A royal biographer has sensationally claimed that the man formerly known as Prince Andrew ‘needs to go through due process of law’ after his links to Jeffrey Epstein
Andrew “needs to go through the process of the law”. A royal biographer has spoken out after it was announced that King Charles had started the process to strip his younger brother of all his royal titles.
On Thursday, the palace announced that the man formerly known as Prince Andrew will now simply be known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, with immediate effect. It came following years of backlash against the late Queen Elizabeth’s son and his links to convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.
Discussing the news on Good Morning Britain, anchor Ranvir Singh commented: “The statement from the King, absolutely unprecedented, historic, jaw-dropping and as we always say on this programme, Andrew strenuously denies the allegations. And in the statement, they take out strenuously, no vigrousaly, no strenuously, just he denies the allegations.
“There’s something in that, isn’t there?” Royal biographer Andrew Lownie responded: “Yes, he’s been caught lying time and time again. I certainly found when researching my book, you couldn’t take a single thing he said without checking it.
“I think the King has realised he hasn’t been telling the truth. So we have to say these things, the evidence against Andrew is overwhelming. I would certainly join the Roberts family, this isn’t the end of the story. It’s distanced the Royal Family from the scandal, but now I think Andrew needs to go through the due process of law.
“He has not cooperated with anyone, even with mutual assistance treaties. He has not cooperated with the victims’ lawyers. I think there are strong grounds for charges to be brought.”
Co-anchor, Adil Ray, went on to say: “It is a sign of privilege. If the only punishment you get is taking away the title of Prince, it’s a sign of privilege if the punishment is you’ll move from one lovely big house to a slightly smaller lovely big house – for a lot of people at home, if this happened to them, they would be in a court of law.
“So really, if at the very least, if he denies allegations and is innocent, he’ll be a key witness to certain things. He was a friend of Epstein; he can give a character reference, anything at all to help the victims. Thousands, we believe thousands of victims, that have been part of this scandal involving many, many men.”
Mr Lownie continued: “Absolutely and Sarah Ferguson as well, she was a regular visitor at Epstein’s home, so more numbers for her in Epstein’s black book than Andrew. She should be a material witness as well.”
Andrew was accused by Virginia Giuffre of having sex with her in March 2001, when she was just 17. She alleged she had been trafficked by Epstein and his girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. Virginia claimed that Epstein and his girlfriend had taken her to Tramp nightclub in London, where she met with Andrew and later had sex with him that night.
She claimed that Epstein had paid her $15,000 after sleeping with Andrew. During an interview with BBC’s Newsnight in 2019, Andrew vehemently denied the allegations and told host Emily Maitlis he had no recollection of meeting Virginia. Andrew vehemently denies all allegations made against him.
In a rare move on Thursday, Buckingham Palace issued an extremely rare statement, confirming the King had initiated proceedings to strip the disgraced royal of all his titles. They said: “His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew. Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence.
“Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease, and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him. Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.”
Virginia tragically took her own life in April at her home in Neergabby, Western Australia, at the age of 41. Her dad initially refused to accept her death as suicide and believed that “somebody got to her”.
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