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Prince Andrew Steps Down As U.K. Trade Envoy

Uk Prince Andrew Steps Down

07/21/11 03:32 PM ET   AP

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LONDON -- Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew has decided to relinquish his post as U.K. trade envoy.

Andrew, the queen's second son, has faced heaploads of pressure to step down as a British trade envoy because of a string of unfortunate relationships.

He hosted the son of Tunisia's dictator shortly before a popular uprising overthrew the leader, has ties to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime and is friends with billionaire U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Since becoming a special trade representative in 2001, Andrew has also drawn criticism for reportedly taking lavish trips in his role as an unpaid trade ambassador.

The palace said Thursday that Andrew will continue to support U.K. interests and travel overseas as a senior working member of the royal family.

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LONDON -- Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew has decided to relinquish his post as U.K. trade envoy. Andrew, the queen's second son, has faced heaploads of pressure to step down as a British trade ...
LONDON -- Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew has decided to relinquish his post as U.K. trade envoy. Andrew, the queen's second son, has faced heaploads of pressure to step down as a British trade ...
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Village
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10:01 AM on 07/23/2011
The Vanity Fair article is piercing. It says Andrew is the Queen's favorite son, and that she never bonded with Charles. It also explains the 'importance' of Andrew's two daughters, who Andrew has advanced to the Queen at every opportunity, much to the dismay of Prince Philip who can't stand Fergie. He is the one who removed the protection from Andrew's daughters after one of them wore a toilet seat on her head, complete with toilet paper, to the Royal Wedding.
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MyrtleJune
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10:08 PM on 07/22/2011
That's Prince Andrew? ....... oh.
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YOKEL13
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06:09 PM on 07/22/2011
He's taken a job as a Bruce Willis stunt-double.
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02:26 PM on 07/22/2011
is "heaploads" a technical term? just asking....
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02:25 PM on 07/22/2011
If that guy is a Prince, I must be a GOD.
The guy is a TOOL and would not trut a word that comes out of his mouth.

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MyrtleJune
STOP negotiating! End the American hostage crisis!
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10:06 PM on 07/22/2011
The REAL President of Somalia perhaps....Because we are a democracy in the US, not "no government" anarchists.
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southrange
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12:27 PM on 07/22/2011
With all the Prince William heir to the throne talk recently ... looking at that photo made me wonder...If Charles stroked out today...it is Andrew who would be next in line and William would be out in the cold to the girl with the strange hat? Am I right on that?
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edejan
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01:33 PM on 07/22/2011
I don't think so. Andrew is Charles' brother, right? Charles' son would be next in line, so William. Only if both Charles' sons died, would Andrew come up I believe.
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02:28 PM on 07/22/2011
i'm pretty sure, as charles progeny, that william would step into the batter's box. then, if he didn't have any kids, it would be harry's turn. THEN, it would go to the brothers and sister of charles.
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waspbust
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11:17 AM on 07/22/2011
one would think that a family that does not do anything for a living, but sap the people of yUK would at least be able to spend some of their stolen weatlh on personal grooming.
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02:29 PM on 07/22/2011
that's just snarkey. the guy he's standing next to has a much bigger grooming problem that andrew. also, andrew works. so he does, actually, do something for a living.
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waspbust
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02:41 PM on 07/22/2011
yes and who wrote the book on snarkey? the Brits.
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07:06 PM on 07/22/2011
yep....
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sickofidiocy
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10:19 AM on 07/22/2011
And who was he SUPPOSED to contact in those countries? Someone NOT in power? Another media blitz on a slow news day.
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10:24 AM on 07/22/2011
Actually not. It's also going to further trap Mudmurdoch.

http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/08/prince-andrew-tabloid-history-201108
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01:39 PM on 07/22/2011
Wow! This guy makes Charles look like a upstanding and moral brain trust. I hope he never gets another position of any consequence.
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06:05 AM on 07/22/2011
Have to keep up royal appearances, you know. The truth is that the royals are rotten to the core and as the royals go, so goes the elite. After all, when did morals or ethics have anything to do with making money?
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05:56 AM on 07/22/2011
It's about time!
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CAMBEL
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11:35 PM on 07/21/2011
About time.
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11:23 PM on 07/21/2011
One of the less successful experiments in royal child rearing.
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09:54 PM on 07/21/2011
Is Fergie sad because she won't be able to pimp her ex's services for enormous cash kickbacks?
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CAMBEL
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11:35 PM on 07/21/2011
She took more of the PR fall for it, but this guy was in on it.
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12:20 AM on 07/22/2011
She took a PR fall, but she gained a PR remake thanks to Oprah.
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01:40 PM on 07/22/2011
Looks to me like Fergie is a model of propriety compared to her ex.
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02:22 PM on 07/22/2011
FTW!
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05:20 PM on 07/22/2011
How so exactly? She's just enabled continuously by him, but he never told her to offer his name for kickbacks the way she did when she was drunk.
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Matt12
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09:43 PM on 07/21/2011
Exactly what sort of trade was he supporting?
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09:23 PM on 07/21/2011
Prince Andrew as a 'special trade envoy" was a waste of time and effort. He'll not really be missed in that job.
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