Prince Andrew had pledged to aid the investigation into allegations of sex trafficking by Mr.
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Epstein hanged himself in a federal jail in Manhattan two years ago while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges.Īmerican law enforcement officials have vowed to bring criminal charges against anyone who helped Mr. Giuffre’s accusations and said he has “no recollection” of meeting her. A spokeswoman for the prince’s lawyers said on Tuesday that they had no comment. Markle had bullied royal staff.īuckingham Palace referred questions on Tuesday to Prince Andrew’s legal team. Smith said, Buckingham Palace moved quickly this year to begin an independent inquiry into claims that Ms.
Epstein, and that the prince stepped back from public life in 2019 only after a scandal erupted around his fumbling interview with the BBC. Smith noted that it has been a decade since Prince Andrew was forced to give up his role as a British trade envoy, in part over his relationship with Mr. He is part of an institution that has done everything it can to protect him and, not that long ago, to keep him in his post.” “This is about as serious as it’s ever been for them,” said Graham Smith, the chief executive of Republic, a grass-roots organization pushing for the abolition of the monarchy. Critics of the royal family said that Buckingham Palace’s silence in response to the lawsuit against Prince Andrew - it has not commented publicly on the filing - was evidence of its reluctance to expose him to public scrutiny.