Epstein died by suicide in a New York prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, while Giuffre filed a federal lawsuit against Prince Andrew. In 2021.
The Crown settled the lawsuit the following year. he have kept denying that the two had some kind of sexual relationship;
“I have no recollection of meeting this woman,” Andrew told a news conference. BBC Newsnight In an interview at the time, he said, “Nothing happened.”
This is the second time Prince Andrew’s title has changed. Like Queen Elizabeth in 2022A few months before she died, stripped away Amid sexual abuse scandals, he was shunned from military connections and royal patronage.
“With the Queen’s approval and consent, the Duke of York’s military connections and royal patronage have been returned to the Queen,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement in January. BBC. “The Duke of York will no longer hold any official duties and will defend this case as a private citizen.”
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