Leslie dela Vega
In Britain, land of incremental change, the downfall of Prince Andrew happened in installments.
In 2011 he stepped down from his role as a trade envoy after his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, a notorious sex offender, was exposed. In 2019 he was forced to withdraw from royal duties after a disastrous BBC interview in which he said he had “no recollection” of ever meeting Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a victim of Mr. Epstein who accused Andrew of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. In 2022 he was stripped of the “His Royal Highness” honorific while defending a civil case against Ms. Giuffre, in which he continued to deny the accusations but settled for an undisclosed sum.
The New York Times
