Britain’s <\/span>Prince Andrew<\/span><\/a> was forced to relinquish use of his <\/span>remaining royal titles<\/span><\/a> after the latest revelations about his relationship with the convicted pedophile <\/span>Jeffrey Epstein<\/span><\/a> proved one scandal too many for his brother, King Charles III.<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew’s antics have tried the patience of the royal family for more than 40 years, triggering embarrassing headlines, lawsuits and suspicions that the prince, now 65, was using his position for personal gain.<\/span><\/p>\n Here are some of the episodes that tarnished the reputation of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s second son and finally forced his older brother to banish him from public life.<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew sprays reporters and photographers with paint while touring a construction project in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. “I enjoyed that,” Andrew said, while wiping his hands on a piece of newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n The prince sells his house at Sunninghill Park, near Windsor Castle, with news reports suggesting the buyer paid 20 per cent more than the asking price of \u00a315 million. <\/span><\/p>\n The buyer was reported to be Timur Kulibayev, son-in-law of Nursultan Nazarbayev, then president of Kazakhstan, raising concerns that the deal was an attempt to buy influence in Britain.<\/span><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>Surprise detail Costco workers are looking for when they check your receipt\ufeff<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>World’s most famous faces unite for glamorous gala<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>Alice thought her baby had a tummy bug. Six weeks later, she was in the ICU<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n An undercover reporter posing as a wealthy Arab films Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, apparently offering to sell access to the prince for 500,000 pounds ($670,000 at the current exchange rate).<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew is forced to resign as Britain’s special trade envoy following the first reports of his links to Epstein. The prince was also facing questions about his friendship with Said Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, as well as his links to a convicted Libyan gun smuggler.<\/span><\/p>\n Epstein is arrested for a second time on charges of sex trafficking and later commits suicide in a New York jail cell. The news focuses public attention on allegations that Andrew had sex with at least one underage teenager trafficked by Epstein. Andrew denies the allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew attempts to staunch the flood of criticism by agreeing to an on-camera grilling by BBC reporter Emily Maitlis. <\/span><\/p>\n The interview backfires when Andrew defends his relationship with Epstein, fails to show empathy for his victims and offers explanations of his behavior that many people find hard to believe. Andrew says he broke off contact with Epstein in December 2010, a date that will come back to haunt him.<\/span><\/p>\n1984\ufeff<\/span><\/h3>\n
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