Friday, Jun. 10, 2011
Andrew and the WikiLeaks Leaks
British trade envoy Prince Andrew has proved he can sully his reputation without any help from ex-wife Fergie. In November 2010, WikiLeaks published cables from Washington's ambassador to Kyrgyzstan that describe how Andrew spoke "cockily" at a two-hour lunch in Bishkek. He said Americans "know nothing about geography," dismissed the "idiocy" of Britain's anticorruption officials and denounced "those [expletive] journalists ... who poke their noses everywhere" as part of bribery investigations, thereby making it tough to conduct business. When one businessman suggested that only those willing to participate in corruption could make money, the prince reportedly responded, "All of this sounds exactly like France."