{"id":90275,"date":"2026-02-20T08:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=90275"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:26:17","slug":"its-time-to-own-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/02\/20\/its-time-to-own-up\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time to own up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I note this comment by Xander Elliards in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/25871017.queen-heartbroken-andrews-arrest-questioned\/?ref=eb&amp;nid=1302&amp;block=article_block_a&amp;u=aa098b64de583d00ba56b69cba1355fa&amp;date=200226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National<\/a> this morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If she were alive to see her middle son arrested, it is unlikely the late Elizabeth would have been surprised.<\/p>\n<p>At the very least, she saw the photos and she knew of the 2010 Epstein visit. She saw the 2019 Newsnight interview. She funded the 2022 settlement, and she publicly stood beside him afterwards. She presided over a system that shielded her son from scrutiny for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>If anything, if the Queen were alive, the police should be bringing her in for questioning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Direct, but entirely appropriate, I think.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals know much more than they have said. It's time to own up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I note this comment by Xander Elliards in The National this morning: If she were alive to see her middle son arrested, it is unlikely<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/02\/20\/its-time-to-own-up\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90276,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90275\/revisions\/90276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}