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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to a special bonus
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episode of Palace Intrigue as we cover the Andrew fallout.
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The BBC has aired a new Panorama special title The
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Fall of Prince Andrew. The program included previously unseen footage
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of Virginia Jeffrey, who accused Andrew of sexual abuse and
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connection with the late Jeffrey Epstein, claims Andrew has always
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strenuously denied. In the unearthed twenty nineteen interview, Geoffrey recounted
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how Gilleen Maxwell told her. Gleeen tells me that I
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have to do for Andrew what I do for Jeffrey,
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and that made me sick. I just didn't expect it
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from Royalty. I didn't expect it from someone who people
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look up to and admire in the Royal family. King
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Charles will allow Andrew mount Batten Windsor to keep his
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Falkland's War Campaign Medal, despite removing his remaining honorary military
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title of Vice Admiral. Buckingham Power confirmed that Andrew's medal,
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earned for active service in nineteen eighty two, will remain
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alongside his other operational awards. The decision follows Defense Secretary
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John Healey's announcement that the government would strip Andrew of
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his honorary rank but defer to the King on the
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issue of medals. Andrew served as a Royal Navy helicopter
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co pilot during the Falklands Conflict, flying missions in anti
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submarine and search and rescue operations, and even acting as
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a decoy for Argentine excet missiles. Veterans have defended his
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right to keep the medal, saying it would be morally
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indefensible to remove it. Simon Weston, a Falklands veteran badly
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injured in the war, told The Telegraph he has lost
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all other aspects of dignity, respect and honor he was
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ever once shown. But the one thing you cannot strip
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away from the man is that moment in his life
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where he was dignified, honorable and courageous. Andrew received the
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South Atlantic Medal with a rosette for his actions, an
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award given to only about ten percent of recipients. Critics
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of the idea of confiscating it said medals earned through
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service and not privileges, but property. Western added, It's not
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a gift, it's something you earn. Andrew will become eligible
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to claim the state pension next year, an annual sum
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of roughly nine thousand pounds, when he turns sixty six
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in February. Although members of the Royal family do not
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automatically qualify for the state pension, Andrew's twenty two years
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of service in the Royal Navy make him an exception.
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The King, who also served in the Navy, is similarly entitled,
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but donates his pension and full to the charity Age UK.
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Tom Selby, director of Public Policy at aj BELL, explained,
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like millions of people, Andrew will be entitled to the
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state pension based on the number of National Insurance qualifying
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years he built up while working. Based on his employment record,
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that should mean he is entitled to around nine thousand
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pounds a year, although it will be up to the
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former Prince whether he chooses to claim this or not.
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Source said simply it's up to him. Having served from
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nineteen seventy nine to two thousand and one, including active
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duty during the Falklands War, Andrew is thought to have
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around twenty two years worth of National Insurance contributions that
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would make him eligible for the approximately one hundred thirty
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five pounds a week under current contracting out rules, which
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reduce the state pension for those who also paid into
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separate service pension. However, he could still top up his
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entitlement by paying extra contributions for missing years, potentially raising
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the total to one hundred seventy four pounds seventy five
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a week or just over nine thousand annually. Under the
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government's triple locked formula, that figure could climb to about
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ninety five hundred pounds by twenty twenty six. Actuaries estimate
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that if Andrew claims and boosts his pensions and lives
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to eighty five, he could receive roughly two hundred and
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ten thousand pounds in total. In addition, Andrew receives a
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Royal Navy pension estimated at twenty thousand pounds a year.
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The rest of his finances remain murky, described by one
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Royal observers shrouded in a peace soup of impenetrability more
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palace in just a moment. By the way, check out
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our new series from Callaogashark Media that covers the rise
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and fall of Prince Andrew. It's called Crown and Controversy
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have new episodes dropping every Sunday or just search for
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Crown and Controversy. Prince Andrew Andrew may have lost his
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royal titles, but he still holds on to the valuable
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family possessions, and according to the National Examiner, he could
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soon turn to selling them for cash. A palace source
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told the outlet that the sixty five year old former
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royal has a trove of jewels and trinkets that are
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rightfully his, or so he claims, which would fetch many
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millions if he puts them up for auction. The insider
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added that Andrew is determined to fight to keep paintings,
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furnishings and personal effects from the Royal Lodge before he's
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forced to vacate the Winds of residence. Among the items
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said to be in his possession letters from his parents,
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intimate family photographs, home videos, and other memorabilia that would
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be any collector's dream. His ex wife is reportedly in
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a similar position. The source claimed she hoarded everything from
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her wedding day, along with personal correspondence from the late
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Princess Diana containing what were described as deepest confessions they've
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held on to. These valuables as insurance for a worst
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case scenario that has now become reality, the source said,
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noting that the couple's loss of royal status has left
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them with limited income options. If they start selling these items,
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the insider warned, it'll be an unprecedented nightmare for the Royals.
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They knew getting rid of Andrew was bound to be messy,
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but this would be the equivalent of him pressing the
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nuclear button. Andrew maybe set to lose another symbol of
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his former royal life, his personalized car number plates. According
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to The Daily Mail, DVLA records show that the unique
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registrations once used by the former Duke of York are
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no longer listed. Andrew has long been seen driving vehicles
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bearing the plates AY two DOY and AYO three DOY,
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the DOY standing for Duke of York. The plates were
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featured on his green Range Rovers and Bentley during his
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years as a working Royal. While a vehicle displaying DOY
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plates has reportedly been spotted around Windsor Great Park, Andrew
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has most recently been seen driving a different land Rover
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bearing the standard registration bearing the standard registration k N
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seventy four EFK when he attended the Duchess of Kent's funeral.
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James Constantino, co founder and CEO of Prestige Pawn, told
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The Daily Mail the personalized plates now hold no monetary
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or collectible value. The plates seen on a number of
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vehicles associated with Andrew are, of course, only personal to
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the former Duke. They would have been of low value,
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low hundreds rather than thousands, and even before his personal
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affairs were recently aired. Prince Andrew's reputation for controversy appears
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to have begun long before his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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According to royal biographer Andrew Lowney entitled The Rise and
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Fall of the House of York, the then Duke of
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York's nineteen eighty four trip to California was so disastrous
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it earned him the title Twit of the Year. At
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just twenty four, Andrew embarked on a four day solo
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visit promoting Britain supports, Beverly Hills and the British Olympic
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Association ahead of the La Games. Officially, the Foreign Office
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hailed the mission as a triumph, praising the Prince as fresh,
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modern and caring. But as Lowney reveals, the reality was
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rather less flattering. Crowds were left frustrated after the young
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royal dawdled at an aircraft factory keeping over a thousand
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people waiting. During a department store appearance, he reportedly quipped
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that he hadn't worn that particular make since I was thirteen,
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before walking out seconds later. Then came the paint gun tobacco.
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During a stop in the Watson neighborhood, Andrew picked up
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a spray gun meant for local refurbishment project and promptly
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turned it on his own press pack. He doaled reporters
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and the cameras with white paint before reportedly announcing I
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enjoyed that. A chastened Prince later claimed his finger had slipped,
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but the damage was done. Prince Andrew blew it completely
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and disastrously, wrote Ross Benson of The Daily Express, while
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CBS's build Strout branded it the most unpleasant Royal visits
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since they burnt the White House in eighteen twelve. The
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Queen was said to be furious. Loudi writes that her
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Late Majesty ordered her some to personally pay for the damage,
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estimated between fifteen and thirty thousand pounds, and decreed that
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future trips would require both a pr advisor and an equerry.
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According to Vanity Fair, Prince Philip made a transatlantic call
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of his own, telling Andrew to pull his finger out
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and grow up. La however, managed to see the lighter side.
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Officials mounted the offending paint gun on a plaque bearing
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a coat of arms and presented it to Andrew as
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a souvenir. And in the final and in the final
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flourish of infamy, the People newspaper duly crowned him to
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it of the Year. And there heaven like to email
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us addresses the palacentric at Gmail and dot com, check
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us out on Facebook or Instagram, were on all the
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social hubs. Now come and join the conversations. I'm Mark
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Francis my thanks to John McDermott. This is palace intriguing.
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Good terms,