In Which Prince Andrew Strikes a Blow for Thai Masseuses

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Prince Andrew’s Thai Vow. At the Davos conference.

Excerpts: **"Playboy Prince Andrew has promised to challenge tough immigration rules so he can help more Thai masseuses set up shop in Britain.

“Andrew, 50, learned the power of a therapeutic massage on a trip to Thailand’s holiday island Phuket. He received a relaxing back rub on a beach during a break from the luxury yacht he was seen sharing with a host of topless beauties.”**

Heh. All I know is he makes a lot of visits to Thailand. And I mean, a lot. I can’t say I’ve ever run into him in Soi Cowboy though.

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Now that’s a prince I’d vote for!

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Could somebody explain to me why anyone would need a relaxing break from sharing a luxury yacht with a host of topless beauties?

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Could someone explain to me why this man is not second in line to the throne, just behind Prince Charles? Wikipedia says he is sixth in line to the throne. This doesn’t make any sense to me. He is the second son of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the younger brother of Prince Charles. Who exactly is in front of Andrew in the line of succession?

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The children of Prince Charles.

From Wikipedia

The first 6 individuals in the line of succession are as follows:

HRH The Prince of Wales, the Heir Apparent.HRH The Prince of WalesB (The Prince Charles; b 1948) son of Queen Elizabeth II
HRH Prince William of Wales (b 1982) son of The Prince of Wales
HRH Prince Harry of Wales (b 1984) son of The Prince of Wales
HRH The Duke of York (The Prince Andrew; b 1960) son of Queen Elizabeth II
HRH Princess Beatrice of York (b 1988) daughter of The Duke of York
HRH Princess Eugenie of York (b 1990) daughter of The Duke of York

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Could someone please explain to me the appeal of yet another of Siam Sam’s threads?

You know, the ones with topless Thai girls?

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Well, William and Harry, for two. You have to exhaust the family line of the firstborn before you can move on to that of the second born.

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Can someone explain to me the appeal of threadshitting?

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Exactly. Quoting from Wikipedia:

(emphasis mine)

So if Elizabeth died tomorrow, the crown passes to her son Charles. This is true even if Charles is dead: the crown passes through him to his eldest son, then his next son, then his youngest son, then his eldest daughter, then his youngest daughter, and then, having exhausted Charles’s descendants, it finally reverts to Andrew.

The advantage to this system, way back when the monarch held real political power, was that a younger prince could not simply kill his older brother(s) to take the throne-- he had to kill his brothers and his brothers’ kids. That’s why Richard III had to kill his nephews in Richard III– they were in line for the throne ahead of him.

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What happens if Charlie and Lady Di have a frozen embryo somewhere and the family all dies is some horrible mishap. Then… well, I’m not sure, but somewhere down the line we’re gonna find another topless Thai masseuse.

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Is this a trick question?

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So we’ve managed to sidetrack an OP which had Thai masseuses and topless yacht beauties into a discussion of the British order of secession?

You people should be ashamed of yourselves.

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Sorry. Uh… Because of the order of succession, Andrew has no real responsibilities and can spend all his time with topless Thai masseuses?

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It might actually be one of his duties to spend time with topless Thai masseuses.

The tabloids are failing miserably if they don’t have pictures of this.

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Sore muscles perhaps? chasing scantly clad and or topless girls around a boat takes its toll.

Is good to be King, apparently being the sixth place runner up to the throne ain’t too shabby neither.

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In seriousness, Thai traditional massage is an ancient, respectable and respected art. I presume the articles that mentioned “masseuses” were doing it for salacious reasons.

I have Thai a friend who is a fully trained masseur from the Wat Po Thai school (the Royal Palace, birthplace of Thai massage), who would benefit from such lobbying. Not, of course, that Prince Andrew should be saying shit to anyone about immigration laws.

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Why not? His family immigrated to England three hundred years ago and they’ve done alright for themselves, haven’t they?

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And now that Prince William’s getting married any children he has with his wife will precede Prince Harry in the succession.

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As an aside, there are monarchies in which the monarch’s brothers are ahead of his sons. I believe this is the case in Saudi Arabia. The founder of the royal family, Ibn Saud, had more than 50 sons, and since 1964 the kingship has not yet descended to Ibn Saud’s grandchildren’s generation. 20 of them are still alive and none of them younger than 70 years old. They are not happy about the prospect of being skipped for the younger generation, and this is causing a constitutional crisis.

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Just to be able to say you are in a position to take a break from yatching with topless beauty to take in a traditional massage. Gloating is very relaxing.