October 16, 2025 • 5 mins
There's growing calls to strip Prince Andrew of his royal titles after more incriminating emails surfaced.
Andrew reportedly told convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in an email 'we are in this together' after pictures of him with Virginia Giuffre were released.
UK correspondent Enda Brady unpacks what could happen.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In the Brady UK correspondence with us evening Inda.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hey, Heather, how are you good? Good?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Yeah? Loving the fact that everyone's calling for Andrew to
be stripped of as dukedom. But it's not going to happen,
is it.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, there is a mechanism and apparently it was done
in World War One when some dukes decided that they
would fight for Germany rather than fight for the United Kingdom.
So they managed to take away duke titles or dukedoms
over a century ago when the Germans were involved. And
you wonder who's the bigger threat nowadays? You know, Andrew
has destroyed his own reputation and I think Charles and
(00:35):
his advisors are very very much aware that this man
is bad news, and they've known for a long time now.
The reason he's back in the front page is today
there are calls for the title to be taken away,
the dukedom. He's also a member of the Knights Garter.
So if you notice the email he sent to Epstein
in twenty eleven saying we'll play again some more soon
with four exclamation marks, what does that mean? You know,
(00:57):
poor Virginia Giufrey, her family, everything she has been through
there is a mechanism available. I think the only thing
that can't take away is the word prince, because he
is the King's brother. But I think Andrew ultimately is
going to be stripped of absolutely everything.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Do you think so? Because the argument is inda, this
is the German and I've spent a lot of time
talking about this. The argument is you can strip him right,
and that gets rid of that problem. But then what
you have is a guy who hasn't He doesn't have
any support networks anymore, so he goes rogue like Harry.
So actually, for Charles, like there is a point at
which Charles needs to give him just enough to kind
(01:33):
of keep him behave keeping him to keep him behaving properly.
Don't you think no?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Because the problem with that argument is Harry has half
a brain. Andrew has none. Okay, Andrew has no brain whatsoever.
He is just he reeks of entitlement. I've actually had
dinner with the guy. He's one of the dullest men
you could be anywhere near. And I think my suspicion
is the royal family at the highest level and the
(01:59):
UK stablishment. Now there are even more dangerous emails out there.
I think what we're seeing is just the tip of
the surface.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Well, how does he make his money if they strip him?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well, he managed to find an awful lot of money
to pay off Virginia Dufrey twelve million pounds, Starling twenty
four million dollars then z I mean, you know there
was talk of money coming from China. Everything he has
done there with the pitch at the palace event, clearly
there are revenue streams. He's not on his uppers, but
I think Charles wants him out of that big house.
(02:30):
He ain't going to be invited for Christmas every again.
You're not going to see him on the balcony, and
I think they're hurting him where it hurts the most,
the whole kind of reputation. He thrives on this pomp
and ceremony and that ain't ever happening again.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Wow, okay, right, interesting to see how that plays out there. Now, Now,
what happened to Higgs Sith's playing. Do we know how
it got the crack?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
We don't know how it got the crack, but it
led to depressurization in the cabin very very quickly. So
it was a military version of the Boeing seven to
five seven, on his way back from a night meeting
in Belgium, and we're now learning that he had to
land very very quickly in England at an RAF base,
RAF Mildenhall. Now I've been there. It's pretty much an
American air base. We've filmed in there before, so in
(03:12):
name only is it really RAF. It's mostly American air personnel.
So he's with his own people, treated very very well.
And then he took the social media very quickly to
say journey back under way, thank god. So no damage
done and his own people patched up. He's playing very
very quickly.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Oh that's very good news. And what's going on with
the Irish presidential election?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yes, so I'm in Ireland at the moment. I'm in Cork.
We're filming my TV show Roundtable using the presidential election
as a peg to look at lots of different aspects
of Irish life at the moment, at how people are feeling.
So next Friday there will be a presidential election. Michael D.
Higgins is stepping aside after fourteen years, very popular, charismatic
and respected man. However, the candidates to replace him, there
(03:56):
are two left in the race still, Catherine Connolly who's
a left wing independent lady Heather Humphreys, who're more of
a conservative really from one of the main establishment parties.
They're on the ballot. They're the only two candidates still
in the race. The problem is the ballot paper was
printed weeks ago and a Gaelic football manager from Dublin
(04:16):
called Jim Gavin, who was in the race, has pulled
out over a property landlord tenant scandal from twenty years ago.
His name is still on the ballot paper and a
lot of people are so disillusioned with politics, Polisians and
life in general and cost of living. The whisper is
an awful lot of Irish people are going to spoil
their ballot and vote for Jim Gavin. So we have
(04:38):
a situation where a guy who's not actually running for
president anymore by next Friday night could be president. A
constitutional crisis. What do they do do then?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah, well let's find out I suppose that's the thought there, Hi, Inda,
thanks very much, look after yourself mate. That's into Brady
UK correspondingble.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
For more from hither Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to
news talks.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
It'd be from four pm weekdays or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio,
In the Brady UK correspondence with us evening Inda.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hey, Heather, how are you good? Good?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Yeah? Loving the fact that everyone's calling for Andrew to
be stripped of as dukedom. But it's not going to happen,
is it.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well, there is a mechanism and apparently it was done
in World War One when some dukes decided that they
would fight for Germany rather than fight for the United Kingdom.
So they managed to take away duke titles or dukedoms
over a century ago when the Germans were involved. And
you wonder who's the bigger threat nowadays? You know, Andrew
has destroyed his own reputation and I think Charles and
(00:35):
his advisors are very very much aware that this man
is bad news, and they've known for a long time now.
The reason he's back in the front page is today
there are calls for the title to be taken away,
the dukedom. He's also a member of the Knights Garter.
So if you notice the email he sent to Epstein
in twenty eleven saying we'll play again some more soon
with four exclamation marks, what does that mean? You know,
(00:57):
poor Virginia Giufrey, her family, everything she has been through
there is a mechanism available. I think the only thing
that can't take away is the word prince, because he
is the King's brother. But I think Andrew ultimately is
going to be stripped of absolutely everything.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Do you think so? Because the argument is inda, this
is the German and I've spent a lot of time
talking about this. The argument is you can strip him right,
and that gets rid of that problem. But then what
you have is a guy who hasn't He doesn't have
any support networks anymore, so he goes rogue like Harry.
So actually, for Charles, like there is a point at
which Charles needs to give him just enough to kind
(01:33):
of keep him behave keeping him to keep him behaving properly.
Don't you think no?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Because the problem with that argument is Harry has half
a brain. Andrew has none. Okay, Andrew has no brain whatsoever.
He is just he reeks of entitlement. I've actually had
dinner with the guy. He's one of the dullest men
you could be anywhere near. And I think my suspicion
is the royal family at the highest level and the
(01:59):
UK stablishment. Now there are even more dangerous emails out there.
I think what we're seeing is just the tip of
the surface.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Well, how does he make his money if they strip him?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well, he managed to find an awful lot of money
to pay off Virginia Dufrey twelve million pounds, Starling twenty
four million dollars then z I mean, you know there
was talk of money coming from China. Everything he has
done there with the pitch at the palace event, clearly
there are revenue streams. He's not on his uppers, but
I think Charles wants him out of that big house.
(02:30):
He ain't going to be invited for Christmas every again.
You're not going to see him on the balcony, and
I think they're hurting him where it hurts the most,
the whole kind of reputation. He thrives on this pomp
and ceremony and that ain't ever happening again.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Wow, okay, right, interesting to see how that plays out there. Now, Now,
what happened to Higgs Sith's playing. Do we know how
it got the crack?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
We don't know how it got the crack, but it
led to depressurization in the cabin very very quickly. So
it was a military version of the Boeing seven to
five seven, on his way back from a night meeting
in Belgium, and we're now learning that he had to
land very very quickly in England at an RAF base,
RAF Mildenhall. Now I've been there. It's pretty much an
American air base. We've filmed in there before, so in
(03:12):
name only is it really RAF. It's mostly American air personnel.
So he's with his own people, treated very very well.
And then he took the social media very quickly to
say journey back under way, thank god. So no damage
done and his own people patched up. He's playing very
very quickly.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Oh that's very good news. And what's going on with
the Irish presidential election?
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yes, so I'm in Ireland at the moment. I'm in Cork.
We're filming my TV show Roundtable using the presidential election
as a peg to look at lots of different aspects
of Irish life at the moment, at how people are feeling.
So next Friday there will be a presidential election. Michael D.
Higgins is stepping aside after fourteen years, very popular, charismatic
and respected man. However, the candidates to replace him, there
(03:56):
are two left in the race still, Catherine Connolly who's
a left wing independent lady Heather Humphreys, who're more of
a conservative really from one of the main establishment parties.
They're on the ballot. They're the only two candidates still
in the race. The problem is the ballot paper was
printed weeks ago and a Gaelic football manager from Dublin
(04:16):
called Jim Gavin, who was in the race, has pulled
out over a property landlord tenant scandal from twenty years ago.
His name is still on the ballot paper and a
lot of people are so disillusioned with politics, Polisians and
life in general and cost of living. The whisper is
an awful lot of Irish people are going to spoil
their ballot and vote for Jim Gavin. So we have
(04:38):
a situation where a guy who's not actually running for
president anymore by next Friday night could be president. A
constitutional crisis. What do they do do then?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah, well let's find out I suppose that's the thought there, Hi, Inda,
thanks very much, look after yourself mate. That's into Brady
UK correspondingble.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
For more from hither Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to
news talks.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
It'd be from four pm weekdays or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio,
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