Angela Rayner 'called Andrew a nonce’, bombshell book claims
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The deputy prime minister reportedly fought a behind-the-scenes battle to curb the Duke of York’s influence

Angela Rayner called Prince Andrew a “nonce” and tried to block him from ever standing in for King Charles, according to a tell-all book on Labour’s rise to power.

The deputy prime minister reportedly fought a behind-the-scenes battle to curb the Duke of York’s influence following his downfall over ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The Sunday Times published an extract from Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer, a book by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund, set for release on February 13.

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Ms Rayner was said to be wanting to remove Andrew as one of the counsellors of the state.

She allegedly said: “I’m not going to vote to keep that nonce on… I can’t go back to my constituency and say, ‘Yeah, I support that’.”

Ms Rayner had also been critical of the duke while in opposition and while an aide said she is not “anti monarchist” she has called for a need for Andrew to not represent the country.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    1 day ago

    She was morally right, though unfortunately that counts for little, as a principle of monarchism is that the subjects don’t have a say in whom they’re ruled by.