The British monarchy is seeking to insulate itself from the reputational damage caused by a continuing legal case alleging Prince Andrew sexually abused a 17-year-old girl
On Thursday, British tabloids published a grainy photograph of Prince Andrew riding in the back of a Range Rover on his way to see his mother, Queen Elizabeth.
“This hasn’t nipped it in the bud,” said David McClure, author of the Queen’s True Worth. “But it is a sensible move and maybe it is a slightly overdue move.”stepping back from royal dutiesActs of parliament are required to remove those final royal vestiges, said Bob Morris, a research associate for University College London’s Constitution Unit. The queen will also likely have to offer financial support to her son, said Mr.
Queen Elizabeth, with Prince Andrew on Thursday, is trying to show that she understands the public dismay toward her second son’s alleged behavior, said a person close to the family.Exiting royals have always exposed the palace to the risk they will exploit their regal connections for profit and tarnish the monarchy’s image. Prince Andrew, however, has taken this threat to another level, royal watchers say.
The prospect looms of a trial stemming from the prince’s old friendship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was recently convicted of sex trafficking minors. One of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Giuffre, filed the lawsuit against Prince Andrew last year,Prince Andrew has already spent over two years in a sort of internal exile, barred from public engagements following a clumsywith a 2019 televised interview.
A New York trial is penciled in for the fall. If the litigation proceeds, Prince Andrew must turn over requested information to Ms. Giuffre’s lawyers as part of the discovery phase of the litigation. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry spoke to Oprah Winfrey about their rift with Buckingham Palace. Markle said she had had suicidal thoughts, and the couple explained why they signed Netflix and Spotify deals after leaving royal-family duties. Photo: Harpo Productions/Joe Pugliese via Getty Images
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