British royal family news divulges that Prince Andrew is the target of a bold claim in the aftermath of his sexual abuse settlement with Virginia Giuffre in February. At that time the disgraced duke reportedly gave the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking victim millions in order to make her court case against him go away. Part of the settlement including his vow to do charity work benefiting sexual abuse victims. Now one outlet claims he has failed to make good on that promise.
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Royal Family News – Andrew Welches Out on Promise?
According to The Sun, Andrew is under fire for not doing any of the charity work he pledged to undertake, “to make amends for his sex abuse scandal. It has been reported that the disgraced Duke of York has instead been playing golf, horse riding and enjoying life at his home, the Royal Lodge.” This weekend Andrew was seen riding his horse in Windsor, a familiar sight to the locals.
Giuffre alleged that Andrew sexually abused her three times in 2001 when she was a minor being trafficked by his friend, dead convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has denied any wrongdoing.
Royal Family News – Andrew Denies Wrongdoing
In light of his settlement, Queen Elizabeth saw fit to strip her son of his royal patronages and honorary military titles. Andrew has been mothballed since then, wiped from the official royal social media accounts and invisible at official events.
When Andrew gave his settlement payout to Giuffre he vowed to, “show his remorse by supporting the fight against the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims,” according to the Daily Mail. The Sun claims that his charity proposals have, “stalled after Buckingham Palace permission was sought.”
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Royal Family News – Where Is Andrew’s Charity?
Royal watcher Nigel Cawthorne, author of Prince Andrew: Epstein, Maxwell and the Palace, said, “Surely he can find a charity somewhere in the world that will have him? His reputation cannot get any worse and is a stain … but doing charity work will take the edge off and show a little bit of contrition.” Last month Andrew received unwanted attention from his friend and Epstein’s “pimp” Ghislaine Maxwell. She is serving a prison term for her role in Epstein’s sex trafficking, and in an interview took the time to call out Andrew as a “dear friend.”
Her comments directly contradict Andrew’s denials that they had ever been close, despite palace security claiming she had freedom to come and go to see Andrew whenever she wanted. In the interview, “Maxwell, who was convicted of helping Epstein abuse teenage girls, failed to deny suggestions that she and Andrew had been a couple, and declared: ‘I care about him.’” With friends like this who needs enemies?
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Of coarse he’s not doing any charity work. His mind states he didn’t do anything wrong , I’m above all this & you can’t touch me & by the way I had NO INTENTION of EVER doing anything because I have absolutely no remorse!!