Prince Andrew and His Ex-Wife Sarah Ferguson Visit the Queen at Balmoral Castle

Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, have been noticed paying a go to to Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle on Tuesday, in the future after Virginia Roberts Giuffre—a survivor of the sex trafficking ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein—filed a lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of alleged sexual abuse.

In photographs obtained by the Daily Mail, Andrew will be seen driving a Vary Rover with the Duchess of York within the again seat on their technique to see his mom on the Scottish property the place the monarch is presently spending her summer time break. Regardless of divorcing in 1996, Fergie and the royal have remained on good phrases, even persevering with to share a house—the Royal Lodge at Windsor Fort. She has additionally stated that she’s going to stick by her ex-husband, telling People final month, “No matter challenges he has, I’ll stand agency to the co-parenters we’re collectively. I consider he’s a sort, good man, and he’s been a superb father to [Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie].”

Within the lawsuit filed by Giuffre on Monday, she accuses the queen’s son of forcing her to have intercourse with him thrice in London, New York, and on a non-public Caribbean island owned by Epstein. In an announcement to People, Giuffre stated, “Immediately my lawyer filed swimsuit in opposition to Prince Andrew for sexual abuse below the Baby Victims Act. Because the swimsuit lays out intimately, I used to be trafficked to him and sexually abused by him. I’m holding Prince Andrew accountable for what he did to me. The highly effective and wealthy are usually not exempt from being held answerable for their actions. I hope that different victims will see that it’s attainable to not stay in silence and worry, however to reclaim one’s life by talking out and demanding justice.”

In response to earlier reviews of the lawsuit earlier than its submitting, Giuffre’s lawyer David Boies informed the Mail on Sunday that Andrew had failed to reply to presents to settle these claims out of courtroom. Now {that a} civil motion has been filed, as a result of the royal didn’t settle, he might be questioned below oath and might be made to show over texts, emails, and personal letters pertinent to the case.

A spokesperson for Prince Andrew informed Individuals that they had no remark, however Andrew has beforehand insisted that Giuffre’s allegations in opposition to him are usually not true. In a 2019 BBC interview, the royal stated of Giuffre, “I’ve no recollection of ever assembly this woman, none in any way.” And relating to her claims that he danced together with her at London’s Tramp nightclub earlier than allegedly having intercourse in a home within the metropolis’s high-end Belgravia neighborhood, Andrew said, “No, that couldn’t have occurred as a result of the date that’s being steered I used to be at residence with the youngsters,” including, “I’d taken Beatrice to a Pizza Categorical in Woking for a celebration at I suppose form of 4 or 5 within the afternoon. After which as a result of the duchess [Sarah Ferguson] was away, we’ve got a easy rule within the household that when one is away the opposite one is there. I used to be on terminal go away on the time from the Royal Navy so, subsequently, I used to be at residence.” He additionally claims he has no recollection of posing for a photograph in 2001, that reveals him along with his arm round Giuffre’s waist reportedly taken contained in the London residence of Epstein’s alleged affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell.

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