Epstein fallout
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers plea for trafficking sentence ‘well below’ 20 years
“Had Ghislaine Maxwell never had the profound misfortune of meeting Jeffrey Epstein over 30 years ago, she would not be here,” lawyers wrote in a court submission.
- by Larry Neumeister
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‘For his own good’: Prince William, Charles urged Queen to disinvite Prince Andrew
So last-minute was the intervention that the order of service had already been printed, listing Prince Andrew’s position in the procession alongside the Earl of Wessex and directly ahead of Prince William.
- by Victoria Ward
Prince Andrew asks Queen to reinstate royal role
Andrew inherited the colonelcy of the Grenadier Guards from his father, Prince Philip, in 2017, and it was returned to the Queen in January.
- by Victoria Ward
Prince Andrew is trying to ‘make amends’, Archbishop of Canterbury says
Andrew paid an undisclosed sum earlier this year to Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her two decades ago when she was 17.
- by Andrew MacAskill
City of York strips its duke, Prince Andrew, of ‘freedom’ honour
Local councillors voted en masse to rescind the honour bestowed on Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s second son, in 1987.
- by Andy Bruce
Ghislaine Maxwell family ‘profoundly shocked’ by denial of new trial
“Our family is optimistic about Ghislaine’s success on appeal,” wrote the family of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend.
- by Danika Kirka and Larry Neumeister
Ghislaine Maxwell denied new trial over juror’s past abuse
Maxwell had argued for a new trial because the juror’s failure to disclose his past abuse denied her lawyers a chance to question him about potential bias.
- by Patricia Hurtado and Bob Van Voris
Fall of the favourite: The tumultuous times of Prince Andrew
From the Falklands war to Fergie, this week’s episode discusses how Prince Andrew’s fortunes have seemingly paralleled his country’s place in the world.
Royal roadkill: The downfall of Britain’s Prince Andrew
The plummeting status of the Queen’s second son surprised many, but it shouldn’t – his life has often paralleled his country’s place in the world.
- by Nick Bryant
Bill Gates’ Jeffrey Epstein meetings killed our marriage: Melinda French Gates
Bill Gates struck up a relationship with Epstein after the financier was convicted of sex crimes, and the pair met numerous times, including at Epstein’s New York townhouse.
- by Jamie Johnson
Modelling agent close to Jeffrey Epstein found dead in French jail
One of Epstein’s main accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, said the death of well-known model scout Jean-Luc Brunel was “devastating”.
- by Angela Charlton