“Still Bullish Gold”

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Colleagues and many civil servants have told me their own stories of their interactions with Mr. Mountbatten Windsor and they all betray the same pattern. A man on a constant self aggrandizing and self enriching hustle. A rude, arrogant and entitled man who could not distinguish between the public interest which he said he served and his own private interest. On Tuesday, the UK Government committed to releasing documents on ex-Prince Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's past role as Trade On Void, following his arrest last week on suspicion of misconduct while in public office. Stripped of his Royal Titles last year, Mr. Mountbatten Windsor is being probed over allegations he shared sensitive documents with disgraced sex-fender Jeffrey Epstein. Files released by the United States Justice Department show the former Prince and Trade On Void sent Jeffrey Epstein official documents and internal materials. They also include evidence alleging his involvement in Epstein's sexual abuse, including testimony from Epstein's former House manager, alleging Andrew spent weeks at a time at the estate, receiving daily massages. Mr. Bryant says publishing the documents was the least we owe the victims of Epstein. We support this motion today. Frankly, it is the least we owe the victims of the horrific abuse that was perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein and others. The abuse that was enabled, aided and abetted by a very extensive group of arrogant, entitled and often very wealthy individuals in this country and elsewhere. While the former Prince denies any wrongdoing and claims he had no knowledge of Epstein's wrongdoing, photographs and email correspondence indicate a close involvement with the sex offender. He was reported to police by anti-monarchy campaign group Republic with lead campaign out Graham Smith saying the amount of evidence emerging means a proper investigation is in order. Andrew is very, very serious. He stands at his many different accusations, but in any other mode currently the subject of this particular arrest. So it's likely that other things are going to come up. So I think that it's hard to pre-judge these things and he says he's innocent, but there's so much out there that unless it's a very thorough investigation, people are going to think that it's a bit of a whitewash. So it really needs to be a proper job done and that puts him in quite a lot of hot water. It has been 90 years since a British Royal was removed from the line of succession. Currently eight thin line for the throne, the likelihood of misdemeanor and batten winds are becoming them on arc is extremely rare. Despite this, the UK government now says it is considering introducing legal changes to formally remove him from the succession line in what many consider a symbolic rejection of the former royal. Stripped of his Royal Titles last year, Dr Richard Johnson from Queen Mary University London says removal from the line of succession is a more complicated process. To remove Andrew from the line of succession is much more complicated than taking away his titles because he is not merely in the line of succession for the British Crown, but also for over a dozen more Commonwealth realms as well. And so there are complications to changing the line of succession that have to be addressed individually in each of the different parliaments of those Commonwealth realms. When David Cameron was Prime Minister in 2013, the UK government changed the line of succession rules to end male prime genitr and allow women to be in the line of succession on an equal basis to men. Dr Johnson says it is likely the monarchy would prefer Andrew to abdicate the position himself. That took a Commonwealth heads of government meeting and it took legislation to be worked through all of the different parliaments of Commonwealth realm. The monarchy does not want to invite debate on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor in the different parliaments of the Commonwealth realm, particularly at this moment. So really I think the ideal scenario from the respect of the royal family is if they want to remove Andrew from the line of succession, he has to abdicate his position himself. There are 14 Commonwealth countries where the British monarch is head of state, including Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Australia and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated that Australia would support the removal of Andrew. As did New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Obviously the investigation needs to close out before they were then partially legislation to remove him from the line of succession. The bottom line is no one's above the law and once that investigation is closed should the UK government decide they want to remove him from the line of succession that's something we would support. Unafficial royal biographer Andrew Launey, who spent years researching the royals for his book entitled, says the royal family will want to avoid as much scrutiny as possible. This is why they don't want. I mean I think they'll push through the succession changes in a way that doesn't really allow much time for parliamentary debate. But the last thing they want is any sort of as I say oversight and scrutiny. It's one of the reasons I think that they were getting nervous that people were asking questions about royal finances and indeed about other members of the royal family and some of their activities and of course then we've got the Public Accounts Committee looking at the Crown of States. So you know suddenly the light has been shown on the royal family which they don't like and they are trying to haven't quarter-rise this and keep the focus on Andrew to kind of protect themselves. Responding to his brothers arrest, King Charles issued a rare statement saying the law must take its course and that police have the palace's full and wholehearted support and cooperation. But Graham Smith says the royal family can't distance themselves from Andrew forever. The William and Charles should not be distancing themselves from Andrew. They're all part of the same institution. They need to sort of own it and say yes this is part of what we are and it happened on our watch and we haven't known about whatever it is they've known about for many of the years. No so this is a very cynical move on their parts of trying to suggest that this is nothing to do with them. It's very absolutely to do with them and I think people will know continue to think that. Andrew Lowney says that if the King is found to have known anything about the alleged misconduct of his brother it could mark deep troubles for the future of his reign. I think it will be very damaging if it is revealed that King Charles knew about this and you know I think he needs to complete on wanting you when he knew it and what he did about it because if he's been covering this up then I think his position will become very difficult. Prime Minister Kierstama's leadership has also been under pressure over his decision to hire Peter Mandelson, a known close friend of Epstein and his ambassador to the United States. Mr Mandelson and Mr Mt. Baton-Winter have now both faced arrests over their alleged misconduct and ties to Jeffrey Epstein but neither has been charged with an offense. While arrests have been made and resignations tended over revealed ties to Epstein, Andrew Lowney says many of Epstein's associates in the United States have thus far been avoiding the consequences. There's a sort of culture of fear in the States about doing anything but you know we're very lucky that this was you know initiated by the police and you know they said they would do it with that fear and favor no one's above the law and I'm afraid that that feeling doesn't exist yet in the States but I think as more names emerge and it's seen that people are being held to count in this country we may see some of the people in the States be brought to justice. SPS is Australia's most trusted multi-lingual broadcaster. Our listeners are loyal, highly engaged and have supported countless local businesses. We offer advertising packages for businesses of all sizes. Our experienced sales team will guide you through the process of owning a great campaign. Bring your own ad or have our production team make you something in one of our 68 languages. Start the conversation with your new audience today. Email [email protected]