Originally Posted by
Less Hair
I agree with innocent until proven guilty.
Well this was a preemptive measure and not punishment….yet.
Basically put on unpaid leave pending the likely outcome.
The move came after 152 Royal Navy, British Army and RAF veterans wrote to the Queen to demand that Andrew be removed from the honorary military positions. The Queen is head of the armed forces, and honorary military appointments are in her gift. Andrew had clung to his military roles, including that of colonel of the Grenadier Guards.
The Queen took the decision to remove the duke’s royal affiliations and put his style of His Royal Highness into cold storage after talks with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge.