• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Stepson. Not a born royal, nor one that the royal family accepts as one of their own. Nobody seems to like him.

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It’s so freaking weird that in 2025 we still have these inbred families we’re supposed to believe are better than all of us and we should worship them because, reasons. And even worse, there are a bunch of people who like having a family of useless people to worship and will continue to defend monarchy

    • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net
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      3 days ago

      To be faaaaaaaair, he’s not inbred, he’s a result of a prior relationship before his mom married the prince.

      More like elevated white trash, really.

  • brewery@feddit.uk
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    3 days ago

    Wait, the police are going after a royal, I thought that was impossible?!? (speaking from the UK where we clearly have a rapist and paedophile…)

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        3 days ago

        Thats the precise sentiment in Norway for all youths, no matter the gender

    • viking@infosec.pub
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      Only the king or queen (if rightful heir to the throne) is immune, in accordance with article 5 of the Norwegian codex.

      The king does have the right to pardon criminals though. He doesn’t exactly seem to be very fond of the kid though, and is generally seen as a very just man and close to the people.

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        3 days ago

        Having a head of state immune from criminal prosecution seems to be a thing Americans wouldn’t abide… right?

    • daellat@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Yeah can you imagine scoring lower on a democracy index than this monarch ridden backwater… oh they’re #1, my country is #9 and the US is #28. Oops.

  • Uff@lemmy.worldBanned
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    4 days ago

    People are surprised monarchs are rapists. Centuries of inbreeding do not produce healthy minds.

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      Just FYI, he is the crown princess’s son, from before she was married to the crown prince. He isn’t part of the royal family or their blood line. He’s just a pos stain that won’t take responsibility for his actions or life. He’s a sad sad person.

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          … No? That is not how a bastard works. She married into the royal family but had a kid before. A bastard would be her having an affair and giving birth to a kid while married into the family already. Or the prince fathering a kid with someone else other than the wife. This is just “a kid from a previous marriage / relationship”.

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            That is not how a bastard works. To be clear, all of this is archaic, I’m not actually calling anybody a bastard, but the definition of bastard is “a child born to parents who are not married to each other.” He matches that definition because his parents were never married.

            Affairs don’t come into it, it’s just some old bullshit cultural and religious ideals about which types of relationships (just the one: heterosexual marriages) children are “supposed” to be born into.

            • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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              Were his parents not married? The statement above doesn’t say that, just that she had him prior to her current marriage. People can be married multiple times.

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      4 days ago

      Generational wealth and power, does not produce healthy minds.

      The inbreeding was a side effect of an already broken system.

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      3 days ago

      Immediately thought this, but there’s something worse about him (which makes sense, since Eddie is a character played by an actor who, I’m guessing, isn’t actually a vile and pathetic person).

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      Thus suffers from the same problem “Adolescence” did; the writing and role is believable enough and the actor looks like they could be as despicable… but then you somehow don’t believe the actor to be that big of a cunt.

      Joffrey doesn’t suffer from that, Jack Gleeson is such a brilliant actor I never doubted he could be such a massive cunt. But I know he isn’t. But he made me believe it.

      Like Eddie and the kid in Adolescence both have too much humanity showing through.

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    4 days ago

    I know nothing about this guy aside from this headline but that checks out.

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      4 days ago

      Based on the photo yes. The reality is a bit more nuanced and interesting if you ask me.