- Title: Britain's Prince Andrew denies any involvement in Epstein sex scandal
- Date: 19th August 2019
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MARCH 7, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BRITISH NEWSPAPER HEADLINES CONCERNING PRINCE ANDREW'S LINKS TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN
- Embargoed: 2nd September 2019 12:13
- Keywords: Prince Andrew Jeffrey Epstein Britain's Prince Andrew rejected any suggestion that he participated in the alleged sex crimes Epstein suicide sex-trafficking
- Location: WINDSOR, LONDON, ASCOT AND GUILDFORD, ENGLAND, UK / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION / NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: WINDSOR, LONDON, ASCOT AND GUILDFORD, ENGLAND, UK / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION / NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: Various
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA002ASVWPJB
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- Story Text: Britain's Prince Andrew has rejected any suggestion that he participated in the alleged sex crimes which U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein was accused of, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Sunday (August 18).
Epstein died from suicide by hanging in a Manhattan jail cell earlier this month while being held on sex-trafficking charges.
According to the statement from Buckingham Palace, The Duke of York was "appalled" by the recent reports of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes.
"His Royal Highness deplores the exploitation of any human being and the suggestion he would condone, participate in or encourage any such behaviour is abhorrent," the Palace said.
British media including the Daily Mail published a picture which it said showed Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth, waving goodbye to a woman from inside a Manhattan mansion owned by Epstein.
The Mail said the picture had been taken in 2010 - two years after Epstein pleaded guilty to a Florida state felony prostitution charge and registered as a sex offender.
U.S. court papers have previously shown that Epstein had socialised with Andrew and other high-profile figures including U.S. President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton.
Epstein first came under investigation in 2005 after police in Palm Beach, Florida, received reports he had sexually abused underage girls in his mansion there.
By 2007, Epstein was facing a potential federal indictment for sexually abusing dozens of girls between 1999 and 2007. Epstein struck a deal, however, to plead guilty in 2008 to the Florida state felony prostitution charge, and register as a sex offender.
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