Posted on 10/17/2025 2:24:45 PM PDT by RandFan
The seeds of Andrew's downfall were sown many years ago, when he began a friendship with financier Jeffrey Epstein in the 1990s.
Andrew once counted both Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell as friends, and the trio were seen on holiday together at Donald Trump's Mar-a-lago club in Florida in 2000.
In the same year, Epstein and Maxwell attended a party at Buckingham Palace held to mark birthdays including the prince's 40th.
Flight records show the then-Duke flew on Epstein's private plane in May 2000.
In 2008, Epstein was sentenced to 18 months in prison for soliciting a minor for prostitution. But the prince continued to be associated with him.
In December 2010, Andrew was photographed with Epstein in New York's Central Park after his release from jail.
In 2015, Buckingham Palace denied Andrew had committed any impropriety after he was named in court papers relating to Epstein.
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They always insert Trump in the article.
This was a "relationship" between a pervert and a blackmailing trafficker of minors.
Everyone in a deep friendship or business relationship with Epstein is dirty, it’s just a question of how, sexually or financially.
One of the former security guards at Buckingham palace said that Ghislaine Maxwell had carte blanche to come and go and was at the palace all the time hanging around with Andrew and they were having an affair.
...Andrew asked his taxpayer-funded Met bodyguard to investigate Ms Giuffre and passed him her date of birth and confidential social security number...
Still wondering why the UK’s MI5 and MI6 continued to allow Epstein access to royals, pols, bureaucrats, and businessmen for well over a decade...
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