Prince Andrew free to journey as Epstein probe wraps with no 'consumer record'

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Prince Andrew can now reportedly finish his self-imposed journey ban following his controversial ties to Jeffrey Epstein. And whereas the disgraced Duke of York can journey freely with out worry of repercussions, royal specialists insist to Fox Information Digital that "Air Miles Andy" is now not.

"Prince Andrew stays a humiliation to the royal household," royal knowledgeable Richard Fitzwilliams informed Fox Information Digital. "Nobody has forgotten his notorious ‘Newsnight’ interview or the {photograph} with Epstein… He continues to be seen as an entitled imbecile."

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Prince Andrew's (proper) controversial ties to Jeffrey Epstein (left) will proceed to hang-out him. (Getty Photographs)

"He can solely be seen with the royal household inside a church with out attracting fiercely destructive remark," Fitzwilliams mentioned. "[But] until he accepts that he has been discovered responsible within the courtroom of public opinion and… [shows] some repentance or, on the very least, one thing constructive which helps others, at his finest, his future is nicely behind him."

Fox Information Digital obtained a two-page inner Division of Justice (DOJ) and FBI memo that claims that Epstein, a late American financier and convicted pedophile, died by suicide, and there's no record of purchasers who have been concerned in exploitation.

Prince Andrew claimed he regretted his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. (Chris Radburn/Reuters)

"This systemic evaluation revealed no incriminating ‘consumer record,’" a portion of the memo learn. "There was additionally no credible proof discovered that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as a part of his actions. We didn't uncover proof that might predicate an investigation towards uncharged third events."

Jeffrey Epstein was related with a number of outstanding folks, together with politicians, actors and teachers. (Rick Friedman/Corbis/Getty Photographs)

The memo additionally acknowledged that Epstein died by suicide in 2019 within the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in New York Metropolis.

A supply claimed to The Sun that the son of Queen Elizabeth II has been overseas solely "as soon as" since his controversial connection to Epstein got here to mild.

Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022. England's longest-reigning monarch was 96. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Photographs)

"He has at all times been very nervous about going overseas and felt he’d at all times be wanting over his shoulder as he could possibly be topic to civil motion or, at worst, being arrested," the supply claimed to the outlet.

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Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, has been conserving a low profile at his palatial Royal Lodge residence. (Steve Parsons/Getty Photographs)

"Hopefully with this out of the best way it means he can not less than depart the nation," the insider continued. "What’s he imagined to do with the remainder of his life? He hasn’t been convicted of any crime and may’t sit round doing nothing at Royal Lodge perpetually."

A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace beforehand informed Fox Information Digital they don’t speak for the duke , as he is now not a working royal.

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Royal specialists informed Fox Information Digital that Andrew initially earned the nickname "Air Miles Andy" for his frequent travels throughout the globe. Nonetheless, British royals expert Hilary Fordwich identified to Fox Information Digital that it’s seemingly Andrew will proceed to maintain his head all the way down to keep away from additional humiliation and scrutiny.

Two weeks previous to his loss of life, Epstein had been positioned on suicide watch after he was discovered barely acutely aware in his cell with accidents to his neck. He had been taken off suicide watch simply days earlier than hanging himself. (New York State Intercourse Offender Registry through AP, File)

"Whereas Andrew may be feeling a way of reduction and cautious optimism, being now technically in a position to journey, each his private and public prospects stay constrained by the enduring destructive fallout, in addition to his frightfully tarnished popularity from the Epstein scandal," she defined.

"The media will [still] be relentless and most actually not constructive. They will even be extra more likely to be hostile, in addition to embarrassing to the royal family , if he does journey to the U.S. He's not more likely to ever regain public favor both nor return to any prominence."

Little St. James Island, one of many properties of financier Jeffrey Epstein, is seen in an aerial view close to Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. (Marco Bello/Reuters)

"He misplaced all his royal patronages and navy roles," Fordwich continued. "There isn't a indication by any means that King Charles III , or any senior royal, ever intends to rehabilitate his public picture nor to revive his former standing in any approach."

The Duke of York attends a Grand Fleet Air Arm Reunion on the Royal Naval Air Station, Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom, circa 1995. Prince Andrew earned the nickname "Air Miles Andy" attributable to his frequent travels earlier than the Epstein controversy got here to mild. (Tim Graham/Getty Photographs)

"Senior royals are much more involved with defending the establishment’s popularity. Something Andrew does is seen as… a legal responsibility. Prince William stays adamant concerning severely limiting any choices for participation in any respect. So, he may journey, however not in any formal capability."

Fitzwilliams additionally questioned "what's the level of him?" referring to any contributions Andrew could make as a royal.

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Prince Andrew reportedly refuses to go away behind his Royal Lodge residence for a smaller residence. (DANIEL LEAL/AFP through Getty Photographs)

"He is not doing something helpful, though a job could possibly be discovered serving to to run the royal estates," he mentioned. "He might nicely cling on to the thirty-room Royal Lodge if he can afford the maintenance… He has a 75-year lease [that] he took out in 2003."

In accordance with stories, Prince Andrew lives in Royal Lodge along with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. (Chris Jackson/Getty Photographs)

"It’s famous that he didn't provide to assist with the FBI investigation, though he had initially supplied to take action," mentioned Fitzwilliams. "It also needs to be confused that he has not been discovered responsible of something and has at all times maintained his innocence."

King Charles’ youthful brother stepped again as a senior royal in 2019 following his nuclear televised interview with BBC’s "Newsnight" about his ties to Epstein . On the time, the royal mentioned he regretted his relationship with the 66-year-old.

Prince Andrew was referred to as Queen Elizabeth II's favourite son. (Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Photographs)

In January 2022, the queen, who died in September of that year , stripped her second son of his navy titles and patronages. On the time, the daddy of two tried to have a sexual abuse lawsuit made by Virginia Giuffre dismissed. Andrew settled with Giuffre for an undisclosed sum, agreeing to make a "substantial donation" to her survivors’ group.

Prince Andrew is seen right here along with his daughter Princess Beatrice of York on the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022, in London, England. (Daniel Leal - WPA Pool/Getty Photographs)

A press release filed in courtroom mentioned that the prince acknowledged Epstein was a intercourse trafficker and Giuffre "a longtime sufferer of abuse."

Giuffre mentioned Epstein trafficked her and that she had intercourse with Andrew 3 times: in London throughout her 2001 journey, at Epstein’s New York mansion when she was 17, and within the Virgin Islands when she was 18.

She took her life in April of this yr at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed. She was 41.

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Virginia Roberts Giuffre holds a photograph of herself as a teen, when she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, amongst others. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune Information Service through Getty Photographs)

It's believed that Andrew first met Epstein in 1999. Andrew claimed he reduce ties with Epstein shortly after the pair have been photographed taking a stroll by way of Central Park.

In accordance with stories, Prince Andrew met Jeffrey Epstein in 1999. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Images/Corbis through Getty Photographs)

Epstein killed himself whereas awaiting trial on U.S. federal intercourse trafficking expenses involving dozens of teenage women and younger girls, some as younger as 14. The costs got here 14 years after police in Palm Beach, Florida, first started investigating allegations that he sexually abused underage women who have been employed to offer him massages.

Ghislaine Maxwell was a British socialite whose father was press baron Robert Maxwell. (Mathieu Polak/Sygma/Sygma through Getty Photographs)

Epstein's accomplice in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in 2021 on federal intercourse trafficking and conspiracy expenses. The British socialite, 63, was sentenced to twenty years in jail.

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Kinsey Schofield, host of the To Di for Each day podcast, beforehand informed Fox Information Digital that Andrew’s popularity is perpetually tarnished. At this level, she argued, he ought to by no means be seen or heard from once more as there’s nothing he can do to redeem himself publicly.

Virginia Giuffre died on April 25, 2025. She was 41. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)

"Andrew must keep away from being seen or heard for the remainder of King Charles’ reign," mentioned Schofield. "If you wish to attend church with your loved ones, fantastic — keep 100 ft behind them when photographers are round. In any other case, he ought to proceed… horse using privately on the property that King Charles requested him to give up. Whether or not he’s harmless of the preliminary accusations is irrelevant. He’s responsible by affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein."