Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of each his HRH model and his prince title
{A photograph} of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was among the many newest photos to be launched from the property of convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Almost 100 footage have been shared by Democrats on the US’s House Oversight Committee on Friday that are separate from the case information with the Department of Justice. Nineteen pictures have been launched initially, that includes a picture of a suited Andrew standing in a room subsequent to Microsoft magnate Bill Gates, in addition to a photograph of Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson on a seashore with Epstein and one other man.
Further footage have been shared in a while Friday evening, together with one displaying the tag on a intercourse toy referred to as “The Jawbreaker Gag” and a number of other of what seemed to be Epstein’s property. No captions or context have been supplied for any of the pictures.
Andrew has made headlines in current months over his affiliation with Epstein, with the King formally stripping his disgraced brother of each his HRH model and his prince title.
The former duke has for a few years confronted allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage Virginia Giuffre after she was trafficked by Epstein. Andrew strenuously denies the accusations. He paid tens of millions to Ms Giuffre to settle a civil sexual assault declare in 2022.
Andrew stepped down from royal duties in 2019 after his disastrous Newsnight interview however the publication of Ms Giuffre’s posthumous memoirs, and the US authorities’s launch of paperwork from Epstein’s property, has introduced contemporary deal with Andrew lately.
American politicians have criticised the previous prince for his “silence” after he missed a deadline final month to answer their request to take a seat for an interview about Epstein. Claims about Sir Richard have additionally linked him to Epstein beforehand.
Last yr, Sarah Ransome, a sufferer of Epstein who claimed the paedophile financier made intercourse tapes of Andrew and Sir Richard, repeated her allegation that “there are movies that exist”. At the time, a Virgin Group spokeswoman stated on behalf of Sir Richard: “In a New Yorker report revealed in 2019, Ransome admitted that she had ‘invented’ the tapes.
“We can affirm that Sarah Ransome’s claims are baseless and unfounded.” In the 2019 New Yorker article, the creator, Connie Bruck, says: “Ransome informed me that she had invented the tapes to attract consideration to Epstein’s behaviour, and to make him imagine that she had ‘proof that might come out if he harmed me’.”
The Press Association has contacted each Andrew’s and Sir Richard’s representatives on Friday. US president Donald Trump additionally featured within the newest launch of photos, with one black-and-white picture displaying him standing with a bunch of six girls whose faces are blacked out.
Epstein was discovered useless in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019 whereas he awaited trial on intercourse trafficking expenses. His demise was dominated a suicide.
