04-01-2015, 12:06 PM
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Re: Prince Andrew
Originally Posted by Meg
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I agree Anita 
long story but a false accusation was made about me by a man who thought I had tipped the police off about him allowing fly tipping (including asbestos) on his land and he was fined a great deal of money .It wasn't me but because I regularly walked in a particular place and complained to the footpath warden about the dangerous state of his paths he thought it was (my complaint was in the parish council notes).To get his own back he told the police he had seen me taking a chain and padlock from his gate and the police turned up at my house one Sunday lunchtime when I was serving lunch to the family
. I was so embarrassed and it was my word against his . I was able to disprove his statement with the use of my camera and a photograph of a gate but it was horrible having people thinking I had done something when I hadn't.
Yes, it would be awful to be accused of something you hadn't done. There are some nasty people out there
04-01-2015, 01:50 PM
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Re: Prince Andrew
Originally Posted by Fender Bender
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I've said this before, but the way I see things, the smell just as much when on the toilet, so they are not any better than any of us others...so why call them upper class? We are just as good as they are!
04-01-2015, 02:01 PM
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Re: Prince Andrew
Originally Posted by huggy
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Unfortunately this story is going to go on and on. The Sunday newspapers are full of it.
04-01-2015, 03:01 PM
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Re: Prince Andrew
Originally Posted by alice76
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There would be less forum threads, newspapers and TV news if that were the case.................
It's manna from heaven when a lurid story involves someone high profile, so well known personalites, politicians and of course royals are where the most profit is made, and the better known they are the better the returns.
If people were less interested it wouldn't be such big bucks for certain media.
It's not surprising there have been cases of phone tapping etc in order to get information to publish.
Papers are regularly sued for publishing false information as they 'need' the stories to sell the papers.
When a big story appears there is a feeding frenzy to milk it for all it's worth.
Maybe we should put our time to better use than supplying fuel for the fire.
Meg that was a horrible experience that you had, I'm glad you managed to prove you weren't involved. It must have been stressful though.
04-01-2015, 04:25 PM
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You are quite right Patsy, the public appear to build up members of the royal family to saint status believing they can do no wrong. Whatever wrongs they do they are always absolved, i.e. speeding, dangerous driving, indiscriminate firing of guns etc etc, they never have to appear in court for such things, never lose their licence, they may get a telling off but that is all.Their status protects them and I guess always will. No doubt it is the same with "royals" in whatever countries they have "royals".
What is "royal" anyway? They are in the position of "royal" because in the past some ancestor fought someone else and won. They enter this world the same way as all other humans, they do not float down from the skies on fluffy pink or blue clouds, they have the same bodily functions as all others, they leave this world the same way as all others. People say they work hard, so much travelling and meeting people, but I doubt they ever have to pack their own cases and you will never stand next to one in a check in queue, or even sit next to one in economy class. Private jets with servants and luxurious sleeping compartments, luxury private boats with full crew and servants, even your own luxurious private train and none of it costs them a single penny of their own money. As for me, well I´m neither "royalist" or "anti royalist" but I do strongly feel that they should be subject to the same scrutiny as anyone else would be when a complaint has been made and I do feel they should suffer the same consequences for their actions too. Unfortunately I very much doubt that will ever happen.
04-01-2015, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by clumsy
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You are quite right Patsy, the public appear to build up members of the royal family to saint status believing they can do no wrong. Whatever wrongs they do they are always absolved, i.e. speeding, dangerous driving, indiscriminate firing of guns etc etc, they never have to appear in court for such things, never lose their licence, they may get a telling off but that is all.Their status protects them and I guess always will. No doubt it is the same with "royals" in whatever countries they have "royals".
What is "royal" anyway? They are in the position of "royal" because in the past some ancestor fought someone else and won. They enter this world the same way as all other humans, they do not float down from the skies on fluffy pink or blue clouds, they have the same bodily functions as all others, they leave this world the same way as all others. People say they work hard, so much travelling and meeting people, but I doubt they ever have to pack their own cases and you will never stand next to one in a check in queue, or even sit next to one in economy class. Private jets with servants and luxurious sleeping compartments, luxury private boats with full crew and servants, even your own luxurious private train and none of it costs them a single penny of their own money. As for me, well I´m neither "royalist" or "anti royalist" but I do strongly feel that they should be subject to the same scrutiny as anyone else would be when a complaint has been made and I do feel they should suffer the same consequences for their actions too. Unfortunately I very much doubt that will ever happen.
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