Prince Andrew.

Les, As most of us are aware of your literal diatribe, which of course is in the main meaningless text, you quite simply are not up to date with present day matters...

Another batch of 300 court documents have been released by a judge, of course no official wrongdoing has been levied against any of the named people...

And Les, you brought a smile to my face with your final words "Those with nothing to say, no value to add & no coherent opinion", is a perfect description of your good self.

I'm off to enjoy a nice cup of tea and some well chosen biscuits that my beloved better half gave me for Christmas....

Prince Andrew has to pay costs or move out of Windsor mansion Royal Lodge..Sean Coughlan, Royal correspondent

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The Duke of York will have to pay his own costs for the upkeep and security of the Royal Lodge mansion in Windsor if he is to remain living there, the BBC understands.

Substantial subsidies from King Charles III and the Royal Family are not going to be available indefinitely for his accommodation in the 30-room house in Windsor Great Park.

Prince Andrew has a lease with the Crown Estate to stay in the house until 2078.

But it's suggested he has to be self-financing if he wants to fulfil the requirements to keep up the maintenance of the 19th Century listed building.

The pressure to move Prince Andrew, who lives in the house with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, has been called the "Siege of Royal Lodge".

And the sense of a prince under siege is likely to increase with a new Amazon film to be released next week about his 2019 Newsnight interview, which will re-ignite questions about his links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

However sources suggest that moving out of Royal Lodge - perhaps to a smaller property such as Frogmore Cottage once used by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - is about long-term financial pragmatism rather than family disagreements.

It's said that with Prince Andrew in his sixties there will be a plan needed for affordable accommodation for him in the future, not just now but in 10 or 20 years.

If he can privately fund the high costs of the maintenance and the security for a building on the grand scale of Royal Lodge, then he can remain, but if not then it seems that he will need to consider living elsewhere, as the current financial support from the King is not going to continue.

If the prince moved out, it's suggested that the historic Royal Lodge could be used as a commercial asset by the Crown Estate, rented in some way that would work with the security considerations of a house on the Windsor estate.

Prince Andrew's lease on the property began in August 2003 - in the year following the death of its previous occupant, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

The prince had approached the Crown Estate about acquiring the lease - and renting it to Prince Andrew as a paying tenant was seen as financially preferable to using it as a "grace and favour" residence for the Royal Family.

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Aljazeera.Media for idiots and Hamas sympathisers.

Hamas could of ended this by releasing the Israelis they kidnapped.

Now read that sentence again.

I'm proud to be British, but I really couldn't give a toss about the Royals.

They were all lucky to have been Born into/ or married into the right family.

They are not better than you or me.They are not gods, nor do they have supernatural powers.

They are just descendants of professional criminals, thieves and bully's from hundreds of years that created their power.

Personally I think Andrew is a wrong un, and should be put to justice as one.. but he won't tho.

It does put in perspective how these people live,and their Minor problems compared to what's going on in Gaza.

And Hamas/Iran could have stopped this a long long time ago. All they had to do was release the hostages, but they didn't, because the Israeli hostages are no different to the Palestinian people. They are all hostages to be used by Hamas/Iran. Their lives (both hostages and Palestinian people) are meaningless in the fight against Israel. 

Iran are supplying Russia with drones and ballistic missiles. They are supplying Hezbollah with weapons. They are supplying Hamas with weapons. They are the main suppliers to the Houthies in Yeman! Wouldn't the world be a better place (and Iran as well) if all the money and effort were put into making Iran a better place to live?

There is a s**t storm heading towards Iran, and I have no doubt Oldie that you would be one of the first to complain about it, especially if it's the Israelis that do it.

Yes, it's a terrible terrible thing that is happening in Gaza, but it could all have been avoided, and in fact it would stop tomorrow if the hostages were released.

I have to disagree. Netanyahu has declared that he wants to destroy Hamas even though his own advisors agree that the idea is flawed and impossible to achieve.
He is being driven by right wing zealots in his own coalition and he wants to appease them so that he can stay in power.
This is no longer about protecting Israel, this is about an old man's ego. 

Hamas should never have attacked Israel as they had no hope of achieving their aim of destroying Israel, who will rightly continue to defend themselves.
But peace is only going to be achieved with a heavy cost on both sides with each side intent on carrying on to the bitter end.

Anyway, we have moved away from the original subject of Andrew and his unpunished crimes.
Wonder if Charlie will put up £12 million to keep people quiet?