Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Qui bono

Reports about the arrest of the prince formerly known as Andrew said he was suspected of misconduct in office, nothing to do with underage women. It always made sense that there was some financial or government interests behind Epstein's operation, not just supplying ladies to prominent men. (If so, I'd guess he supplied catamites too, though I haven't heard anything about that yet.) And making connections, cementing a reputation as deal-broker?

According the the BBC, he gave Epstein confidential trade reports from his visits to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam. That could be very useful to investors, or negotiators. I wonder if details about who got the info wound up in the files. I'd guess that there's nothing actually actionable, and Andrew will skate. And after 15,16 years the purchasers might not even be in power anymore.

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