No, we are not in the club, but surely those billionaires are doing what they can to genuinely help the people of the world and are genuinely involved in philanthropic activities. Many and maybe all of them, have not-for-profit organisations operating globally so should we assume the activities are for the good of mankind, and are not a “shop front” for the laundering of money or, heaven forbid, the trafficking of children.
Surely these billionaires would be all good and decent people.
Unfortunately, that is not always the case and cases of proof are abundant and overwhelming at any time on any day and available in almost every country in the world.
I will grab an example extant at the time my pen went to paper for this portion of the text.
A BBC article, 27 February 2026,
Ref: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5lq9ll15jo
written by Ben Hatton advisers, “The president and CEO of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Borge Brende, has resigned after a review into his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein“., and further advisers that, “Brende has acknowledged he dined with Epstein three times between 2018 and 2019 and communicated with him by email and text, but said he was “completely unaware” of his past criminal activity and that he regretted not having investigated Epstein more thoroughly”.
His regrets are similar to those of Bill Gates who, according to a CNN report by Andy Rose dated Thursday August 5, 2021, where Gates advises that he “regrets the time spent with Jeffrey Epstein”.
In the article, it states, “Speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper Wednesday, Gates said he only met with Epstein in the hopes of raising more money to deal with global health issues”.
How noble is that?
Gates advised, “I had several dinners with him, (once again just like Borge Brende) you know, hoping that what he said about getting billions of philanthropy for global health through contacts that he had might emerge”. “When it looked like that wasn’t a real thing, that relationship ended.”
Ref: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/05/business/bill-gates-regrets-jeffrey-epstein-relations
Of course, Gates’ noble claims are not consistent with a plethora of official and unofficial information releases (allegedly) but, his remorse is consistent with that of the WEF’s CEO being consistent with accepting only minimal association with Epstein. Back to the future and the BBC article dated 27 February 2026 that says, “Mention in the Epstein files – which have been released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) – does not indicate any wrongdoing”. It also adds that, “Brende’s home country of Norway has seen several public figures drawn into the controversy, including Crown Princess Mette-Marit and diplomats Mona Juul and Terje Rød-Larsen”.
That doesn’t look good having so many members from the top end of any country’s “well -to-do” mixed up in the “pudding”, but just because they are mentioned doesn’t mean they are guilty of the same offences Epstein has been charged with as claimed in the text.
The popular event world-wide amongst the elite is not knowing about Epstein’s wicked habits with even the ex-communicated Prince, Andrew also numbering amongst them.
And to add to the mix, the same article further advises that police say, “Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland was charged with “gross corruption” earlier this month over his ties with Epstein”, and that Epstein “died in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking”.
That doesn’t sound like a person a “philanthropist” would want to be associated with.
Well, not a good “philanthropist”.
That is, a good “philanthropist” being “a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes”.
Motivational speaker Jim Rhon counselled that “you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with”. Translated it means, if you hang around with millionaires you will become wealthy, if you spend your time with those who are drug addicted you will experiment with drugs and if your friends are bank robbers, there is a good chance that one day you will drive a getaway car.
With this philosophy, one could well reason that Prince Andrew’s hanging with Jeffrey Epstein may not have been a good choice of friend for him. His remorse, and other “things” were highlighted in the 2019 interview with BBC’s Emily Maitlis in which Andrew says that he never suspected that Epstein was trafficking or abusing children. He was particular to detail that he doesn’t sweat or didn’t sweat at the time Virginia Giuffre said he was at the time the photo of him, Virginia and Gislaine Maxwell was taken. Him not sweating was presented as proof that Virginia Giuffre’s recollection of the time and events was flawed and couldn’t be correct because she said he was sweating and his ability to sweat had been tharted due to a medical condition. Virginia has since taken her own life (April 2025) and Andrew has resumed sweating and possibly more so since he no longer has protection from the queen (king).
One would need to ask, to whom would Epstein be trafficking children?
Would his clients be people who earn $35 and hour doing menial tasks?
He must have been trafficking if he was a trafficker.
That’s what a trafficker does.
Anyone arrested so far? … nope.
In the televised interview Andrew claimed he had no recollection of him (allegedly) meeting Virginia Giuffre, or how the photo came to be.
His brother, Prince, now King Charles’ decades long relationship with paedophile Jimmy Savile had him (allegedly) seeking intimate, even marriage advice from a man who had abused who knows how many hundreds of children over a period spanning, “from 1955 to 2009” according to Google. Google also advises that, “Savile was able to evade police”, only to be exposed after his death.
Perhaps it is a family trait that royal members get mixed up with these terrible folk but lack the ability to notice any signs portraying their real character.
It is amazing that King Charles didn’t know of Savile’s activities (allegedly) or that someone from MI5 or MI6 or the Secret Service or the Royal Families collective or individual extensive personal security didn’t rescue their innocent souls, or Scotland yard or the metropolitan police or any of the Royal Family friends.
Nobody in the family’s circle had any idea of Saville’s character; … apparently.
Credible?
Millionaires, royalty and significant government entities seem to be, … … in the club.
But it may not only be the high and mighty from other countries around the world. A google AI overview advises, “In October 2015, Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan used parliamentary privilege to claim he was in possession of a “very disturbing” police document that named 28 prominent people, including a former Prime Minister of Australia, as part of an alleged paedophile ring”. A petition (closed 27 October 2021) wanting to lift the 90-year suppression order placed on investigation by the government and judiciary “choosing not to investigate as the public would “lose faith in the judiciary”.
Ref: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN3374
Journalist John Johnston on PolicsHome, 13 March 2019 headline reads “Boris Johnson slammed for saying money spent investigating historical child sex abuse is being ‘spaffed up the wall”, and that “Boris Johnson says investigating historic child abuse was a waste of money”. Did he do anything about looking into these crimes after he was first elected months later on July 24, 2019? … Nope.
But on January 31, 2022, “Boris Johnson Accuses Keir Starmer of Not Prosecuting Jimmy Savile”.
“British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accuses Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile for alleged sexual abuse crimes during his decades-long career as a television presenter for the BBC. Starmer, who was former director of public prosecutions in the U.K., apologized at the time for his office’s failure to prosecute Savile even though he had no direct role in the decision. Savile died in 2011”. See the video here: https://www.c-span.org/clip/international-telecasts/boris-johnson-accuses-keir-starmer-of-not-prosecuting-jimmy-savile/5000140
Then on July 5, 2024, Keir Starmer becomes UK’s 58th Prime Minister in a landslide victory.
Is anyone seeing a pattern?
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