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Are you sure it was she who decided not to go to court or he? All the reports I have seen indicated that it was P. Andrew who decided that. It looks that he offered her a deal she couldn't / wouldn't refuse, a multiple of what she has asked for originally.

The simple fact is that every country in the world currently has a major inflation problem. It is not peculiar to Thailand or Thailand's fault and the government of Thailand isn't to blame unless you want to blame every government collectively.

Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declare full military mobilisation https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/separatist-leaders-eastern-ukraine-declare-full-military-mobilisation-2022-02-19/

That's what the dictionary says.

By definition, yes.

The reason it didn't go to court was because of this admission.

sad much?

politician: a person who is professionally involved in politics, especially as a holder of an elected office.

I assume you read the OP?

The duke also pledged to "demonstrate his regret for his association" with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by supporting the "fight against the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims".

1. You clipped your own quote which was relevant to my reply. 2. He hasn't only lost in the court of social media, he has lost in the court of public opinion as a whole, at least in the majority.

Japan Consumer Prices Rise the Most in 2 Years Japan's consumer prices rose by 0.8% yoy in December 2021, accelerating from a 0.6% gain a month earlier and pointing to the 4th straight month of increase. The latest figure was also the highest annual inflation rate since December 2019, boosted by a sharp pickup in food prices and a further rise in housing cost. https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/inflation-cpi

Here's a great business model for a girl. Simply claim that Prince Andrew sexually assaulted you and he will give you 12 million quid without even going to court. How easy is that?

If he holds to his word about not remembering he ever met her then he could not "know" he would lose. There has to be more than his word against hers. Even civil trials demand more evidence than that.

curiously, we have the same requirement in Australia.

Usually much more which is why Andrew settled out of court. Anyway, I'm done with arguing with apologists for ex prince silver spoon.

Of course Andrew had no idea that Epstein paid minors for sex. He claimed he went to the US personally to end his friendship with Epstein.

They would have received that either way. There was little doubt who was going to win this case.

It would be irrational to believe he didn't compensate her.

You're kidding, right?

Forever validating the accusations that the English royal family are inbred idiots.

Because Andrew explicitly acknowledge that she was a victim in his final statement which obviated her need to go to court to prove that. See Tall Guy's post above.

Does any part of that link include advice that she should not go to court?

and just being dealt a bad hand at birth as well as any number of other reasons.

again, the civil case was about a time when she was 17 and not a minute after.