It is admittedly difficult for some westerners to contemplate how a white Commonwealth prime minister could suffer a coup in our modern times… are not coups usually something reserved for Asiatic, Latin American, or African revolutionary leaders? When one looks upon a list of coups during the Cold War period, that has certainly tended to be the general rule…but like every rule, exceptions are always to be found.
Basil Valentine
21st Century Wire
The antics of the Princes Andrew and Harry have hardly covered the House of Windsor in glory over the last few weeks, the result of their various shenanigans being an increasing number of Britons are scratching their heads and wondering what worthwhile purpose the 1200 year old institution of Monarchy could possibly serve in the 21st Century.
In this post Thanksgiving show I talk about the now infamous BBC interview Prince Andrew gave on Jeffrey Epstein. I also touched on the latest news story claiming that Ghislane Maxwell will “reveal” everything. Download episode To listen to the full episode sign up on Patreon today.
There’s nothing quite like a British royal to thicken the plot of what is already looking like a movie and a score of investigative books on the way. But ‘Epstein the movie’ is a fascinating story and made even more so with the recent TV interview by Prince Andrew who believed he could fool the camera and invent a string of lies to worm his way out of culpability with the convicted sex offender and paedophile.
Tonight, televisions will show the perfectly state-managed scene of Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, sitting down with BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis conducting an interview recorded at Buckingham Palace this past Thursday. In it, the Duke admits that he “let the side down” by maintaining a friendship with jet-setting billionaire and convicted serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
BORIS AND THE QUEEN: Who remembers that hat in 2017?
Yesterday, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II met with members of Privy Council at her Balmoral residence, and accepted a prorogue, or suspension of Parliament for the period between September 9 to October 14. As a result, new Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now facing a significant anti-Brexit revolt from opposition within his own party, as well as Labour, Liberal Democrat, Greens and the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Vice President Joe Biden and Prince Harry meet in the stands of a wheelchair rugby match at the 2016 Invictus Games in Orlando, Fla. May 11, 2016. (Photo: DoD, Edward Joseph Hersom II, Source: Wikicommons)
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The foreign monarchy imposed on the Greek body politic was a cancerous import, just like the IMF is in our days. It never really gained social roots and after more than a century and a half was deposed in a referendum, one of course that was honored.
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