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The Sun
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- The Sun
Prince Andrew in four-letter foul-mouthed rant at builders near palatial home after he confronted men during horse ride
PRINCE Andrew has got the hump over speed bumps installed outside his palatial home. The disgraced Duke of York, 65, confronted builders installing the speed deterrents across the 4,800-acre Windsor Great Park estate. 4 4 While riding his horse around a mile from Royal Lodge the foul mouthed prince barked: 'What the f* are you doing now?' One speed bump has even been built on Andrew's driving route out of his 31-room mansion, forcing him to slow down. A source said: 'The worker was just going about his job when Andrew, on one of his regular rides round the estate, came along and looked down from up high and said 'what the f* are you doing now?' 'Andrew likes to drive his car out of Royal Lodge quite fast and is obviously a bit peeved as one of the speed humps is even right by the gate out of the park. 'No one likes speed humps but he will hardly feel them in his massive Range Rover anyway.' Security gates prevent regular traffic entering the park by road. Only business, staff, official visitors and residents such as Andrew are permitted inside. His brother King Charles is Ranger of Windsor Great Park, which runs from Windsor Castle to Virginia Water. It is not the only trouble Andrew has caused on the estate. The Sun revealed in January 2022 that the duke shouted at his female gardener over wrongly cut trees. Disgraced Andrew hosted secret Chinese business meeting at Royal Lodge He left the flunky 'shaken and upset'. She no longer tends the duke's garden after getting a job elsewhere on the estate. Meanwhile, in an interview with The Sun, Andrew's former maid Charlotte Briggs said he swore at her over a pair of heavy drapes. She claimed he made her run up four flights of stairs to close curtains while he sat yards away. And when she left a tiny gap in them he yelled 'can't you f * g do anything right?" In 2016, Andrew rammed closed park gates with his £80,000 Range Rover to avoid a one-mile detour home. Andrew likes to drive his car out of Royal Lodge quite fast and is obviously a bit peeved as one of the speed humps is even right by the gate out of the park A source He was reported to police but no action was taken. Andrew has lived at Royal Lodge for more than 20 years despite efforts to evict him after he was stripped of his royal roles in disgrace after links to dead US paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He later paid millions to settle a civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked by Epstein as a teenager and who Andrew claimed never to have met. King Charles pulled his annual stipend last year in a bid to pressure the disgraced duke to fund his own way or move out. But Andrew has managed to avoid being kicked out after scoring a deal with Startupbootcamp to sell off access to his old contacts. The deal, first revealed in The Sun, means he pockets vast sums of money for every 'introduction' he successfully passes on to the firm from contacts he made through his Pitch@Palace scheme. Earlier this summer US prosecutors revealed they would not be looking to charge anyone else in their investigation into Epstein. Andrew, who was once dubbed 'Air Miles Andy' for his love of jetting around the globe, has left the country just once since his car crash Newsnight interview in 2019, fearing he could be arrested as part of the FBI probe. He is due to join the rest of the Royal Family at Balmoral this summer for their annual get together. But he was banned from their Christmas gathering at Sandringham after he was linked to alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo. Inside Prince Andrew's 'crumbling' Royal Lodge THE disgraced Duke of York resides at the £30million Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire - at least for now. King Charles has redoubled his efforts to evict the Duke - with insiders branding the stand-off the " siege of Royal Lodge". Despite his divorce from Sarah Ferguson in 1996, Prince Andrew lives with his ex-wife at the countryside estate. Prince Andrew 's royal residence, with its eye-catching white exterior, boasts 30 rooms with plenty of space for entertaining, plus seven bedrooms spread across the two topmost floors. The Duke of York is said to spend all day "watching TV in a dark room" like a prisoner at his "crumbling" home. Royal Lodge is said to "need extensive repairs", thought to be about £400,000 a year. The monarch is said to be becoming increasingly frustrated at Andrew's refusal to care for the colossal mansion. Andrew is said to have promised King Charles he would take care of its expensive repairs - despite having no apparent source of income. Andrew is still reeling from a damaging book released this month called Entitled, which painted him as a sex-crazed buffoon. The Duke of York's office has been approached for comment. Meanwhile, two thirds of Britons believe Andrew should be stripped of his remaining royal titles, according to a poll. Research by YouGov found that 67 per cent of the public would back the removal of Andrew's York dukedom, as well as his princely title. Some 13 per cent opposed the removal of his titles and 21 per cent were unsure, the poll showed. Another YouGov survey found that just five per cent have a positive view of Andrew, who is languishing at the bottom of the royal favourability tables. Legislation would be required for Parliament to prevent Andrew continuing as the Duke of York. His birthright to be a prince, as the son of a monarch, could be changed only if a Letters Patent were issued by the King. 4
Telegraph
4 minutes ago
- Telegraph
‘Cut their throats' Labour councillor ‘prone to emotional arousal'
A suspended Labour councillor who said far-Right activists' throats should be cut might be prone to 'reactive speech' because of his 'probable ADHD', a court heard. Snaresbrook Crown Court was told that Ricky Jones, 58, suffered from 'emotional arousal' which could 'override deliberate decision-making'. A video of Mr Jones speaking into a microphone at a demonstration held by Stand Up To Racism on Aug 7 last year went viral on social media. It showed Mr Jones – at the time a councillor for Dartford, Kent – referring to the rioters and protesters who took to the streets after the Southport murders. Drawing his finger across his throat, he said: 'They are disgusting Nazi fascists. We need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all.' Mr Jones, who was also a full-time official for the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) union at the time, does not dispute what he said but denies one charge of encouraging violent disorder. As part of a set of facts agreed by the prosecution and the defence, the jury was told that experts for both sides had confirmed that Mr Jones 'suffers from a number of neurodivergent challenges'. Issues identified by the experts included 'impulsivity (probable ADHD), increasing the likelihood of reactive speech rather than intentional incitement'. The experts said testing had established that Mr Jones suffered from 'impaired verbal comprehension potentially leading to misunderstanding the impact of his words' and 'slower cognitive processing, meaning he may not have evaluated the situation in real time'. They said Mr Jones suffered from 'emotional arousal, which can override deliberate decision-making'. Giving evidence in court, Mr Jones told the jury he suffered from dyslexia, dyscalculia – which impairs the ability to work with numbers – and Irlen syndrome, which means he has difficulties when reading black text on white paper over long periods of time. He told the jury his daughters had previously suggested he might have ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) but he 'didn't really want another label'. Hossein Zahir KC, his defence barrister, asked Mr Jones: 'What is the difference between you and someone you might describe as neurotypical?' Mr Jones replied: 'If I get emotional and distracted I come out with things I don't always mean.' The father of four was asked about racism in Hackney, east London, where he grew up as a mixed-race child. He said: 'Wherever you went you saw huge 'NF' graffiti and ... that meant National Front, who were a far-Right organisation at that stage. 'It [was] a bit like the situation today, in the sense of the Reform party. A lot of people are being taken in by the Reform party and believe what they say.' Mr Jones said his white grandmother, who raised him, was called a 'black man's whore' when he was a boy and she held his hand in public. Concealed razor blades A borough councillor since 2019, Mr Jones was suspended by the Labour Party the day after the alleged incident. At the time of his arrest, he told police in a prepared statement that his comments referred to individuals whom he understood to have stuck a National Front sticker on a train with razor blades concealed behind it. He added: 'I did not intend for my comments to be taken literally by anyone and I did not intend to encourage or incite anyone to commit violence against any other. 'I am, however, extremely sorry for making the comments which were made in the heat of the moment and I very much regret having done so.' He said he had not been invited to speak into the microphone at the Stand Up to Racism event 'until the last minute' and 'had not planned or thought about' what he was going to say in advance. Giving evidence on Tuesday, he said he was appalled by political violence, adding: 'I've always believed the best way to make people realise who you are and what you are is to do it peacefully.' Mr Jones, who said he was on the Left of the Labour Party, told jurors the riots had made him feel 'upset' and 'angry' and said he felt it was his 'duty' to attend counter-protests. The trial continues.
BBC News
4 minutes ago
- BBC News
Bins set alight on Liverpool street 'infested with rats'
Several bins were set alight on a Liverpool road hit by fly-tipping and reports of a rat Fire and Rescue Service was called to Silvester Street in Vauxhall three times between 19:00 and 22:36 BST on Monday following reports that several purple bins were on resident Maisie Wilson said fly-tipping had been an issue in the area "for some time" and that Liverpool City Council had done "nothing" despite sightings of council said it responded to "all reports of fly-tipping" and condemned the fires as "incredibly dangerous vandalism". Another local resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said the issue with bins and rats on Silvester Street had been ongoing for some time."The rat situation has become very evident even in the middle of the day and the bins are infested with them," she told the Local Democracy Reporting Service."You can see kids screaming when they're going past it. All weekend, the rats were just rampant over the bins and people were obviously terrified and screaming on the street."A council spokesperson said: "Any damaged bins reported to the council will be replaced."Responding to and clearing illegally dumped rubbish costs the council approximately £1m a year, which could be spent on other vital services."Rubbish should never be left on the streets as this can attract unwanted pests such as rats." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
