Prince Andrew, who is Charles’s younger brother and fifth in line to the throne, was named in U.S. court documents last week after a woman, named in the British press said she was forced by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to have sex when she was 17 with Prince Andrew in London, New York and the Caribbean.
Since the allegations emerged late last week, that Prince Andrew had sex with an underage girl, Buckingham Palace has issued an astonishing three denials, hinted at legal action and written to editors of British newspapers to remind them of their legal and ethical responsibilities. So many royal watchers here were quite surprised that instead of the expected “no comment,” palace officials have taken an uncharacteristic offensive posture.
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