[Report] Prince Andrew Forces Queen Elizabeth To Take Swift Action Following Duke of York's Public Blunder

Following a "seismic" public gaffe by the Duke of York, Prince Andrew prompted the Queen to intervene.

The Duke of York was the target of severe charges that threatened to tarnish the Royal Family's reputation. In reaction to Prince Andrew's very damaging television appearance, the monarch was compelled to move quickly to handle the scandal generated by her son.

Queen Elizabeth Acts To Protect the Firm From Prince Andrew's Interview

Queen Elizabeth is said to have intervened to shield the institution from the consequences of the Duke of York's interview. Valentine Low, the Times' royal journalist, presented his opinion of the Queen's conduct as the issue involving Prince Andrew swiftly escalated.

As the charges against Prince Andrew quickly gained public prominence, the Duke opted to participate in an interview with BBC Newsnight, leaving the Queen with no choice but to intervene. To reduce the royal public relations issue caused by the interview, the Queen intervened promptly, and Prince Andrew was suspended from public responsibilities just days afterward.

The Prince stated in the Newsnight interview that he had no recall of meeting Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who had leveled the claims of sexual assault against the monarch. The Duke disputed the charges, explaining that he was at a restaurant in Woking with family members when the alleged event occurred. He also mentioned a medical problem that led him to be unable to sweat at the time as proof that the claims against him were incorrect.

He adamantly rejected the claim, and Prince Andrew agreed to pay Ms. Giuffre a substantial financial payment in February 2022 to settle an ongoing civil lawsuit against him - with no admission of guilt as a consequence.

Following the interview, Prince Andrew's military titles and patronages were revoked and returned to the Queen to be dispersed among other members of the Royal Family. Since being compelled to relinquish official royal duties, the Prince has stayed mainly out of the public spotlight, according to Express.

Prince Andrew Paid Lower Settlement to Accuser

According to recent accounts, Prince Andrew had paid off Virginia Roberts Giuffre to thy, and their February agreement contained no acknowledgment of defamation. If Prince Andrew truly only had to pay a quarter of the initially reported sum to his accuser, it could explain how his wife, Sarah Ferguson, was able to afford a new $6 million mansion in London.

The Duchess of York, who was once so poor that she had to borrow $19,000 from Jeffrey Epstein to pay off outstanding debt, has advertised juicers on QVC, and has now taken to ghost-writing romance novels for mass-market publisher Mills and Boone, has $6 million to spend on a fabulous Mayfair home.

Isabelle de Rouvre, the (relatively) unfortunate Swiss heiress who sold the Yorks her super-chalet in Verbier for about $20 million, is not impressed. Readers who have been paying attention will recall that the Yorks agreed to pay some of the money immediately and some in installments to the tune of $14.5 million. According to The Sun on Sunday, that sum is now far lower-between $3.6 million and $6 million.

It was widely assumed and publicized, that Virginia Giuffre received a settlement of £12 ($14.5) million from Andrew, a source told the Telegraph. It was much less, as low as $3.6 million. This, no doubt, impacted the terms of the arrangement she was willing to sign.

That implies the lesser sum Giuffre agreed to also allowed her to write a memoir about her experiences. Giuffre said that, when she was 17, Prince Andrew raped her three times while she was being sexually trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, The Daily Beast reported.