An electronic mail revealed on October 13 confirmed that Andrew was in contact with Epstein in February 2011 – opposite to a declare he made on the BBC’s Newsnight program in 2019.
Andrew acknowledged the injury to the royal household in an announcement on October 17 saying he would stop using his titles. Whereas he stays a prince, and has not been stripped of his titles by parliament, he is not going to be often known as the Duke of York.
King Charles meets members of the general public following his go to to Lichfield Cathedral on Monday.Credit score: Getty Photos
However the media debate has intensified round Andrew with final Wednesday’s launch of a memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has written an in depth account of getting intercourse with Andrew on three events, beginning when she was 17.
Andrew has denied the allegations and has mentioned prior to now that that they had by no means met. The King has not made any public touch upon the claims in opposition to Andrew, nor the lack of his brother’s titles. In a single symbolic transfer final week, Andrew’s banner bearing his coat of arms was faraway from Windsor Fort.
The prince has stored his residence at Royal Lodge, close to Windsor Fort, however is below scrutiny over a rental settlement that permits him to remain there for a number of extra a long time whereas paying rent of “one peppercorn” annually whether it is demanded by the Crown Property.
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A number of media shops have reported that Buckingham Palace is in search of to maneuver Andrew to Frogmore Cottage, beforehand the house of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. On this association, Andrew’s former spouse, Sarah Ferguson, would transfer from Royal Lodge to Adelaide Cottage, beforehand the house of Prince William and Princess Catherine.
Anne, the Princess Royal, will head to Australia and Singapore along with her associate, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, for a go to that begins on Saturday, November 8.
A key second within the go to might be her attendance at a ceremony to mark the one centesimal anniversary of the Royal Australian Corps of Alerts, which made her its Colonel-in-Chief a few years in the past.
Buckingham Palace mentioned the princess would undertake a sequence of army engagements in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane throughout the four-day go to to commemorate the centenary.
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Because the president of the Commonwealth Warfare Graves Fee, she can even lay a wreath on the Sydney Warfare Cemetery on Armistice Day. She is going to go away Australia for Singapore on November 12.
Princess Anne visited Australia in 2022, when she opened the Royal Easter Present in Sydney amongst different occasions, and in 2023, when she visited the Royal Botanic Gardens and the NSW Mounted Police.
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