{"id":1491,"date":"2026-02-10T00:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:20:03","slug":"why-palace-chose-to-issue-extraordinary-statement-over-andrew-allegations-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1491","title":{"rendered":"Why palace chose to issue extraordinary statement over Andrew allegations | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“New facts meant the need for a new response” – that is how one palace source described this latest statement and why it was issued now.<\/p>\n

The timing was still extraordinary.<\/p>\n

Do not underestimate how significant it is that it was released<\/a><\/strong> just a matter of hours after Prince William had landed in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Usually there’s an unwritten rule that nothing should ever overshadow an important diplomatic visit like this.<\/p>\n

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But there was a sense in the palace that something had shifted over the weekend in terms of the allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – and no response wasn’t an option.<\/p>\n

No one is trying to diminish the sexual claims that have emerged<\/a><\/strong>, which Andrew has denied. The Royal Family has repeatedly said we must think of Epstein’s victims.<\/p>\n

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However, the claims that he may have been sharing information with Epstein – information he gained in his official capacity as a UK trade envoy – go to the very heart of the role of the Royal Family; travelling the globe on behalf of UK plc, not for their own personal gain but as an act of service to the country.<\/p>\n

The spectre of Epstein has loomed large over the Windsors for over 15 years. We’ve all watched closely as a family has had to decide the best public response to allegations involving one of their own.<\/p>\n

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