The whole sorry saga involving Prince Andrew’s rather blatant ties to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have cast a distinct and unwanted shadow over the British Royal Family.
Having reached an out-of-court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, the woman at the epicenter of Andrew’s involvement in Epstein’s sordid world of sex trafficking, the prince might have thought he was finally off the hook. Sure, the whole affair cost him his reputation and military titles (which his mother, Queen Elizabeth, stripped him of in 2022), but with Epstein dead and his chief accuser seemingly quieted, Andrew had every right to believe he had survived the worst of the storm.
Add to that the surfacing of new emails which confirm Andrew maintained a relationship with Epstein after he had claimed to have cut ties with the pedophile, and the prince is painted in a pretty damning light.
One such email saw Andrew telling Epstein “we’re in this together” after the infamous picture of the prince with his arm around then-teenager Giuffre was released in the media. He also told Epstein to “keep in close touch”, conferring a desire to “play some more soon”.Continue reading…