The Archbishop of Canterbury has changed his tune about Prince Andrew after a tidal wave of backlash. Archbishop Justin Welby was forced to walk back comments made during a May 31 interview on ITV News (via The Guardian) when he said Andrew was “seeking to make amends,” which was “a very good thing.” Welby urged Brits to be more “open and forgiving” about the prince’s alleged sexual assault of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre. The Twitter ratio was scathing following Welby’s comments.
The Twitter tsunami that hit Welby included sarcastic retorts, such as this tweet: “It is difficult to forgive someone that neither admits to or shows remorse for wrong they’ve done.” Still, some Twitterati were quite angry. One Brit tweeted: “Make amends? The Archbishop can shove it. Prince Andrew is a n***e. His mother used 12m in public funds to make his legal issues go away.” One especially brutal tweet invoked Meghan Markle: “Watching media and bishops bend over backwards to propose that ‘we’ should forgive Prince Andrew. Meanwhile gutter press laying into Duchess of Sussex for breathing.” Snap!
Sky News reported Welby walked back his comments, saying he tried to make a “broader point that I hope we can become a more forgiving society.” Right.
Nicki
