Andrew ‘refused to sign off Royal Family tributes to Jeffrey Epstein victims’ | Royal | News

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor “refused” to sign any Royal Family statement that included tributes to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, it has been claimed. Andrew, who was officially known as Prince Andrew before he was stripped of all royal titles by King Charles a few days ago, was previously friends with convicted pedophile Epstein.

While Andrew has always denied all accusations he has faced for his relationship with Epstein, it was reported in The Times that he has not approved any royal statements paying tribute to Epstein’s victims. This suggests that Andrew, 65, had little say in the statement from Buckingham Palace on Thursday; making it clear that King Charles and Queen Camilla have the “utmost sympathy” for victims of abuse.

Prior to this, a statement from Andrew on October 17 revealing that he would no longer use the titles he has since officially lost made no mention of any of Epstein’s victims, instead reiterating how the royal denied any accusations against him.

According to The Times, A friend of the King and Queen said most previous statements mentioning Epstein’s victims before Thursday had been removed before those references were made public, while Andrew did not confirm them.

For example, the Palace’s 2022 statement made no mention of the victims of Andrew’s loss of military connections and royal patronage.

However, the former prince said in a statement in 2019 that he sympathized with those affected by Epstein and confirmed that he would no longer be a working royal after a 2019 BBC Newsnight interview.

A friend of Her Majesty told The Times: “There has long been a feeling in the family that the voices of victims should be heard in these purchases, because they feature so heavily in this saga, and if they don’t point this out there is no credible way the Queen and the Duchess of Edinburgh can continue to do the work they do in areas of sexual abuse.”