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Prince Andrew’s official website has been quietly taken down, with visitors now automatically redirected to the Royal Family’s main site.
The Duke of York’s Twitter and Instagram accounts remain active, however no posts have been shared since he stepped back from his public duties in November 2019.
Anyone trying to access thedukeofyork.org is now taken to the 60-year-old duke’s section on the main royal.uk page, which features the statement Andrew released regarding his association with the paedophile.
Earlier this month Andrew’s friend and Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested over her links to the dead billionaire.
Prince Andrew’s official website has been quietly taken down, with visitors now automatically redirected to the Royal Family’s main site
Anyone trying to access thedukeofyork.org is now taken to the 60-year-old’ Duke’s section on the main royal.uk page (pictured), which features the statement Andrew released regarding his association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in November 2019
Yesterday Prince Andrew was seen looking relaxed and happy hours after Maxwell cried in the dock when a judge denied bail, ruling she must remain in jail for at least a year pending her trial on sex trafficking charges.
The court heard she is secretly married but her mystery spouse was not named. Maxwell pleaded not guilty via video link.
The Duke of York was spotted laughing uproariously with his bodyguard as he drove out of the gates of Windsor Castle, where he has been keeping a low profile at his lodge in the grounds of his mother the Queen’s estate.
Earlier this week Donald Trump’s Attorney General insisted that his prosecutors ‘definitely’ want to speak to the royal about his friendship with Epstein and his alleged madam.
Earlier this month Andrew’s friend and Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell (pictured with the prince at Royal Ascot in 2000) was arrested over her links to the dead billionaire
Maxwell, left, was last seen at an In-N-Out Burger in August. She is now in custody in Brooklyn. Epstein killed himself in jail last August. Some believe he was murdered
Prince Andrew is involved in a war of words with the US authorities over whether he will assist their inquiries into the sex crimes of his friend Epstein, who hanged himself in a New York jail cell last summer.
Last week the US Attorney General Bill Barr said that Andrew must speak to the FBI and his team ‘definitely’ want to interview him.
He said: ‘The department wants to talk to Prince Andrew. That’s why the Southern District has been making efforts to communicate with him. We’ve made it clear that we’d like to communicate with him’.
A source close to Prince Andrew previously told DailyMail.com that he was ‘bewildered’ by the ongoing claims that he wasn’t cooperating, and says his team tried to reach prosecutors several times.
Prince Andrew (pictured during his BBC Newsnight interview last year) is under increasing pressure to give evidence to the FBI about Jeffrey Epstein – lawyer for some of the victims, Gloria Allred, says Andrew wants an invitation ‘on a silver platter’
According to reports, Maxwell, the daughter of disgraced late British newspaper tycoon Robert, introduced Prince Andrew to Epstein.
One of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Roberts, claims she was forced to have sex with the Duke of York on three occasions – allegations emphatically denied by the Queen’s second son.
After the hearing, Miss Roberts said she was ‘thrilled’, adding: ‘Without Ghislaine, Jeffrey Epstein would not have been able to fulfil his sick desires.
Prince Andrew and Virginia Roberts, aged 17 at Ghislaine Maxwell’s townhouse in London and the Duke of York is in a war of words with the US authorities and the royal insists he is willing to speak to them about Jeffrey Epstein
‘Ghislaine preyed on me when I was a child. The rest of her life should be spent behind bars.’
Prince Andrew has seen his legal team ‘ghosted’ by US prosecutors as they claim to have made repeated offers of help in the Jeffrey Epstein case – including in the last 10 days.
Sources close to the Duke of York’s legal team say they have contacted Department of Justice representatives in the US on a number of occasions since they were first contacted at the beginning of the year.
In February the duke’s name was removed from the website of his Dragon’s Den-style project Pitch@Palace, which brokers deals between tech start-ups and wealthy investors, after the organisation moved its base from Buckingham Palace to a new office.
Prince Andrew’s final Twitter and Instagram posts include the statement he released in November 2019 regarding his association with the late sex offender.
Prince Andrew’s final Twitter and Instagram posts include the statement he released in November 2019 regarding his association with the late sex offender
It reads: ‘It has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumstances relating to my former association with Jeffrey Epstein has become a major disruption to my family’s work and the valuable work going on in the many organisations and charities that I am proud to support.
‘Therefore, I have asked Her Majesty if I may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, and she has given her permission.
‘I continue to unequivocally regret my ill-judged association with Jeffrey Epstein. His suicide has left many unanswered questions, particularly for his victims, and I deeply sympathise with everyone who has been affected and wants some form of closure.
‘I can only hope that, in time, they will be able to rebuild their lives. Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required.’
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