From: capricorne@gmail.com   
      
   > On 2026-02-19 3:05 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >> Rhino  wrote:   
   >>> On 2026-02-19 2:02 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>>> Rhino  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> British police have arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly known   
   >>>>> as Prince Andrew) on his 66th birthday to "help them with their   
   >>>>> inquiries" over his possible misuse of office to pass sensitive   
   >>>>> information about trade to people who weren't supposed to see it while   
   >>>>> he was involved in Epstein's circle of friends and acquaintances. It's   
   >>>>> the first arrest of a senior British Royal since the 1600s during the   
   >>>>> English Civil War. (That arrest was of King Charles I and resulted in   
   >>>>> his arrest for treason, a trial by Parliament, and his trial, conviction   
   >>>>> and beheading!)   
   >>   
   >>>> I don't get it. Is this an insider trading investigation? Who would have   
   >>>> put him on any board of directors? If he were passing along information   
   >>>> at second or third hand, I don't see how he was the one breeching   
   >>>> confidentiality.   
   >>   
   >>>> He's not part of government and wouldn't know any state secrets.   
   >>   
   >>> He was made an official trade envoy for several years and, as such, was   
   >>> privy to some sensitive information. And now, as a result of the Epstein   
   >>> files, information has emerged to the effect that he shared that   
   >>> information with people who weren't authorized to have it. So yes, this   
   >>> is essentially insider trading, British style.   
   >>   
   >> I had no idea he ever had an important govrnment role. How was he   
   >> qualified for it?   
   >   
   > You know who he was mother was, don't you? He was apparently her favourite   
   > child too. I don't imagine she could appoint him to such a job directly but   
   > it wouldn't shock me if someone did it to curry favour with her.   
   >   
   >> Also, it's the UK, so one suspects his misconduct was   
   >> well known at the time but covered up.   
   >>   
   >   
   > That seems to be consensus in the pundit class. They say that the interview   
   > he gave Emily Maitliss (sp?) (she's one of the major BBC interviewers) back   
   > in 2019 where he tried to refute the allegations showed him to be a liar:   
   > they swear they could all see through him. But it was widely felt that he was   
   > lying at the time when he denied knowing Epstein. He was sued by Virginia   
   > Guiffre (one of his underage victims) at the time and he persuaded the Queen   
   > he was totally innocent so she paid 12 million quid to settle the suit.   
   >   
   >>> I've now seen several sources say that if he is charged and convicted,   
   >>> he could face LIFE IN PRISON if the maximum sentence is applied.   
   >>   
   >> You string together enough charges to be sentenced consecutively, and   
   >> face sentencing at his age, that's entirely likely.   
   >   
   > It might not even be a bunch of smaller charges added up but a single charge   
   > of "misconduct in public office". Besides, like Canada, I think the Brits   
   > usually make sentences for multiple offences concurrent so 10 two-year   
   > sentences is usually served in two years (minus time off for good behaviour,   
   > prison overcrowding, etc.)   
      
      
   Isn't he the one who made his military training in Canada?   
      
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