Holy shit:

[dukeduke@mastodon.social]

@cstross I needed a good chuckle to start my day, thanks!

[kyonshi@dice.camp]

@axx @cstross I think that has more to do with how royalty works in Britain. The British royal family does not necessarily have a surname, they just use Mountbatten-Windsor when a surname is required. So for most of his life he was Prince Andrew (no surname needed) before he was stripped of his titles and becoming Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

And yes they should call him by his surname by now.

[theoneswit@det.social]

@cstross

happy 66 birthday

[jessfairbairn@aoir.social]

@masek @cstross looking into "Misconduct on Public Office", there is a section about "abuse of position for a sexual purpose". Hopefully things can get expanded to that, even if they can't get him on sexual assault?

Misconduct in Public Office | The Crown Prosecution Service

(www.cps.gov.uk)

[masek@infosec.exchange]

@JessFairbairn Thank you, didn't know that. I surely hope they'll get him on that one.

@cstross

[digitalraven@retro.pizza]

@cstross There he was worrying he'd be alone on his birthday

[dulcemaria@toot.community]

@acb @cstross why not use the Tower!?

[pdcawley@mendeddrum.org]

@cstross wonder who he’s going to grass up in a desperate attempt to plea bargain?

[woodsbythesea@hachyderm.io]

@cstross @abstractcode A lot of distancing going on in Charles' statement - formally calling him Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and the final paragraph at the end re "my family".

[pa27@mastodon.social]

@cstross About time. Now for the rest of them??

[eighthourlunch@mastodon.social]

@cstross I hope he squeals like the pig he is.

[sheilaschaefer60@mastodon.social]

@cstross I am happy to hear that at least on your side of the Atlantic they are arresting pedophiles. It appears to me, here in the US the powers that be don’t give a shit.

[blaise@friendica.rogueproject.org]

@cstross You can tell how pissed off a public officials peers are when a government actually prosecutes one of it's insiders for "misconduct in public office"! Now if only they'd go after the other tens of thousands...