William and Kate communicate out for first time over Andrew involvement in Epstein information | EUROtoday

The Prince and Princess of Wales have been “deeply concerned” by the continuing revelations from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Kensington Palace has stated.

It is the primary time William and Kate have revealed their views concerning the disaster, that has engulfed the monarchy and Westminster, and their ideas “remain focused on the victims”.

A Kensington Palace spokesperson stated: “I can confirm that the Prince and Princess of Wales have been deeply concerned by the continued revelations.

“Their thoughts remain focused on the victims.”

The ongoing Epstein scandal, reignited when an enormous tranche of thousands and thousands of paperwork related to Epstein had been launched by US authorities. The paperwork sparked allegations made in opposition to William’s uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and led to police launching a investigation into Lord Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public workplace.

Among the claims are {that a} second girl was despatched to the UK by paedophile Epstein for a sexual encounter with Andrew, and likewise that the previous prince and Epstein requested an unique dancer for a threesome in Epstein’s Florida dwelling.

The newest allegation is that Andrew shared confidential experiences of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Singapore in his position because the UK’s commerce envoy.

The former duke, who was stripped of his titles by the King final yr, has at all times denied any wrongdoing.

Buckingham Palace had stated Andrew would depart Royal Lodge in early 2026, however the former prince now dwelling on King Charles’s privately-owned Sandringham Estate.

Andrew beforehand questioned whether or not an image of him together with his arm round Guiffre was a faux and claimed he had by no means met her. But she stated she was made to have intercourse with him as an adolescent.

However, in an e-mail apparently written by Epstein’s affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell, in 2015, she stated: “In 2001 I was in London when [redacted] met a number of friends of mine including Prince Andrew. A photograph was taken as I imagine she wanted to show it to friends and family.”

The Duke of Edinburgh was the primary royal to publicly communicate out because the Epstein paperwork had been launched, saying final week that it was necessary to “remember the victims” when requested how he was “coping” because the US division of justice’s doc dump.

The assertion from William and Kate adopted and comes because the prince is travelling to Saudi Arabia for the beginning of a three-day tour of the Middle East nation, spending his first day with the Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

With the beginning of the tour only a few hours away, there was an actual sense from Kensington Palace that they wished the place of the prince and princess to be recognized, so William may deal with the journey – more likely to be the largest diplomatic check thus far of his abroad visits in assist of the UK.