• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    While it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that Andrew would want to do this but it does surprise me that his handlers allowed him to do it so brazenly.

    Even not-particularly-wealthy people can go to a resort / brothel in South East Asia and see 40 prostitutes in a few days if that’s their desire. Everyone involved would very happily turn a blind eye.

    However, doing it on a state visit is essentially the production and provision of kompromat.

    It’s interesting that the bangkok post has chosen to publish this now.

    Thailand has strict Lèse-majesté laws prohibiting any negative commentary about royalty. I wonder if that applied to foreign royalty and if so, whether it no longer applies now that Andy is no longer a “Prince”.

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    I wonder if they were underage? They say women if they’re over 9 years old in those crowds.

    Disgraced former prince Andrew once had 40 prostitutes brought to his five-star hotel over four days during a taxpayer-funded trip to Thailand, his biographer has claimed.

    Andrew engaged with the women over a four-day stretch, royal historian and author Andrew Lownie alleged, according to a report in the New York Post and other media outlets.

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      Well the confusion is understandable since they are both the same level of “classy”