to keep his jib and tackle inside his breeks.

[DTCwordfan]

he 'had' the

[jno]

I knew someone who knew someone who knew Andy and said he was great at his business-ambassador job - a very good networker with a large mental filing cabinet (inherited no doubt) and skill at bringing people in touch with useful contacts.

Better than just marching your men to the top of the hill and then marching them down again.

[DTCwordfan]

Glad you heard that as I know someone very close to Fergie and her girls and , over dinner, described him as being very boring with a very limited subject portfolio, namely golf, the Royal Navy and helicopters.

[anneasquith]

if he was such a good ambassador why was he asked to leave the ' job' ? it wasn't for another job was it ?

[DTCwordfan]

In part, Anne, because of the embarrassment of this friendship with Epstein - which makes one wonder if there is more to it than meets the eye at first glance. However, that is speculation (for the moment).

[DTCwordfan]

There was also the embarrassment of the sale of South Fork to the Kazakhstani's, their President behind that transaction and the price paid reckoned to be way over the strike price for the property.