Tag: Prince Andrew
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King strips Andrew of prince title and home
The King has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his home by Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace has announced. Andrew, 65, the younger second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has come under mounting pressure for his behaviour and ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Earlier…
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Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and the emails
“We are in this together… we’ll play some more soon.” That’s what Prince Andrew reportedly wrote to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 – the day after a photo of Andrew with accuser Virginia Giuffre hit the papers. The email undercuts the prince’s claim that the pair had cut ties in 2010, and is part of a…
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Four key takeaways from upcoming Prince Andrew expose
A grim-faced Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York, have been snapped for the first time since explosive allegations emerged in an upcoming bombshell royal expose. The Duke of York, the younger brother of the King, and his former wife, both 65, were pictured driving near their home on the Windsor Castle estate…
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Andrew and Fergie will take care of the corgis, Palace announces
A spokeswoman for Prince Andrew said he and Sarah, Duchess of York will take on Muick and Sandy – two dogs the late monarch received as gifts from her son. The Queen owned more than 30 corgis during her reign and was known for her love of the breed. In early 2021, she was given…
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Royal subject: Prince Andrew will be ‘star’ of satirical TV musical
Queen Elizabeth II’s second son stood down from royal duties after a disastrous interview in November 2019 discussing his ties with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a special BBC Newsnight program. Channel 4 said the interview, widely regarded as a public relations catastrophe for the Duke of York, will be “reimagined” as…
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Prince Andrew trying to ‘make amends’, says Archbishop
Archbishop Justin Welby has highlighted the importance of forgiveness after his fall from grace following accusations of sex abuse that led to a legal settlement. Prince Andrew, 62, paid an undisclosed sum earlier this year to Virginia Giuffre, who accused him in a US lawsuit of sexually abusing her two decades ago when she was…
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‘No public funds’ spent to settle sex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan federal court dismissed the case following a request from Andrew and Giuffre, who filed a joint stipulation of dismissal in Manhattan federal court. The February 15 settlement included an undisclosed payment, with Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth, making a “substantial donation” to Giuffre’s charity in support…
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‘Speaks for itself’: Prince Andrew settles sex abuse claim before trial
The settlement, which includes an undisclosed payment, was revealed on Tuesday in a filing in Manhattan federal court, where Giuffre had sued the Duke of York last August. The prince did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement. A trial in the case had been expected to begin this year. Andrew would have had to give…
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Prince Andrew signs a $22m cheque to make sex scandal go away
The settlement, which includes an undisclosed payment, was revealed on Tuesday in a filing in Manhattan federal court, where Giuffre had sued the Duke of York last August. The prince did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement. London’s respected Daily Telegraph is reporting that the cheque was for 12 million pounds ($22.7m). Giuffre’s case had…
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Prince Andrew asks for a jury to decide his fate in sex abuse trial
Giuffre, 38, sued the Duke of York last August, alleging he battered her while the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was trafficking her. In a filing with the US District Court in Manhattan, Andrew, 61, admitted to meeting Epstein in or around 1999, but denied Giuffre’s claim that he “committed sexual assault…