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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. So apparently Prince Andrew's former security team is
under investigation now because the Royal Genius decided to send
emails asking them to dig up compromut on Virginia. Roberts
absolutely phenomenal. You really have to take a moment to
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appreciate the spectacular stupidity involved here. The man genuinely believes
he's some kind of covert operative when really he has
the tactical finesse of a man with one leg running
a race. Broad thinks that he's Jason Bourne, but he's
actually that kid in school who eats paste behind the
gym and tells everybody that he's training for the Navy Seals.
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It's almost breathtaking. Most people accused of sexual abuse called
a lawyer, maybe issue a statement high quietly anything resembling
adult behavior. Andrew's first instinct is oi, lads, assemble the troops.
It's secret mission time intel intel, My guy, you couldn't
even gather sweat, and you expect people to pull off
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international espionage on your behalf. Just picture it. Paint the
whole scene. These security officers the real deal, highly trained
tactical professionals who pass firearms qualifications. I would guess survive
scenario drills, learned the base of driving techniques, and are
prepared to throw themselves in front of bullets. Standing there
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while his royal dampness bursts into the room and assigns
the missions like he's directing a low budget porno version
of Mission Impossible, Find dirt Soldier. The monarchy depends on it,
go forth into the shadows and obtain screenshots. I almost can't.
These poor bastards signed up to prevent kidnappings, not to
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compete on the world's most depressing version of The Apprentice.
And what exactly was the endgame if they succeeded? Presented
in PowerPoint with laser pointers. Here, sir, we found an
embarrassing Facebook post from two thousand and nine, Victory for
the Crown, Democracy saved, God, Save the Queen and Yo.
It's honestly stunning, like a once in a generation natural
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disaster to watch a man with unlimited privilege, infinite resources,
and access to top tier legal council decide the best
strategic move is to behave like a rejected member of
a felt boy band trying to save his reputation with
a Reddit smear campaign. The royal family has survived world wars, pandemics, divorces, scandals,
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tabloid blood bass, And this is the heir to the
idiot throne. This is the man tasked with representing centuries
of power. Somewhere, King Henry the Eighth is spinning in
his grave so fast they could wire him to the
grid and solve the UK's energy crisis. The Empire didn't
fall a revolution, It fell to Andrews sending dumb ass emails.
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And now we've got this big dramatic probe. And let's
be real. The word probe is the funniest part of
the whole circus. The headline sound like a bad porno
Prince Andrew faces probe. Of course he does. If we're
probing anything, it should probably be Andrew's brain to identify
what exotic gases are filling the space where common sense
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was supposed to develop. But sure, technically this is an investigation.
Let's play pretend. Let's all sit Chris Cross applesauce and
imagine justice is real. Because this is what consequences look
like for royalty. Some guy in a suit typing an
email with mild irritation, a meeting where everyone nods at
each other seriously, and then nothing happens four eleven to
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eighteen business years until the public has moved on or died. Meanwhile,
the Joe exotic of the Windsor family is going to
be sitting in whatever drafty dungeon adjacent estate they've stuffed
them into, polishing the only medals that are left to him,
like successfully did in Sweat in two thousand and one
and Outstanding Excellence and pretending not to know Jeffrey Epstein.
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His reputation is so radioactive at this point it should
require lead gloves to touch. The man is the human
equivalent of warm mayonnaise left in the sun one with
and everyone backs away gagging. So let him keep digging,
let him keep trying to out maneuver the consequences. He's
been out running his entire life. Watching him scramble is
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the best entertainment but monarchy has provided in decades. They
should sell tickets, put it on pay per view, make
it a charity event for survivors. Hell, I'd watch Andrew
try to assemble a basic defense strategy the same way
people watch car crash compilations horrified, but unable to look away. Bravo, sir,
truly standing ovation. You've turned your entire legacy into a punchline,
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transformed a thousand year institution into a live action sitcom,
and you did it all by yourself, No sweat. Today's
article is from gb News and the headline police probe
ex Royal Protection officers over Andrew's deeply concerning email. This
article was authored by Dorothy Redden. The Metropolitan Police has
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launched an investigation into former Royal Protection officers who served
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, examining whether they attempted to gather personal
details about Virginia Roberts in twenty eleven. Well, we already
seen the email now, I guess we have to get
confirmation if they ever dug around looking for information, but
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there's no doubt that Prince Andrew at the very least
made the request. Officers from the force have interviewed to
former members of the SO fourteen Royal Protection Group as
part of their inquiries, and hopefully everybody's forthcoming and gives
up whatever information they're looking for, and hopefully nobody's trying
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to protect Prince Andrew's bitch ass. There's no reason to
do that. There wasn't a reason back then, and there's
no reason now, especially considering he has no backing in
the royal family anymore. The Queen's gone, the King hates him,
his nephews don't want them around, so he has no
more protection. Now's the time. If you have any information
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on Prince Andrew, you should be coming forward, just like
here in America, if you have any information on any
of these clowns, you should be coming forward. Investigators are
now attempting to secure electronic communication, telephone records, and personal
notebooks belonging to officers who work with a former Duke
during the relevant period. The inquiry centers on establishing weather
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any officers responded to a request from Andrew to investigate
Miss Roberts, which could potentially constitute professional misconduct. Look, I
have no doubt that one of them bid. You mean
to tell me that all these protection officers are going
to get an email from Prince Andrew and they're not
going to do an inquiry. They're not going to do
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some basic legwork, especially back then. I have a hard
time believing that that didn't occur. And if it did,
then Metro Police and whoever's in charge of the protection unit.
They have some answering to do, especially consider daring how
often Metro tried to pump the ball and not even
investigate Epstein at all. So were they doing it to
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hide what Prince Andrew was up to? Probably, that's my guess,
just like here in America we have the FBI and
other institutions protecting billionaires and scumbags. Well, you think it's
different over in England. Hell, they created that shit, a
source told The Sun. As part of the initial examination
of the case, officers are currently trying to establish what
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material is available. They are actively seeking to find emails
and communications from Andrew's Royalty protection team, as well as
their notebooks. And I'm sure that's a treasure trove of information.
All the logs, all the documentation of people coming and going.
That's a treasure trove. And if they can get their
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hands on it, that's going to help them out, and
it's going to help the investigation overall. And I wonder
if they share that with American investigators. That's a good question,
and I think that they probably will if it's asked for.
If there is some sort of investigation, say is launched
here in America, I have no doubt that the Brits
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are going to help out. The controversy stems from a
twenty eleven email that Andrew sent Ed Perkins, who served
as Deputy Press Secretary to the late Queen Elizabeth the ID.
In the message, Andrew wrote, it would also seem she
has a criminal record in the United States. I've given
her DOB, date of birth and social Security number for
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investigation with redacted. The on duty PPO personal protection officer.
And that's how Prince Andrew operated, right. They weren't just guards.
They were there to do his bidding. And if Prince
Andrew wanted these dudes to go get a macaffee, I'm
sure they would have. The email was dispatched shortly before
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a British newspaper published the now notorious photograph showing Andrew
with his arm around Miss Roberts. Miss roberts family is
stated she had no criminal record, contradicting the suggestion in
Andrew's correspondence. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband characterized the disclosures as
deeply concerning when they became public in October. He stated
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it was absolutely not the way that the close protection
officers should be used. It would be the akin to
having the Secret Service do this or whatever. You know,
the detail is protecting somebody in a city or whatever.
That's not their job. Their job is to make sure
that there's no threats as far as you know, violence
or whatever, towards the people they're protecting. They're not here
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to gather compromid on people who are accusing you of
sexual assault. And furthermore, remember how Andrew said none of
this was true. Does any of this behavior look like
somebody who's innocent or does it look like somebody who
has a lot to hide. Legal professionals have suggested that
any request from Andrew to a security detail regarding Miss
Roberts could represent a breach of her right to privacy.
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They indicated there could be legal implications for Andrew if
officers followed through on his instructions. The potential misuse of
taxpayer funded security personnel for private investigations raised his questions
about whether such actions would constitute official misconduct if proven.
In October, the Metropolitan Police stated, following recent media reporting
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on the actions of officers in relation to this matter,
we are considering whether any further assessment or review is necessary. Yeah,
most certainly necessary and It's about time that Scotland yard
the Metropolitan Police got off their asses. Miss Roberts, who
died in April at forty one, had previously filed legal
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proceedings against Andrew in New York in twenty twenty one.
He reached an out of court settlement the following year,
whilst maintaining his denial of her allegations. The former Duke
faces mounting pressure to cooperate with the US House of
Congress committee investigating the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
And we all know he's never going to talk to them.
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Not even worth talking about that anymore to waste the time.
Prince Andrew is not answering any questions unless he's compelled
to do so. Democratic committee members requested his testimony by
November twentieth, a deadline that he failed to meet. So yeah,
let the pro brol on. Let the investigators adjust their
clipboards and pretend they're about to uncover the Rosetta Stone
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of accountability. Let Andrew pace around whatever guest bedroom exile
they shoved him into, refreshing his inbox like a man
waiting for a coupon code. Because at the end of
the day, the monarchy built an entire institution around looking
important while doing absolutely nothing, and Andrew just perfected the craft.
He tried to weaponize his security team like there were
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a pack of medieval knights riding out to battle, and
instead he turned them into unpaid interns tasked with googling rumors.
And when the dust settles, not handcuffs, not in court,
but in the world's smallest spotlight. His legacy is in
scandal or mystery or intrigue. It's something much simpler. The
guy who tried to play international superspy with a Gmail
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account and ended up face planting into the punchline of
the century. And that's it. That's his monument. No statue,
no portrait, no heroic biography, just a cautionary tale whispered
over pints, and I'll say cheers to that. All of
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