{"id":2131640,"date":"2025-11-03T06:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T06:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2131640"},"modified":"2025-11-03T06:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T06:22:09","slug":"donald-trump-says-uk-royals-suffered-terrible-thing-with-pressure-over-jeffrey-epstein-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/donald-trump-says-uk-royals-suffered-terrible-thing-with-pressure-over-jeffrey-epstein-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump says UK royals suffered &#8216;terrible thing&#8217; with pressure over Jeffrey Epstein scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Donald Trump says he felt badly for the British royal family after King Charles stripped his brother Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his title as prince amid mounting pressure over Andrew&#8217;s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a terrible thing that&#8217;s happened to the family,&#8221; the US President told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday after he was asked about King Charles&#8217;s action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;That&#8217;s been a tragic situation and it&#8217;s too bad. I mean, I feel badly for the family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105966442\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-31\/prince-andrew-loses-titles-royal-lodge-and-dignity\/105955874\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew is a prince no more<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Once considered the &#8220;favourite&#8221; son of Queen Elizabeth II, the king&#8217;s brother will now be known only as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, a humiliation for the history books.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Buckingham Palace on Thursday announced that <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-31\/prince-andrew-to-leave-royal-lodge-lose-title\/105955534\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105955534\">Charles had stripped Mr Mountbatten Windsor, 65, of his title of prince<\/a> and forced him out of his Windsor home, seeking to distance the royal family from him over his links to the Epstein scandal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It was one of the most dramatic moves against a member of the royal family in modern British history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Buckingham Palace said the censures against the former prince were &#8220;deemed necessary, not withstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse,&#8221; it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Along with losing his royal titles, Mr Mountbatten Windsor will also be removed from the Royal Lodge on the grounds of the Windsor Estate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Buckingham Palace said he would need to surrender the lease of his 30-room mansion \u2014 which he rented from the Crown in 2003 \u2014 and move to private accommodation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"105966724\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/105966724\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew Mountbatten Windsor no longer has any royal titles or honours.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>Reuters: Toby Melville<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Epstein, his accomplice and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein were photographed together visiting the lodge in 2006 as guests for Princess Beatrice&#8217;s masked ball 18th birthday celebrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Mountbatten Windsor will reportedly be relocating to Sandringham Estate, which is privately funded by the King.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Earlier in October, the 65-year-old also <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-18\/prince-andrew-to-give-up-royal-titles-and-honours\/105907098\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105907098\">gave up his Duke of York title<\/a>, saying the &#8220;continued accusations&#8221; against him &#8220;distract from the work&#8221; of the British royal family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In the weeks leading up to Mr Mountbatten Windsor&#8217;s title removal, emails emerged showing he had remained in contact with Epstein longer than he previously admitted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">That was preceded by the publication of the posthumous memoir of Virginia Roberts Giuffre \u2014 one of Epstein&#8217;s victims \u2014 Nobody&#8217;s Girl, which detailed three alleged sexual encounters with the former prince.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ms Roberts Giuffre had for years alleged Epstein forced her to have sex with Mr Mountbatten Windsor at a London apartment in 2001 when she was 17.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"105955644\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/105955644\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man with short, grey hair, a young blonde woman and a dark-haired woman stand smiling in a house.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/7e02e3bb19923d96dc04d7e29672eadb?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=385&amp;cropW=578&amp;xPos=54&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew, Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>Supplied<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The former prince has long denied the claims, but paid millions in an out-of-court settlement in 2022 after acknowledging her suffering as a victim of sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Last month&#8217;s memoir saw Ms Roberts Giuffre allege that the 65-year-old acted as if he believed &#8220;having sex with me was his birthright&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ms Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in April aged 41, was one of hundreds of women and girls who accused Epstein of abusing them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Trump, a one-time friend of Epstein&#8217;s, has faced his own woes related to the disgraced financier&#8217;s downfall, with Democrats \u2014 and some Republicans \u2014 demanding that his administration release government files related to the Epstein case.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105966634\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-09-09\/donald-trumps-drawings-and-letters-before-jeffrey-epstein\/105753198\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Donald Trump&#8217;s history of drawings<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Donald Trump&#8217;s alleged 2003 letter to Jeffrey Epstein shares similarities to other drawings and correspondence he has produced.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">While acknowledging he knew Epstein socially years ago, Mr Trump has said he had a falling out with him long before Epstein&#8217;s 2019 death in jail while awaiting trial on charges of sexually abusing multiple teenage girls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In September, Democrats in the US House of Representatives made public a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-09-09\/democrats-release-trumps-alleged-birthday-note-to-epstein\/105751294\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105751294\">birthday note Mr Trump purportedly wrote to Epstein<\/a> more than 20 years ago, as part of a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-09-03\/epstein-files-unsealed-after-trump-administration-push\/105585880\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105585880\">suite of other documents from Epstein&#8217;s estate<\/a> which shed light on his friendships with some of the world&#8217;s wealthiest men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The letter, whose authenticity the White House denies, includes the line, &#8220;May every day be another wonderful secret&#8221; alongside the drawing of a naked woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Trump labelled the letter &#8220;false, malicious, and defamatory&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The US president has also distanced himself from the allegations about his relationship with Epstein, saying the pair fell out because the financier &#8220;stole&#8221; young women, including Ms Roberts Giuffre, from Mr Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><strong>ABC\/Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/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 www.abc.net.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump says he felt badly for the British royal family after King Charles stripped his brother Andrew 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