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Here are details about the case and its implications for Andrew.
WHAT ARE GIUFFRE’S ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ANDREW?
In her memoir “Nobody’s Girl”, Giuffre wrote that when she was a teenager she had been forced to have sex with Andrew, the eighth-in-line to the British throne, on three occasions at the behest of Epstein, including one occasion which she described as an “orgy”.
One of the occasions took place at the London home of Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell who she says facilitated her introduction to Andrew.
The memoir says Andrew correctly guessed Giuffre’s age – 17 – when they first met, and includes details of encounters in London, New York, and on Epstein’s private island. In her book, Giuffre said “entitled” Andrew believed it was his birthright to have sex with her.
Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 in prison while awaiting trial on sex abuse charges, was jailed in 2008 for child sex offences. Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 of sex trafficking by helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls and later sentenced to 20 years in prison.
PRINCE ANDREW’S DENIALS AND THE ‘NEWSNIGHT’ INTERVIEW
In 2011, Andrew quit his role as Britain’s roving trade ambassador, partly because of his friendship with Epstein.
The prince denied ever meeting Giuffre, said he could not have had sex with her in London as she said because he was in a pizza restaurant for a children’s party, and that her account of him sweating profusely at a nightclub was wrong because he suffered from a medical condition that stopped him perspiring.
He also cast doubt on an infamous picture from 2001 which showed him with his arm around Giuffre’s waist.
He told the BBC that he had broken off contact with Epstein in 2010 but had gone to stay at his home in New York because he was “too honourable” to break off the relationship by phone.
CHINESE ‘SPY’ AND ‘WE’LL PLAY MORE SOON’ SCANDALS
In the wake of the BBC interview, Andrew was abandoned by businesses and his charities, and he was forced to step back from public duties.
The man involved has denied the allegations, but it meant the prince’s already battered reputation took a further hit, and provoked further questions about his finances, coming after Charles cut off his annual allowance.
Then earlier this month, The Mail on Sunday newspaper published an email it said was from Andrew to Epstein, written in 2011 which was weeks after he had told Newsnight he had broken off contact with the financier.
In the email the prince wrote: “Keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon”, the paper said.
NO LONGER A DUKE OR A WORKING ROYAL, BUT STILL A PRINCE
He will also no longer attend the annual royal Christmas get-togethers at Sandringham, the royal home in eastern England.
However, he remains a prince of the realm, his position in the line of succession is unaltered, and he will continue to live at Royal Lodge, a large property on the estate surrounding Windsor Castle, a historic royal palace to the west of London, where he has a lease until 2078.
Although he will no longer be known as the Duke of York, he has not been stripped of the title, something which requires an act of parliament, and it remains in abeyance.
IS THIS THE END OF THE SAGA?
There are also calls for him to be thrown out of Royal Lodge, which is owned by the Crown Estate, following newspaper reports that the prince has not paid any rent for two decades.
Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Sharon Singleton
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