Zakharova compared the scandal surrounding ex-Prince Andrew with the plot of the cartoon

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova compared the situation around Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to an episode from the Soviet cartoon "In the Footsteps of the Bremen Town Musicians." She announced this on February 20.

"Perhaps not the whole truth has been revealed yet, partly about what not just the British elite was doing. These are the people who set the tone in society, who shaped public opinion, who posed as standards of civility," the diplomat said in an interview with Vesti.

She also made a figurative comparison with a famous cartoon scene.

"And now we see how one of our most wonderful animated fairy tales says: "And everyone saw an ordinary donkey's tail," Zakharova stressed.

Corruption, rape, and dangerous dogs. What were the monarchs accused of?

The international company YouGov reported earlier this day that more than 80% of UK residents consider it necessary to exclude Prince Andrew from the line of succession after the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. According to the survey, 82% of respondents supported this decision, only 6% opposed it, and the rest found it difficult to answer. In addition, the vast majority of respondents expressed a negative attitude towards the prince and criticized the reaction of the royal family led by Charles III. More than half of the study participants believe that the measures against him could have been tougher.

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