Prince Andrzej could maintain contacts with Jeffrey Epstein for at least a few months after the alleged end of acquaintance – indicate court documents whose content was revealed on Thursday by the Bloomberg agency. King's brother said several times that he regrets the relationship with a billionaire accused of trading minors. He also assured that he told her details in a banner.
Documentation collected by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), British Polish Financial Supervision Authority, regarding connections Jeffrey Epstein With the former CEO of British bank, Barclays sheds new light on Epstein's relationship with Prince Andrzej. She calls the prince's claims that he ended his acquaintance with a billionaire in December 2010 – indicates the Bloomberg agency, which was the first to describe the content of FCA materials.
The brother of the British monarch presented this version of the events, among others in a famous interview with the BBC from 2019. He provided several times in this conversation about the lack of contacts after December 2010. As Bloomberg points out, although FCA documents do not directly indicate Prince Andrzej, limiting themselves to the description of Epstein's interaction with the “member of the British royal family”, their content allows us to assume that we are talking about the second son of Elizabeth II.
New light for knowledge of Prince Andrzej and Jeffrey Epstein
The FCA materials cited the content of several e-mails that Epstein was to exchange with Andrzej at the beginning of 2011, and therefore after the alleged end of acquaintance. In one of them brother Karol III He was to convince the billionaire that they should “remain in contact” and expressed the desire to “play together” future. The context does not show what game he could have been about. Epstein suggested a joint meeting with Jestem Staley, a former Barclays CEO. According to the FCA documentation, “a member of the British royal family” asked about his possible date, but did not get an answer to it.
Prince Andrzej Andy Rain/EPA/PAP
Until now, the prince has not responded to the British media requests for a comment in the case. Earlier he assured that he transparently told about the details of his knowledge with Epstein. Due to the scandal related to this relationship in 2019 Andrzej gave up his public duties. In January 2022, the Reuters agency announced that He will no longer use the title “His Royal Highness” in no official character.
It was related to a lawsuit that Virginia Giiuffre made against Prince Andrzejclaiming that in the past – when she was 17 – she was sexually harassed by him. Prince of York strongly denied the allegations and said that he did not remember that he would ever meet Giuffre. In the past, however, he was captured with her in a joint photo. She was also visible in the photo Ghislaine maxwellEpstein exporter, later convicted of trading in children for sexual purposes. The case of Prince Andrzej of Giuffre has ended concluding a multi -million settlement.
Jeffrey Epstein was accused of trading juvenile girls and their sexual harassment. The billionaire faced up to 45 years in prison. The financial trial was to start in June 2020, but earlier he was found dead in the cell of the federal detention center.
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