The following article mentions sexual abuse allegations.
By now, royal pundits know all aboutPrince Andrew’s scandalous friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
(Andrew denies that the picture is genuineand insists he has no memory of ever meeting Giuffre.)
Andrew is mentioned in the documents 69 times, serving as a vivid reminder of Giuffre’s accusations.
If Brandreth’s account is to be believed, the queen patiently listened to Andrew’s version of events.
Then, instead of peppering him with more questions, she responded with one word: “Intriguing.”
“His mother stood by him.
She loved her boy.
She retained her ‘confidence’ in him,” Brandreth wrote.
“She accepted her son’s version of events.
She was ready to believe him, and to help bail him out,” he continued.
The documents also revealed that another plaintiff, Virginia Giuffre, accused the prince of sexually assaulting her.
So, the palace released a rare comment about the allegations against Prince Andrew.
Any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue."
It appears Andrew thought this was the only way to clear his name.
Instead, the opposite happened.
He was woefully wrong.
“Still not,” Andrew responded.
The prince also offered details about the photograph of him and Giuffre to suggest that it had been doctored.
The royal also acknowledged that no one could prove the photo had been faked.
The prince went ahead with it regardless, to his detriment.
He also expressed that he would cooperate with law enforcement.
Queen Elizabeth II couldn’t deny the impact her son’s damaged reputation had on the family.
To use the military jargon, there was only a few days between flash and bang.
Action was called for and the queen took it,'" Brandreth wrote.
This announcement arrived after veterans shared an open letter with the queen.
The letter, which received over 150 signatures, called for Andrew’s titles to be revoked.
It’s given it legs.
People think ‘no smoke without fire,'" an insider told theDaily Mail.
“The specter of this [accusation] raises its head with hideous regularity,” the source said.
They weren’t wrong.
Despite the lawsuit eventually being settled outside of court, the Epstein drama continues to loom over Andrew.
So, he took steps to distance the monarchy from his disgraced brother as much as possible.
“Any presence at the palace is officially over.
The king has made it clear.
He isn’t a working royal.
He’s on his own,” a source toldThe Sun.
As a result of Andrew’s so-called eviction from Buckingham Palace, his staff also faced losing their jobs.
After all, as Harry noted, his uncle still had his security.
“Whatever grievances people had against us, sex crimes weren’t on the list.”
Whether or not his call for a renewed investigation will be heeded remains to be seen.
The London Metropolitan Police toldReutersin January 2024 that it hadn’t started a new investigation yet.
“We are aware of the release of court documents in relation to Jeffrey Epstein.
The protest wasn’t widely covered by the media.
But not public or official ones.
That has not changed.”
“Charles found it very difficult.
“But he knew it was the right thing to do.”
Sources close to Andrew, however, say that the prince is not keen on this idea.
However, it sounds like the reigning monarch simply doesn’t have the power to do so.
As for whether or not Charles would revoke his brother’s titles if he did have the power?
We can only speculate.
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