A statement by His Royal Highness The Duke of York KG. pic.twitter.com/LfMFwMyhcb
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) November 20, 2019
Courtesy of NYT:
Prince Andrew announced on Wednesday that he would step back from public life, seeking to contain a firestorm over his ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that threatened to scorch the entire British royal family.
The prince’s extraordinary statement capped a tumultuous four days since his televised interview about Mr. Epstein, which brought a storm of negative coverage, prompted companies with ties to the prince’s charities to distance themselves from him, and rekindled calls for him to testify to the F.B.I. about his tangled history with Mr. Epstein, who was accused of sex trafficking.
“It has become clear to me over the past few days that my association with Jeffrey Epstein has become a major disruption to my family’s work and the valuable work going on in the many organizations and charities that I am proud to support,” Prince Andrew said in a statement issued by Buckingham Palace.
“Therefore, I have asked Her Majesty if I can step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, and she has given her permission,” said the prince, who is also known as the Duke of York and is the second son of Queen Elizabeth II.
The duke, 59, had hoped that the interview, broadcast Saturday by the BBC, would put to rest lingering questions about his ties to Mr. Epstein, as well as accusations that he had sex with a teenage girl who had been supplied to him by his friend.
Instead, after the duke submitted to 50 minutes of polite but relentless grilling by the BBC journalist Emily Maitlis, his unsavory association with Mr. Epstein — fodder for tabloid newspapers and society magazines — had mutated into a full-blown scandal, one that eclipsed the British general election on front pages.
Viewers of that BBC interview found Prince Andrew to be lacking in sympathy toward Epstein’s victims and found some of his answers weird.
I personally would like to see a number of Epstein’s wealthy and famous associates interviewed on camera as I think that it is highly likely that many of them are hiding their own improper sexual conduct with some of his victims.
My own list would include his partner in crime Ghislaine Maxwell. lawyer Alan Dershowitz, former Democratic politician Bill Richardson, Donald Trump of course, and yes, even Bill Clinton.
I think it is quite likely that one, or perhaps more than one, of these people, were responsible for Epstein’s “suicide.”
I don’t want this case to go cold as I believe there is much more to learn about Jeffrey Epstein, the documents found at his island retreat, his relatiosnhip with the very powerful, and of course his suspicious death.
Just because he’s out of the public eye doesn’t mean that he’s not still at it.
They didn’t call him “Randy Andy” for nothing, and a penchant for underage doesn’t go away.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50498156
“The Duke of York has been seen for the first time since he announced he would step back from royal duties over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.-The Duke of York’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, who defended him as a “true and real gentleman” a day before the Newsnight interview was broadcast, was also seen being driven into the grounds of Buckingham Palace.” – “more organisations have announced they are cutting ties with the Duke of York.”
They must cut ties with all those complicit, not only the Xprince.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/american-medical-association-backs-nationwide-conversion-therapy-ban-n1088731?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR3hpQA2xn6vEUY-4NBJH_iK6hVdlbc7gw1U1wtVBgkW6DTgUYbFkCMvGDU
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/victorias-secret-fashon-show-canceled_n_5dd6ef37e4b075184b4cc865
V$-The show was rumored to be canceled for months, and it’s unclear if it will ever air again.
If Bill Richardson or Bill Clinton is responsible for Epstein’s “suicide” they were able to penetrate Bill Barr’s justice department. Whatever happened to Epstein, suicide or not, the responsibility lies with Bill Barr.
Nothing guilty about him lol.
Stratton said: “At the time, Jeffrey had this, she supposedly was a neurosurgeon, quite young, beautiful, young and brilliant, and she stayed in the home with him… At one point we had all these different teas and you could pick the teas that you wanted and she asked me to find one that would make Andrew more horny.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/prince-andrew-was-given-beautiful-young-neurosurgeon-by-jeffrey-epstein-says-ex-housekeeper?ref=home
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/prince-andrew-wants-to-do-another-epstein-interview
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2019/11/22/afua-hirsch-dickie-arbiter-prince-andrew-royal-family-epstein-aman.cnn
Prince Andrew crisis threatens monarchy
Amanpour
The Queen’s former spokesperson Dickie Arbiter and cultural commentator Afua Hirsch explain why the Prince Andrew scandal undermines public faith in the British Monarchy.