Good riddance! :-) Prince Andrew has stepped down from his royal duties amid growing backlash over his involvement with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein (pizzagate)

submitted ago by think-

Prince Andrew, who has been accused of sexually exploiting Virginia Roberts-Giuffre and other teenage girls who were trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, just announced that he will step back from his royal duties.

“It has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumstances relating to my former association with Jeffrey Epstein has become a major disruption to my family’s work and the valuable work going on in the many organisations and charities that I am proud to support,” he said in a statement issued today by Buckingham Palace.

“Therefore, I have asked Her Majesty if I may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, and she has given her permission.

“I continue to unequivocally regret my ill-judged association with Jeffrey Epstein. His suicide has left many unanswered questions, particularly for his victims, and I deeply sympathise with everyone who has been affected and wants some form of closure.

“I can only hope that, in time, they will be able to rebuild their lives.

“Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required.”

Prince Andrew’s “step back” will mean he’ll not only be out of the public eye, but will take no money from the publicly-funded Sovereign Grant - which supports working members of the Royal Family - while his charities and patronages will be put on hold.

It’s understood his absence from royal duties will continue until there has been some form of conclusion in the Jeffrey Epstein case, or unless his name is cleared.

It’s the first time, the Duke of York has publicly expressed regret over his relationship with Epstein, and expressed any sympathy for the billionaire paedophile’s victims — two omissions from an interview aired by the BBC’s Newsnight that sparked backlash.

The Prince answered questions about his friendship with Epstein — a convicted paedophile who died by suicide in a Manhattan jail on August 10.

The interview was widely described as a “trainwreck” with the royal criticised for not showing empathy for Epstein’s victims and for his decision to stay at the wealthy financier’s New York home in December 2010. That came just months after Epstein had served 13 months of an 18 month sentence for procuring a minor for prostitution.

As the fallout continues, several businesses and charities pulled their support from the prince’s royal work.

Standard Chartered has already cancelled its sponsorship of Andrew’s Pitch@Palace, while AstraZeneca’s support is under review.

Outward Bound Trust - of which he is patron - also announced it was holding a board meeting this week to discuss the matter.

Meanwhile, the FBI is continuing their investigation into Epstein and his associates, and it remains to be seen whether Prince Andrew will be called in to testify.

Prince Andrew has also come under fire over allegations he also sexually abused girls — claims he has vehemently denied — while visiting his then-friend Epstein at his various properties.

A photo of the British royal posing with his hand around teen Virginia Giuffre — one of Epstein’s alleged victims — was purportedly taken at British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s home and has become a source of contention.

In a 2009 legal case, Giuffre publicly claimed Maxwell had recruited her into Epstein’s sex ring to be a “sex slave” when she was just 16 years old.

Giuffre claims Epstein flew her to London on his private jet. After dining with the Prince and dancing with him at the Tramp nightclub, she claims, they had a sexual encounter in Maxwell’s Belgravia house.

Giuffre says Maxwell directed her as a teenager to have sex with Prince Andrew, former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. They deny her claims. She also claimed in the case, which was settled out of court, that Ms Maxwell and Epstein sexually assaulted her, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Maxwell called Giuffre’s claims “entirely false”, compelling the latter to file the 2015 defamation suit. But in May 2017, the case was settled the day before the trial was scheduled to start.

This is Prince Andrew's Twitter:

The Duke of York@TheDukeOfYork ‏

Lansing-Michigan ago

Barclays withdrew support , this is huge.

think- ago

Yes, other companies as well. The times, they are a-changin'...

tech-adm ago

He should be stepping down right into Prison, General Population. Even better, interrogate the prick so he can identify everyone else and take them all down.

Vindicator ago

...and Twitter just suggested 'Prince Andrew Pizzagate' as a search term to me...

Bwaaaahaaahaaahahaha

Swamp Takedown flair activated and a round of Tequila shots for all!

EricKaliberhall ago

Skål broder! :)

More pain is coming.

Lowbatt34 ago

Royals are all sweating now. The story won't stop with Andrew... Wouldn't we love to be a fly on the wall as they all scramble and freak out. Justice will be served. Thanks to Andrew, new light will be shed on Prince Charles' very close relationship with notorious pedophile Jimmy Savile. He was knighted, for God's sake. Royal family deserves to be strung up and executed.

twistedmac11 ago

I'm just wondering....should we be concerned that there are 3 (correct me if I'm wrong) Epstein accusers being represented by Gloria Allred?

gamepwn ago

He's going to be talking to the FBI as well!

ToFat2Fish ago

Ha what royal duties the crown hasent been useful in centuries

plancktonne ago

How will England open any new hospitals or art galleries? The poor queen will be overburdened and she's in her 90s.

Should we start a pool on predicting Andy's demise. Will he go the way of Epstein with "somebody" suiciding him or extracting him to Belarus? Or will he just disappear like his dear friend Ghislaine? I still opt for an unfortunate stumble from the Eiffel Tower while all surveillance cameras are momentarily out of order.

Is everyone aware that, unbelievably, all surveillance cameras were out of service at the White House when Vince Foster left his half-eaten lunch to go suicide himself in Fort Marcy Park. As were the cameras in the Pont d'Alma tunnel when Princess Diana was murdered. And now there are no cameras when Epstein did not kill himself.

There were also no cameras (or we were not allowed to see video) of much of the Las Vegas mass shooting. We only saw a few seconds of "something" zipping across the hiway when a 9/11 plane hit the Pentagon. Then there's the business of a street camera being turned away from CPP before the shooting took place and later turned back.

On Epstein: "The arrest of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison guards “proves his death was a suicide” and “should end all the conspiracy theories surrounding” his death, said ... Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik." So they arrest two patsies and everybody is supposed to go, "They're right, that proves Epstein did kill himself!"

Truthseeker3000 ago

Excellent points.

eucalyptus_spearmint ago

"On Epstein: "The arrest of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison guards “proves his death was a suicide” and “should end all the conspiracy theories surrounding” his death, said ... Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik." So they arrest two patsies and everybody is supposed to go, "They're right, that proves Epstein did kill himself!""

Took the words right out of my mouth, rofl

volunteerwork2020 ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrDq_Ca_n1s

They found a corpse on the Queen's estate in January 2012 shortly after Christmas.

Anti-Stupid ago

if required

IIJOSEPHXII ago

Google prince andrew father lord porchester

CaJuN-M8 ago

Dont worry guys on the day the virginia said she had sex wit the prince he was at a pizza party. These people are stupid. Has to be secret comms that hes basically fuckd if they keep digging.

Madwack ago

Have a seat, have a seat over there prince.

that's it??

The photo's of him show he was into it....this is pushing it under the rug.

carmencita ago

Read that he got JE to pay off Fergies debts. How does Epstein owe Andy a favor? Payback with more customers. Jeff is too valuable to let him die. Wonder where the prince will hide out while laying low. This is a huge embarrassment for him to “step down”.

Xax ago

Maybe the band can get together again and Andy and Jeff can lure minors into their lair in Tel Aviv?

fogdryer ago

I find this just crazy. England is very powerful, cant believe she is allowing this to happen to her baby.

Him being the fall guy, idk

knockoutcheesepizza ago

They’re not nearly as powerful as Rothschilds and the elitists eventually want one world govt. So maybe bringing down the monarchy as surplus to requirement - see image https://files.catbox.moe/zamttc.jpeg

fogdryer ago

I don’t agree. Prince Charles is like no 1 nan in the UN

Agenda. Very powerful.

Shieldmaden ago

Everyone needs to watch the Body Language Ghost video on Prince-pal-pervert Andrew. He’s a royally incompetent liar, it’s hilarious to watch.

Vindicator ago

Link us up! :-)

Vindicator ago

Upgoat 4 u

Shieldmaden ago

Much obliged.

MrBrizola ago

Thanks for the info and optimism but i cant get much joy over a voluntery work break after he has been caught largely red handed and his excuses were "i dont remember, I didnt sweat back then and pizza express"

eucalyptus_spearmint ago

Totally agree. Not good enough.

hollywood2020 ago

kill him

QShakaLaBoom ago

burn him Hunt him down with dogs like the elites do teens.

Anomalia ago

More time for Pizza Partys?

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carmencita ago

No money from the Sovereign Grant will be forthcoming. But surely Queen Mum will slip him a few bucks from her pocketbook now and then. But not much is needed to entertain his dates. Kiddie parks, ice cream cones, and a trip to the zoo now and then.

hillaryisanigger ago

Is this when we celebrate a premature victory vicariously through an arbitrary classification like "royal duties" and not arrest/prison?

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think- ago

No, this is when we collectively show a perp the middlefinger. :-)

hillaryisanigger ago

I'm sure that will really grind his gears...

think- ago

You aren't British, are you? This has never happened before.

Considering how pedo infested the Royalty is, it's huge.

Xax ago

Huge would be spiking his head on London bridge.

hillaryisanigger ago

So... he’s free...

And he’s still the prince of England...

Ok