Prince Andrew, the third child of Queen Elizabeth, has been caught in Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s scandal for years. In 2019, he gave an interview to the BBC which was supposed to smooth things out however it did the opposite.
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His alleged involvement in the scandal and alleged sexual abuse of Virginia Giuffre when she was 17 has cost him his Royal Highness title as well as his job as a working member of the Royal Family. As it currently stands, Prince Andrew is barely present at any family functions.
Things are not about to get better…
170 associates of Jeffrey Epstein could be made public
BBC reports that a US judge has ruled that 170 associates of Epstein could become public very soon. This comes as part of a deal made in a ‘lawsuit against sex trafficker and Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.’
This, unfortunately for the Royal Family, potentially includes Prince Andrew. Indeed, Epstein and Maxwell are known to have mingled with Prince Andrew. Pictures of the three of them are available online. Though Prince Andrew has always denied the sexual abuse claims these documents could prove his involvement.
A very thin silver-lining
Still, there could be a way for Prince Andrew and his family to come out of this unscathed. As BBC specifies:
Anyone on the list has until 1 January to appeal to have their name removed.
Moreover, during her ruling, it is reported that the Judge ‘noted that many of the individuals named in the lawsuit have already been publicly identified by the media or in Maxwell's criminal trial.’
In interviews Maxwell did in prison she has always claimed that the picture of Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre is a fake. Talking to TalkTV in January 2023 she said:
I don’t believe it is real for a second, in fact, I’m sure it’s not. There has never been an original. I don’t believe it happened and certainly, the way it’s described would have been impossible. I don’t have any memory of going to Tramp [nightclub]
We will know very soon if Prince Andrew’s name will be in the documents unveiled in the following weeks.
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Sources:
BBC News: US judge orders names of more than 170 Jeffrey Epstein associates to be released
CNN: Ghislaine Maxwell claims in jailhouse interview that Prince Andrew photo with Virginia Giuffre is ‘fake’
The Guardian: Prince Andrew settles Virginia Giuffre sexual assault case in US
The Sun: Nightmare for Prince Andrew after judge rules unheard evidence from Johanna Sjoberg who royal ‘groped’ can be public
