{"id":2267030,"date":"2026-02-04T22:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2267030"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:03:07","slug":"andrew-moves-out-of-royal-lodge-home-after-latest-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/andrew-moves-out-of-royal-lodge-home-after-latest-epstein-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew moves out of Royal Lodge home after latest Epstein files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In 2014, the late Virginia Giuffre became the first woman to publicly accuse Mountbatten-Windsor of similar encounters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She alleged that as a 17-year-old she was trafficked by Epstein and his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, and forced to have sex with Mountbatten-Windsor &#8211; a claim he continues to deny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Giuffre filed a civil lawsuit in the US against him in 2021, settling the case in February 2022 for an estimated \u00a312m. She took her own life last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s links to Epstein are facing greater scrutiny with the release of millions of pages of documents and images by the US Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A recent tranche of files relating to the financier includes pictures appearing to show Mountbatten-Windsor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c4g5490xmkeo\" class=\"ssrcss-edv9ii-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">kneeling on all fours over a woman <\/a>lying on the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A number of email exchanges between Epstein and Mountbatten-Windsor &#8211; which came in the years after the US billionaire pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor &#8211; were also published in the files.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to one set of emails in the latest release, Mountbatten-Windsor and his police protection officers were given a temporary security code to &#8220;get in and out&#8221; Epstein&#8217;s New York home for a stay in December 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The emails show arrangements being made for Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s December 2010 stay with the convicted sex offender, who had finished serving a prison sentence less than five months earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The pair were photographed walking in New York&#8217;s Central Park on 9 December 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former prince told BBC Newsnight in 2019 that the visit was &#8220;with the sole purpose of saying to him that because he had been convicted, it was inappropriate for us to be seen together&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The BBC has contacted Mountbatten-Windsor and the Metropolitan Police for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former prince is facing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cd7z9q7d3deo\" class=\"ssrcss-edv9ii-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">mounting pressure to testify before the US Congress<\/a> over his dealings with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: &#8220;In terms of testifying I have always said anybody who has got information should be prepared to share that information in whatever form they are asked to do that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;You can&#8217;t be victim-centred if you&#8217;re not prepared to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Palace sources have claimed: &#8220;Providing testimony is now a matter for Andrew and his conscience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speaking to BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips said Mountbatten-Windsor testifying &#8220;would be everything&#8221;<b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Epstein died in a New York prison cell on 10 August 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.<\/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.bbc.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, the late Virginia Giuffre became the first woman to publicly accuse Mountbatten-Windsor of similar encounters. 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