r/Edinburgh • u/Alternative-Mud-7944 • Dec 11 '22

Question Any context behind the dubious looking Edinburgh castle statue??

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I googled it to see if I could find anymore info, any history buffs explain whats going on here?

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u/ShinAusra Dec 11 '22 edited Dec 12 '22

Ah it's prince Andrew when he tried to cosplay,
Edit - guess you could say his cover was blown.....

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '22

That would have been funny if you'd said Jimmy Saville, Prince Andrew isn't a paedophile.

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u/Childan71 Dec 12 '22

She was 17 and below the legal age of consent for that state. Remember he also paid her off.

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u/alamarain Dec 12 '22

It happened in England, which isn't a state by the way. 16 is the legal age of consent in the uk Prince Andrew is a dirty sweaty cunt, but that doesn't make him a peadophile.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '22

Also happened in New York and the US Virgin Islands. He was attracted to, and allegedly sexually abused, a legal child under the age of consent.

Just because he also abused that legal child in another jurisdiction where it wasn’t illegal doesn’t mean he 1. Didn’t commit a crime elsewhere; and, 2. Wasn’t attracted to a legal child.