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This is the permanent monarchy playbook: sacrifice one individual’s reputation to protect the brand. A controlled fall. A managed consequence. Damage containment dressed up as constitutional propriety.

Polling shows why the The Royal Family Palace defaults to boilerplate: the institution often survives even when the individual is toxic. But “survives” is not “untainted”. It erodes trust, especially among the young.

Savanta/Republic (Oct 2025): 48% prefer monarchy; 32% prefer an elected head of state; 20% don’t know. Among 18–24s: monarchy 28%, elected head of state 49%. The future is not neutral.

Same poll: 70% said police had not taken enough action; only 17% said enough. That’s not “cancel culture”. That’s a public judgement that accountability is being rationed.

Demand for scrutiny goes beyond him: 57% supported an inquiry into what other royals knew. And 56% believed Elizabeth II did too much to protect him. “One bad apple” is not persuading anyone.

Ipsos (Feb 2026) flags spillover damage: declines in favourability for the Royal Family and senior royals, and a sharp drop in the share saying abolition would be worse for Britain. This is reputational debt coming due.

The UK’s 17th-century contrast is real: Charles I was tried (Westminster Hall, Jan 1649) and executed (outside the Banqueting House, Whitehall, 30 Jan 1649). Today we do due process, not the axe. That’s civilisation.

But civilisation is not the same as justice. If monarchy means a different legal and reputational economy for insiders, it is not “heritage”, it is hierarchy. The democratic solution is simple: an elected head of state.

Ipsos (Feb 2026): only 28% say the Royal Family handled the Andrew situation well; 38% say badly. That’s a net −10. The collapse isn’t “a new scandal” — it’s the public withdrawing the benefit of the doubt. Privilege breaks trust.

"This is not your land, you are not our King." I think she speaks for us all #AbolishTheMonarchy

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"Andrew's behaviour has brought great shame upon the king!” The king:

Uber no puede entrar a los aeropuertos, pero el narco sí.

Ya se acabaron los abrazos.

Después de 7 años, volvemos a 2012: combate frontal al crimen organizado, sin DDHH ni debido proceso. La mano derecha de la presidenta es un excolaborador de García Luna. Buenos días, chairès ¿Quién de ustedes me explica?

Aquí empezó todo. Creer que no hacer NADA iba a cambiar las cosas. Esto nos tiene aquí. Den las maromas que gusten.

Amigos urge una familia para esta princesa, se entrega con protocolo completo de salud Es muy tierna anímate. Wats 5548724347 #CDMX #AdoptaNoCompres

¡Qué bueno! Ojalá que haya sufrido mucho mientras moría. nytimes.com/2026/02/28/wor…

Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.