Prince Andrew

[Ncap]

And I include not forgiving myself for stuff I have done in the past

 

[Exfarmer]

Exactly:
Dad had two aunts who both married the same man. First one died young leaving 4 kids so next one in chain went to be the "housekeeper". he only had one kid by the 2nd.
Both of wife's grandads had a reputation.
One lost two wives young having had children by both, he then had a housekeeper who somehow fell pregnant (into his 60's by then). I once described the housekeeper's daughter as looking like Father in law in a dress !!!
Other grandad knocked up the barmaid who was 25 years younger than him in his local and had to get married in a hurry. He had a previous "mystery" family that Mother in law wouldn't talk about and denied existed, funny how every one else in the town knew all about them.

We should never judge previous generations using todays values

after my Grandfather's second wife died he took on a housekeeper which apparently my aunts disapproved of, as they were worried what he might get up to, he was in his 90's!.
did know of a man who had been a Batchelor all his life and in his 70's had a heart attack. So his brother organised a nurse for him, she obviously was very good as they had to get married!

 

[Exfarmer]

going back to Royalty it was said that Henry the VIII got to "know" Jayne Seymour at the tender age of 12!

 

[br jones]

Up until a few years ago legai age for consent was 12 in the Vatican city

 

[czechmate]

Up until a few years ago legai age for consent was 12 in the Vatican city

I believe (well my wife told me and I never disagree) that up until this year or last, there was no actual age of consent in France.


And for @Danllan

 

[Exfarmer]

I believe (well my wife told me and I never disagree) that up until this year or last, there was no actual age of consent in France.


And for @Danllan

the revolutionaries abolished all church law which that came under and nobody up dated it. I believe incest was legal too for the same reason

 

[jendan]

Hands up everyone who has never done anything inappropriate, with a member of the other sex, or even for some, the same

............................i must have led a sheltered life................i would have to hold my hand up,i cant think of anything inappropriate. I regret the way things often turned out after several years though.

 

[bobk]

............................i must have led a sheltered life................i would have to hold my hand up,i cant think of anything inappropriate. I regret the way things often turned out after several years though.

My motto is try before you buy , many girlfriends one wife .

 

[Hampton]

He is about the same age as me and I never once heard a girl mention him that way. They were all dead keen on David Essex and David Cassidy though...

In fact my first love had a “thing” for Alvin Stardust, Freddie Mercury and Marc Almond; which now seems a bit worrying

At least it wasn’t Gary glitter

 

[Av Gorritt]

As a wise man once said, find a woman you don't like and give them your house. Will save a whole load of time, stress and legal fees.

I think the latest to say that was Jim Davidson . -- And he had plenty of experience of suchlike happenings !

 

[Still Farming]

ITV documentary on it all now.

 

[bobk]

ITV documentary on it all now.

Kangaroo court

 

[Still Farming]

Kangaroo court

Hell of a lot allegedly involved apparently?

 

[FonterraFarmer]

I believe (well my wife told me and I never disagree) that up until this year or last, there was no actual age of consent in France.


And for @Danllan

I wouldn't worry about the age of "consent" because that's just a number to meet an approved political criteria, but what is of concern is what's deemed to be "appropriate"....failure to be appropriate get into the realms of the worried squirrel.....

 

[betweenthelines]

going back to Royalty it was said that Henry the VIII got to "know" Jayne Seymour at the tender age of 12!

Fifty odd years ago, two popular chart hit were "Young girl, get out of my mind" by Gary Puckett and "Happy Birthday sweet 16" by the Mr Clean of pop, Neil Sedaka. Listen to the lyrics and it's clear that (lack of) maturity was no bar to the attraction of teenage girls to older men.

There's also an episode of "The Likely Lads" from the early 60's which makes comedy out of one of the "lads" dating a woman and his mate dating her young daughter.

 

[ollie989898]

I just don't understand it. You're prince Andrew and can have the pick of most of the women in the land. A quick wink to one of your staff and you can have any woman you want choppered in for backgammon and a bit of cribbage.

Why get involved with someone who is clearly dodgy as fudge and then get anywhere near anyone under the age of 20?

I don't understand it. Probably the sort of bloke who turns up to a shoot in a full bells on Range Rover SVR, jumps out of it in his Reeboks, whips out a 7 shot remington pump action and shoots 5 pheasants before the first whistle- when they are still on the ground.

 

[stewart]

Up until a few years ago legai age for consent was 12 in the Vatican city

Is that just for choir boys?

 

[stewart]

I believe incest was legal too for the same reason

Isn’t it mandatory in the aristocracy?

 

[stewart]

"We should never judge previous generations using todays values"

So is it OK to send children up chimneys? To be fair (unlike me, I know) I'm pretty sure you didn't mean that but I think it's important not to excuse just because mores and times were different.

Why not excuse past events that were ok under the morals of the past? Times were different, if your going to look at past events with todays standards what are you going to do today not knowing the standards of the future?

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Isn’t it mandatory in the aristocracy?

No different here, Barcode married her cousin....