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Anonymous ID: f36618 Feb. 10, 2020, 4:28 p.m. No.8097333   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7355 >>7443 >>7507 >>7672 >>7928 >>7970

Prince Andrew’s Royal Status Seems Murkier Than Ever

 

After dining at the Chinese ambassador’s residence, Andrew reportedly delivered a message about coronavirus on behalf of the queen—even though he’s technically not supposed to do that anymore.

BY ERIN VANDERHOOF

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

 

In late November, Prince Andrew stepped down from public duties, when the long-simmering scandal over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein erupted after a disastrous interview on the BBC. Exactly what that meant for Andrew’s involvement in the royal family was murky in the months that followed. Buckingham Palace emphasized that he was still a part of the family, and he still attended the Palace Christmas party. By December, the tabloid controversy was still raging, and his signature initiative Pitch@Palace, a Shark Tank-style investors conference, had been asked to leave the Palace. Since then, Andrew has been avoiding the spotlight while sticking close to his family, but a few pieces of news from the weekend suggest he might be trying to reemerge.

 

Last week, Andrew caused some confusion when he brought his family to dine with the Chinese ambassador to Britain, at the ambassador’s residence. On Saturday morning, Ambassador Liu Xiaoming tweeted a photograph of the two at dinner, saying Queen Elizabeth’s words about coronavirus had been “conveyed by the Duke of York.” In a subsequent tweet, the ambassador said he invited Andrew to the residence, along with a photo that showed Sarah Ferguson, Princess Beatrice, and her fiancé, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, in attendance as well.

 

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/02/prince-andrew-royal-status-chinese-ambassador

Anonymous ID: f36618 Feb. 10, 2020, 4:48 p.m. No.8097647   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7897

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And it was.

 

On her way to work one morning

Down the path alongside the lake

A tender-hearted woman saw a poor half-frozen snake

His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew

“Oh well,” she cried, “I'll take you in and I'll take care of you”

“Take me in oh tender woman

Take me in, for heaven's sake

Take me in oh tender woman,” sighed the snake

She wrapped him up all cozy in a curvature of silk

And then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk

Now she hurried home from work that night as soon as she arrived

She found that pretty snake she'd taken in had been revived

“Take me in, oh tender woman

Take me in, for heaven's sake

Take me in oh tender woman,” sighed the snake

Now she clutched him to her bosom, “You're so beautiful,” she cried

“But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died”

Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tight

But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite

“Take me in, oh tender woman

Take me in, for heaven's sake

Take me in oh tender woman,” sighed the snake

“I saved you,” cried that woman

“And you've bit me even, why?

You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die”

“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin

“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in

”Take me in, oh tender woman

Take me in, for heaven's sake

Take me in oh tender woman,“ sighed the snake