Prince Andrew quietly deleted his Twitter account only one week after he was stripped of his navy affiliations and royal patronages.
Beforehand, Buckingham Palace confirmed in an announcement despatched to Daily Post that Queen Elizabeth II agreed to simply accept the returned accolades amid the Duke of York’s ongoing authorized battle with Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
Social media customers visiting the 61-year-old’s official Twitter web page @thedukeofyork on Wednesday have been greeted with the message: "This account doesn’t exist – Try searching for another."
Andrew’s Instagram account @hrhthedukeyork nonetheless has 219K followers however has gone non-public. His Facebook page, nonetheless lively, hasn’t been up to date since Nov. 2019 when he stepped again from public duties. And as for his web page on the royal family’s website, the place he was initially listed as a patron or member of round 100 charities and organizations, it merely had tweet from Buckingham Palace stating he'll defend his case as a non-public citizen.
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Prince Andrew has strenuously denied Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s allegations, telling the BBC in 2019 that intercourse with Giuffre "didn’t happen" and that he had "no recollection" of assembly her.
(Steve Parsons/Pool Photograph through AP)
A spokesperson for the royal didn’t instantly reply to Daily Post’ request for remark. One royal supply claimed that Andrew will not use "His Royal Highness" or HRH in any official capability.
Earlier this month, a choose refused to dismiss a lawsuit towards the British prince by the American girl who stated he sexually abused her when she was 17.
U.S. District Decide Lewis A. Kaplan rejected an argument by Andrew’s attorneys that Giuffre’s lawsuit ought to be thrown out at an early stage due to an previous authorized settlement she had with Epstein, the late American financier she claimed arrange sexual encounters with the royal, 61. Kaplan stated the $500,000 settlement between Epstein and Giuffre didn’t contain the prince and didn’t bar a go well with towards him now.
Giuffre sued Andrew in August, alleging she was coerced into sexual encounters with him in 2001 by Epstein and his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell. Giuffre stated she was sexually abused by Andrew at Maxwell’s London dwelling, at Epstein’s New York mansion and his property within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Photograph from 2001 that was included in courtroom information exhibits Prince Andrew together with his arm across the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre who says Jeffrey Epstein paid her to have intercourse with the prince. Andrew has denied the fees. Within the background is Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.
(U.S. Second Circuit Courtroom of Appeals)
Andrew’s legal professionals had stated the lawsuit lacked specificity and was disqualified by the deal she reached in 2009 with legal professionals for Epstein. Additionally they attacked Giuffre’s credibility and motives, saying in October that the lawsuit was aimed toward attaining "another payday at his expense and at the expense of those closest to him." Kaplan stated Giuffre’s criticism is neither "unintelligible" nor "vague" nor "ambiguous."
Kaplan famous that he was required by regulation, at this stage of the litigation, to imagine Giuffre’s allegations are true, although the prince’s legal professionals might forged doubt on the reality of the claims at trial. The choose has stated a trial wouldn't happen till late this 12 months, on the earliest. Depositions of the prince and Giuffre would happen earlier than then.
Andrew has lengthy denied Giuffre’s allegations. In late 2019, Prince Andrew instructed BBC Newsnight that intercourse with Giuffre "didn’t happen" and he has "no recollection" of ever assembly her. His statements led critics to say he appeared insensitive to Epstein’s victims. After the nuclear interview, Andrew stepped again from public duties.
Giuffre’s settlement with Epstein was reached a decade earlier than the 66-year-old financier killed himself at a Manhattan federal lockup as he awaited a intercourse trafficking trial in 2019. Epstein’s demise got here greater than two years earlier than his former girlfriend, Maxwell, 60, was convicted of intercourse trafficking and conspiracy fees in Manhattan federal courtroom. Giuffre’s allegations towards Andrew weren't a part of the prison circumstances towards Epstein or Maxwell.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre holds a photograph of herself at age 16, when she says Palm Seashore multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein started abusing her sexually.
(Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune Information Service through Getty Photographs)
Giuffre asserted that she met Andrew whereas she traveled steadily with Epstein between 2000 and 2002 when her legal professionals keep she was "on call for Epstein for sexual purposes" and was "lent out to other powerful men," together with Andrew. Her lawsuit stated she nonetheless suffers important emotional and psychological misery and hurt.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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