Reuters
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King Charles was heckled by a protester on Monday over his brother Prince Andrew’s ties to the late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein whereas greeting royal followers throughout a cathedral go to in Britain.
“How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein?,” the person might be heard shouting because the monarch went on a walkabout exterior Lichfield Cathedral in northwest England near Birmingham.
Although Andrew, 65, stated this month that he would give up using his title of Duke of York after years of scrutiny over his conduct and connections to Epstein, questions in regards to the prince – and what the royals knew of occasions – have intensified since.
The contents of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, who accused the prince of sexually abusing her as an adolescent, have triggered renewed backlash over the problem this month.
Andrew has all the time denied Giuffre’s account. In 2022, he made an undisclosed payment to settle a lawsuit introduced within the US by Giuffre, who died by suicide in April.
British police are wanting into media stories that in 2011 Andrew had requested considered one of his cops to dig up filth on Giuffre.
The protester exterior the cathedral may be heard saying on Monday: “Have you asked the police to cover up for Andrew? … Should the MPs (members of parliament) be allowed to debate the royals in the House of Commons?”
The monarch paid no heed to the protester and carried on participating with different members of the general public.