ARCHIVAL PHOTO: Prince Andrew during the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Kamila, 6 May 2023, London, United Kingdom.© Getty Images / Mark Cuthbert/UK Press
British Prince Andrew renounced the remaining royal titles after revealing fresh revelations from Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memories, a female who accused him of sexual abuse associated with the deceased American financier Jeffrey Epstein.Friday's decision is another consequence of a scandal that has been shadowing the British monarchy for years.
Epstein was arrested in 2019 for sexual trafficking of minors and accused of directing a network of influential individuals utilizing underage girls.He died in prison the same year as the authorities considered suicide.Prince Andrew faced a sexual harassment suit in 2021 filed by Virginia Giuffre, a victim of human trafficking led by Epstein, who claimed that at the age of 17 she was forced to have sex with his friends, including the prince.
While Andrew denied the allegations – and in 2022 he and Giuffre made an undisclosed out-of-court settlement – this week the British media published fragments of Giuffre's posthumous memories “Nobody’s Girl”Which sparked the scandal again.
Giuffre, who committed suicide in April, claimed that the prince believed she had ‘law’ to have sex with her and saw it as "Your birthright".In a message made by Buckingham Palace on Friday, Prince Andrew stated that his decision was a consequence of the repressive force of the scandal, which "retracts attention from the work of His Majesty and the royal family.""I have decided, as always, to put the work to household and country first" said Andrzej.
“Therefore I will no longer usage my title or my honors”.
He repeated that ‘Decision’ denies the charges against him.Andrew had already retired from his royal duties after his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, deprived him of military titles and patrons erstwhile the scandal broke out.
Now he will renounce the title of Duke of York, the title of noble and the function of the Royal Knight Companion to the Order of the Garter.
However, Andrew will stay a prince as the boy of Elizabeth II, and his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenia, will hold their titles.In a conversation with BBC Newsnight after the announcement, Giuffre's brother, Sky Roberts, said the message sparked mixed feelings, but that his dead sister "would be very proud," due to the fact that ‘acquittal’ and restores her efforts to exposure the crimes of Epstein and Andrzej "some kind of justice.”
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/626652-prince-andrew-titles-epstein/
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