If Prince Andrew thought the passage of time would wash away the stain on his reputation from his links to the late disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, he was wrong. The unsealing of 900 pages of court documents in the United States this week has brought his entanglement with Epstein back to the front pages — and with it a very unpalatable stench indeed.
New details further weaken Andrew’s case that he had no inkling of the behaviour of Epstein and his socialite fixer Ghislaine Maxwell. It is alleged that Andrew spoke with Epstein once a week. We know already about his use of Epstein’s New York townhouse. This all adds up to the obvious conclusion that Andrew should have reached years ago: the shame of his association with Epstein means he should have no place in public life.
