• Uff@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

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

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      7 hours ago

      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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          2 hours ago

          … 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.

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      8 hours 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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      19 hours ago

      To be fair, he doesn’t have a title or any official position of power. His mother already had him when she met and later married the crown prince of Norway. But everyone in Norway knows who he is and he’s definitely very privileged, so he may have abused that fact…

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        10 hours ago

        The royals are quite decent and cool. I’m in principle for getting rid of the monarchy, but this gang is so chill I’m ok with not making a fuss. Except for this shitstain. And the crown prince’s sister. And her charlatan husband. In fact, only the hereditary bloodline is good. It’s almost like some divine magic, or that they got all the good attention and the others have useless sibling syndrome.

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        16 hours ago

        Heh a royal patchwork family then. I guess as a non blood relative to the crown prince he wouldn’t be in the line of succession?

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      16 hours ago

      I don’t think he really has a position of power. And it could well be that this costs him the chance for the crown.

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        I don’t think he ever actually had a chance at the crown; He was born before his mother married the crown prince. His younger siblings would have a potential claim since they’re the prince’s kids, but he wouldn’t any claim since he’s not the prince’s child. He’s even excluded from some of the royal portraits.

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      5 hours ago

      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.

  • vala@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

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

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    20 hours ago

    What an absolute piece of shit, I hope his “rank” doesn’t stop him from going to jail…

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      13 hours ago

      I hope it does. I’m trying to marry into royalty so I can have carte blanche to do whatever I want. Like eat pancakes for dinner. Or eat pancakes for lunch. Or have a second helping of pancakes for breakfast. Really, just more pancakes.

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      17 hours ago

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

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      18 hours ago

      Keep in mind he is literally a child of the unprivileged commoners, so poking at his origins or genetics is not “punching up”. His mom is from a lower class family with drug and alcohol abuse problems, and she had him before meeting the prince.

      Just poke at his personality or actions. There’s plenty there.

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    18 hours ago

    Dude fuckin looks like Eddie from Mobland.

    Acts like it too, apparently.