Last Saturday, Prince Andrew gave an interview to Emily Maitlis on Newsnight on the BBC, where she spoke about sexual behavior and his relationship with discredited financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged and convicted of child trafficking, minor prostitution and sexual abuse. . The interview did not make the prince look good, and after the scandal, he announced at the beginning of the week that he would relinquish his royal duties.
Kingdom expert Katie Nicholl told Entertainment Tonight it was Queen Elizabeth II who made the decision for Andrew. According to Nicholl, the queen was aware that Prince Andrew was causing great damage to the monarchy so he had to withdraw.
"In meeting him, it became very clear to him that there was no choice but to relinquish his royal duties. It must have been incredibly difficult for the queen, ?Katie said.
So far, it is still unclear how the issue of the prince who is widely regarded as the queen's favorite son will continue to be.
Other sources say Prince Andrew will keep a low profile for long.
On the scandal: In a BBC interview, the prince denied having sex with a teenage girl at Gislaine Maxwell's house because the night of the event, she was at a children's party at Pizza Express.
In his often contradictory statements, the prince insisted he had no sex with any of the girls and women trafficked by Epstein. He confirmed that he had flown the private financier's plane, called the Lolita Express, on his private island and his homes in Palm Beach and New York.
"If you are a man, having sex is a positive thing," the prince explained. "It's very difficult to forget something positive and I don't remember anything."
When asked if she had sex with Virginia Giuffre, formerly Virginia Roberts, when she was 17, the prince categorically denied. Roberts said she and the prince danced together at the Tramp Club in London on March 10, 2001, and then went to Maxwell's home, where she said she had sex.
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Source: Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Tonight, CBC
