About a decade ago, my wife picked up a binder in a charity shop that was made up entirely of a 24-issue set of ROYAL FAMILY magazines from 1984, each of which centred on a different royal. This, issue 12, was about Prince Andrew. What's inside? - ThreadSky

seamas.bsky.social • 28 days ago

About a decade ago, my wife picked up a binder in a charity shop that was made up entirely of a 24-issue set of ROYAL FAMILY magazines from 1984, each of which centred on a different royal.

This, issue 12, was about Prince Andrew. What's inside?

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markkbadger10.bsky.social•28 days ago

Nonce.

jahduran.bsky.social•28 days ago

I feel unaccountably very scared now.

seamas.bsky.social•28 days ago

Very much accountably!

jahduran.bsky.social•28 days ago

😬

seamas.bsky.social•28 days ago

Andrew was, apparently, the Queen's "liveliest child".

anniewestdotcom.bsky.social•28 days ago

zoe-r.bsky.social•28 days ago

"cool and competent in sticky situations" ... no sweat...

louiestowell.bsky.social•28 days ago

Anything about "he loves international waters" or his sweating habits?

msleedy.bsky.social•28 days ago

"Although somewhat plain as a child (above left)". Jesus, I'm not getting you to write *my* flattering hagiography, part-work flattering hagiography writer.

seamas.bsky.social•28 days ago

The whole thing is written with such bloodless faint praise, it's actually astounding.

seamas.bsky.social•28 days ago

Thanks Dad!

mariephillips.bsky.social•28 days ago

Philip on Edward: “oh fuck another one”

msleedy.bsky.social•28 days ago

TURN OUT THE LIGHT, IT'S ATTRACTING THEM

mariephillips.bsky.social•28 days ago

Haha!

muninnherself.bsky.social•28 days ago

‘This one looks like it might not be able to sweat, bit uncanny.’

seamas.bsky.social•28 days ago

And what of hobbies? Why, 'ordinariness' - shooting, yachting and ice skating, along with tennis lessons from a Wimbledon champ - is the order of the day!

bisonfish.bsky.social•28 days ago

He decided on seeing the Iranian Embassy siege on the news that he wanted to go and pay it a visit. If you or I had been that daft, our urges would not have forced the on site team to try to find a way of fobbing us off.

mthrjo.bsky.social•28 days ago

I know it's not Andrew's biggest fault, but "never as good as Anne or Charles... given hours of riding instruction" does seem to suggest an unspoken "and he's still rubbish at it". (Though tbf there's no shame in not being as good as Anne, who was genuinely world class).

seamas.bsky.social•28 days ago

Andrew's 'passion for risqué stories' granted him his famous nickname, 'The Sniggerer'.

seamas.bsky.social•28 days ago

And, finally, mention of Andrew's status as 'a lady killer', with an approving reference to his popularity with 'nubile young girls'.

Very cool.

spikethedog.bsky.social•28 days ago

Not enough is made of the fact his attraction to girls relies almost entirely on the fact he was a literal prince and less on his appearance looking like a face drawn on a balloon imo

niall-mcauley.bsky.social•28 days ago

I remember a Spitting Image mag having a go at this stuff with a centrefold of naked Andrew with a string of sausages in his lap. Hobbies: burying the family jewels...

soapachu.bsky.social•28 days ago

Ugh.

msleedy.bsky.social•28 days ago

Ewwwwwwww

seentoomuch.bsky.social•28 days ago

🤢

stane.bsky.social•28 days ago

'Nubile' is a word that has happily vanished into the past along with cigar smoke indoors and sheepskin coats.

karenaverby.bsky.social•28 days ago

😬 Wow. Just wow eh... 😬

protopigeon.lol•28 days ago

Fucking hell 😬

gillc57.bsky.social•28 days ago

All that privilege (even if he wasn’t particularly wanted) and he turned out to be a complete n@nce

bintangstella.bsky.social•28 days ago

Yuck

bthalpin.bsky.social•28 days ago

I like the story that emerged maybe 15 years ago, when there were problems with Buckingham Palace's security team, and (inter alia) their radio codenames for the royals were leaked:

The Queen: Purple 1
Prince Philip: The Greek
Charles: Big Ears
Andrew: The cunt