• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I mean…

    I have to assume thr relatively precarious position the royals have is stopping him

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      9 hours ago

      It’s the continual back and forth they’ve had for the last several centuries.

      They don’t want to lose more power or come off as weak, but they also don’t want to weild too much power and be removed.

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        7 hours ago

        Yeah. I think throwing his brother under the bus would probably earn the king a whole lot of goodwill with the public, whereas pardoning him would outrage people.

        Though not much came of Jimmy Saville, but Andrew’s not dead