Good morning. On Friday it was announced that King Charles will pray with the pope, marking the first time a British monarch has publicly done so since the Reformation 500 years ago. And yet, the spotlight remains firmly on the king’s younger brother, Prince Andrew.
The sordid details of Andrew’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and allegations of sexual assault – all of which he denies – have resurfaced with the Guardian’s serialisation of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, detailing how Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell exploited her and alleging Andrew viewed sex with her as “his birthright”.
