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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12259629I mean if Charles covered for Jimmy Saville all those years, hes going cover for Andrew right?
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(20,876 posts)>>Epstein's "pride and joy" was a large "human chessboard" at the bottom of the main staircase which had customised figurines modelled on his female "staff members wearing suggestive clothing".
There was the life-size statue of a naked African warrior. Not to mention the "leather room".
When the FBI raided the house last month, it reportedly found thousands of indecent images of under-age women on computer hard drives locked in his office safe.
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(67,111 posts)I get this. Is this just my area or are others getting it?
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(14,913 posts)In light of the new Louis Theroux documentary on the disgraced broadcaster, this compelling and disquieting interview by the celebrated journalist Lynn Barber takes on new meaning. It was first published in 1990 in The Independent on Sunday
LYNN BARBER
Sunday 2 October 2016
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Still, I was nervous when I told him: What people say is that you like little girls. He reacted with a flurry of funny-voice Jimmy Savile patter, which is what he does when hes getting his bearings: Ah now. Sure. Now then. Now then. First of all, I happen to be in the pop business, which is teenagers thats No 1. So when I go anywhere its the young ones that come round me.
Now what the tabloids dont realise is that the young girls in question dont gather round me because of me its because I know the people they love, the stars, because they know I saw Bros last week or Wet Wet Wet. Now you, watching from afar, might say Look at those young girls throwing themselves at him, whereas in actual fact its exactly the opposite. I am of no interest to them, except in a purely platonic way.
A lot of disc jockeys make the mistake of thinking that theyre sex symbols and then they get a rude awakening. But I always realised that I was a service industry. Like, because I knew Cliff [Richard] before hed even made a record, all the Cliff fans would bust a gut to meet me, so that I could tell them stories about their idol. But if Id said, Come round, so that I can tell you stories about me or Come round, so that you can fall into my arms theyd have said: What! On yer bike! But because reporters dont understand the nuances of all that, they say, A-ha.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/it-was-a-relief-when-i-got-the-knighthood-because-it-got-me-off-the-hook-an-exclusive-interview-with-9571057.html
HipChick
(25,485 posts)that was not for nothing..
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(101,322 posts)https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-allegations-royals-response.html
And that was part of why the government stopped him being a "business ambassador":
Sky News reported that Prince Andrew would give up the post, but said he would continue to work in a less formal role to promote UK trade. Earlier this year the prince faced intense scrutiny over his links to controversial figures including a convicted paedophile.
The prince has been dogged by accusations of a lack of judgment about his links with the American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2008 for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/21/prince-andrew-quit-trade-ambassador