In connection with the scandal, Prince Andrew fell out of favor at Buckingham Palace.
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The case of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, accused of organizing sex parties and seducing minors, continues. Well-known and high-ranking Americans and Britons were involved in the sex scandal. Doom partygoers on Epstein’s personal island include Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and many others. He helped in organizing the festivities, which often ended in orgies, a close friend of the billionaire, the daughter of British media mogul Ghislaine Maxwell.
One of the victims, Virginia Giuffre, spoke about what happened at these closed parties. She described having sex with Prince Andrew three times when she was 17 years old. The Duke of York, in turn, denied this and sued, accusing Virginia of libel. As a result, an agreement was reached in court, according to which Andrew paid compensation to Giuffre, without pleading guilty.
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in the courtroom, 2008.
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In connection with the scandal, Prince Andrew was disgraced at Buckingham Palace, banned from public events, deprived of various titles and the title of His Royal Highness. After the death of Elizabeth II, the Duke of York decided to continue the fight for his good name.
Now Prince Andrew, 62, is preparing for a new trial in the United States. Now the duke will insist that he never met Virginia Giuffre and that their 2001 photo together in Maxwell’s apartment is fake.
Prince Andrew’s new lawsuit was inspired by new testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell, who claims she has no memory of Duke and Giuffre’s meeting. And she also “does not doubt for a second” that the photo is not real.
– This photo was not original. I have only seen later copies. According to some experts, this image looks like Photoshop. I don’t remember this being filmed at my house, ”Ghislaine admitted in an interview with Jeremy Kyle, which he gave after the verdict.
“Prince Andrew has been under pressure to settle this case and not spoil the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and pay a heavy price both personally and professionally,” a source told The Sun. -The king is happy that he is dealing with this problem. As head of state, he can’t publicly support him, but Andrew is still his brother and wants what’s best for him.”
Also, the Duke of York has an impressive airbag – some £10m – after he and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson sold their Swiss chalet a year ago. In addition, Isabel II left her beloved son an inheritance of “several million”, which Andrés will apparently use to whiten her name.
However, the Duke of York may be in trouble: forensic experts who studied the photograph claim that the image is real. Yes, and the lawyers doubt the success of the lawsuit.
“I should be grateful that I am not in prison,” say the interlocutors of the English tabloids.
