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no_hypocrisy

(53,954 posts)
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 05:44 AM 16 hrs ago

My theory why The Queen didn't rein in Andrew Mountbatten Windsor: [View all]

It's reminiscent of dilemma faced by Teddy Roosevelt when he was in the White House. He had a wayward child, Alice, who was scandalous at the time. He was confronted with trying to limit her antics.

And TR famously said, "I can either run the country or I can control Alice. I can't possibly do both."

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