{"id":2101184,"date":"2025-10-19T04:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T04:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2101184"},"modified":"2025-10-19T04:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T04:32:54","slug":"prince-william-plans-ruthless-approach-towards-prince-andrew-as-lawyer-for-jeffrey-epsteins-victims-predicts-further-leaks-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-william-plans-ruthless-approach-towards-prince-andrew-as-lawyer-for-jeffrey-epsteins-victims-predicts-further-leaks-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William plans &#8216;ruthless approach&#8217; towards Prince Andrew, as lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s victims predicts further leaks | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Prince William is planning to take a &#8220;ruthless approach&#8221; towards Prince Andrew when he is king, according to reports, as a US lawyer predicts the scandal engulfing the royal &#8220;is not going away&#8221; and more stories will &#8220;leak out&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Times suggests <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/prince-william-6209\/\" target=\"_blank\">William<\/a><\/strong> will ban his uncle from &#8220;all aspects of royal life&#8221; because of the ongoing risk to the <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/royal-family-6210\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Family&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> reputation after a series of damaging revelations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Gloria Allred, who represents many of the victims of the late convicted paedophile <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/jeffrey-epstein-8219\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/strong>, believes <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/prince-andrew-8242\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew<\/a><\/strong> will not be &#8220;let off the hook&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not going away. Even though he&#8217;s no longer a duke, and Sarah Ferguson is no longer a duchess, it&#8217;s not going away,&#8221; the US lawyer told Sky News.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video callfn\" data-account-id=\"6058004172001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"16c298e1-a20a-45f0-99d2-a52f04a2a253\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"\" data-caption=\"Who pushed Andrew to drop his titles? \" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_16c298e1-a20a-45f0-99d2-a52f04a2a253\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"-1\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-news-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"yjBoKQ5XA\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7054052\" data-sdc-video-id=\"16c298e1-a20a-45f0-99d2-a52f04a2a253\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:16c298e1-a20a-45f0-99d2-a52f04a2a253\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"middle-third\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"true\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"true\" data-autoload=\"false\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>              <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n                <br \/>\n              <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><br \/>\n                <span class=\"sdc-site-video__time\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-time\">2:49<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_16c298e1-a20a-45f0-99d2-a52f04a2a253\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n            <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Who pushed Andrew to drop his titles? <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Andrew <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/prince-andrew-latest-king-decided-enough-is-enough-as-duke-gives-up-titles-13451854\" target=\"_blank\">relinquished his Duke of York title and remaining honours<\/a><\/strong> on Friday evening, after a series of fresh stories linked to the late Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked by Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was forced to have sex with Andrew when she was 17, allegations he has always denied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that Virginia is now deceased &#8211; may she rest in peace &#8211; doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s over for Prince Andrew. It&#8217;s not over. More will come to leak out,&#8221; Ms Allred added.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Giuffre&#8217;s posthumous memoirs, which are released on Tuesday, <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/prince-andrew-insisted-on-gag-order-to-stop-allegations-spoiling-queens-platinum-jubilee-memoir-claims-13452459\" target=\"_blank\">claim Andrew insisted she sign a one-year gag order<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; to prevent details of her allegations tarnishing the late Queen&#8217;s platinum jubilee.<\/p>\n<p>And earlier this week, emails emerged showing that Andrew remained in contact with Epstein, several months after he said he had stopped contact.<\/p>\n<p>The former duke <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/prince-andrew-pays-financial-settlement-to-accuser-virginia-giuffre-court-documents-show-12560767\" target=\"_blank\">paid to settle a civil sexual assault case with Ms Giuffre in 2022<\/a><\/strong>, despite insisting he had never met her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video callfn\" data-account-id=\"6058004172001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"1746f3bd-5e46-44c2-936f-6828f726fc75\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"\" data-caption=\"Windsor's take on Prince Andrew\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_1746f3bd-5e46-44c2-936f-6828f726fc75\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"-1\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-news-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"yjBoKQ5XA\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7054558\" data-sdc-video-id=\"1746f3bd-5e46-44c2-936f-6828f726fc75\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:1746f3bd-5e46-44c2-936f-6828f726fc75\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"middle-third\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"true\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"true\" data-autoload=\"false\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>              <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/768x432\/skynews-epstein-andrew-prince-andrew_7054586.jpg?20251018175222\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n              <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><br \/>\n                <span class=\"sdc-site-video__time\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-time\">1:11<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_1746f3bd-5e46-44c2-936f-6828f726fc75\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n            <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Windsor&#8217;s take on Prince Andrew<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Ms Giuffre, whose book is called Nobody&#8217;s Girl: A Memoir Of Surviving Abuse And Fighting For Justice, wrote, according to The Telegraph: &#8220;As devastating as this interview was for Prince Andrew, for my legal team it was like an injection of jet fuel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Its contents would not only help us build an ironclad case against the prince but also open the door to potentially subpoenaing his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, and their daughters, Princesses <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/princess-beatrice-8812\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Beatrice<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/princess-eugenie-7703\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Eugenie<\/a><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/how-prince-andrew-allegations-unfolded-and-his-titles-were-lost-13452305\" target=\"_blank\">How Prince Andrew allegations unfolded<\/a><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/prince-andrew-gives-up-all-his-titles-everything-we-know-13452017\" target=\"_blank\">Everything we know about titles decision<\/a><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/why-william-and-camilla-likely-had-influential-roles-in-decision-over-prince-andrews-titles-13452138\" target=\"_blank\">William and Camilla&#8217;s influential roles<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/768x432\/skynews-andrew-william_7048990.jpg?20251012132339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/384x216\/skynews-andrew-william_7048990.jpg?20251012132339 380w, 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Pic: PA\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">The Duke of York and the Prince of Wales at the Duchess of Kent&#8217;s funeral last month. Pic: PA<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andrew, who remains a prince and continues to live in the Crown Estate property Royal Lodge, said on Friday that the &#8220;continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted he was putting his &#8220;family and country first&#8221; and would stop using &#8220;my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" data-testid=\"app-promo\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ms Allred told Sky News she felt Andrew&#8217;s statement on Friday, describing the scandal as a &#8220;distraction&#8221;, was an &#8220;insult&#8221; to Epstein&#8217;s victims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What it&#8217;s saying [the statement] is it&#8217;s continued bad PR for the monarchy,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All right, I&#8217;m happy about this small consequence that he has to pay&#8230; no longer a duke, but look, he&#8217;s living a privileged life while many victims are still suffering from the harm that was done by many people involved with Jeffrey Epstein.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.sky.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William is planning to take a &#8220;ruthless approach&#8221; towards Prince Andrew when he is king, according to reports, as a US lawyer predicts the scandal engulfing the royal &#8220;is not going away&#8221; and more stories will &#8220;leak out&#8221;. 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