{"id":84821,"date":"2022-01-21T19:48:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=84821"},"modified":"2022-01-21T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:48:43","slug":"a-royal-rebuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-royal-rebuke\/","title":{"rendered":"A ROYAL REBUKE"},"content":{"rendered":"

A ROYAL REBUKE<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Another difficult year for British Royalty and especially for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the second, seems to be well on it’s way, now that her second son Andrew who has been stripped of all his “Royal” titles, etcetera, by the Queen herself, because of a charge of rape committed slightly longer than a decade before, in which this former Prince , and by all accounts, the Monarch’s favourite son, is accused of raping a 21 year old woman, causing loads of unnecessary publicity for the Royal house of Windsor.<\/span><\/p>\n

I thank my friend Christopher Lawton for this most interesting article on the details of the case now pending, and can only add that my sympathies go out to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, who, at 95 years of age could have well done without yet another Annus Horribulous to add to all her duties, still being meticulously carried out, even as seven decades of her rule is now also upon us. Actually, I could not find a better time to say “God save the Queen”.!!.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Desmond-Kelly\"<\/p>\n

Desmond Kelly.
\n<\/span>(Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Downfall of Prince Andrew: Here\u2019s What You Need to Know-By\u00a0<\/span>Dan Bilefsky<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

After a New York judge ruled that a civil suit against the prince could move forward, he was stripped of his military titles. What happens now?<\/span><\/p>\n

He was a dashing helicopter pilot and war hero, who captivated millions of Britons during the Falkland Islands war. Royal watchers liked to say he was a favorite of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.<\/span><\/p>\n

These days, however, Prince Andrew, 61, is drawing global infamy and revulsion over accusations that he raped a teenager in 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prince has repeatedly denied the accusations. But this week, his once-glittering royal life was shattered irreparably after a federal judge in Manhattan ruled\u00a0that a civil case related to the sexual abuse accusations could proceed<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reaction from Buckingham Palace was swift and punishing. Just a day later,\u00a0the prince\u2019s 95-year-old mother stripped him of his military titles<\/a>\u00a0and royal patronages. Going forward, the prince will no longer use the title \u201cHis Royal Highness,\u201d a symbol of his status as a senior member of the royal family. The Sun, a popular British tabloid,\u00a0summed it up<\/a>: Prince Andrew had been \u201ceffectively banished.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Looming over the case is the prince\u2019s friendship with the former financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who the accuser, Virginia Giuffre, claimed had trafficked her to the prince.\u00a0Mr. Epstein committed suicide in prison in 2019<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The case has deeply shaken the royal family, already buffeted by scandal and the rancorous departure of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. The timing could hardly be worse: Queen Elizabeth is poised to celebrate her 70th anniversary on the throne this year, and the monarchy \u2014 the symbol and unifier of an often restive nation \u2014 has been seeking to burnish and renew its brand for future generations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Raising questions about class, entitlement and toxic masculinity, the accusations against Prince Andrew have also laid bare the changing face of Britain during the #MeToo era.<\/span><\/p>\n

And while the monarchy has outlived previous crises \u2014 war, abdications, revolutions, murderous kings \u2014 the latest one has also underscored how a resilient and venerable institution can still be battered by the bad behavior and poor judgment of its royal members.<\/span><\/p>\n