{"id":2024,"date":"2026-02-12T01:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2026-02-12T01:55:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:55:02","slug":"the-royals-have-seen-what-theyre-up-against-with-epstein-scandal-despite-hopes-williams-saudi-trip-would-shift-attention-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2024","title":{"rendered":"The royals have seen what they’re up against with Epstein scandal – despite hopes William’s Saudi trip would shift attention | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We had temporarily lost Prince William. Rushing through the narrow streets of the Old Town of Al Ula in Saudi Arabia, our guides eventually helped us catch up with him.<\/p>\n

They had changed where he was due to arrive, after his lunch had run over. It was all fairly frantic, but for his aides, now tasked with getting him to his plane on time to head home, this was nothing like the other challenges they had faced.<\/p>\n

This has felt like a week where the royal family have really seen what they are up against when it comes to the Andrew and Epstein scandal. The noise has been never-ending with shouts at both the prince and the King, and more documents being uncovered.<\/p>\n

Follow latest updates on the Epstein files<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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There had been hopes that the Prince of Wales’ trip to Saudi Arabia, a significant diplomatic visit, might have been enough to shift some of the attention.<\/p>\n

With all the pictures of William<\/strong><\/a> with kids and women, there could not have been more effort made to sell this as a trip all about the future, projecting a positive image of Saudi Arabia and the work of the British royal family.<\/p>\n

The visit, of course, was always going to be a political tightrope for him, with questions over human rights here, despite significant social charges. But nothing could stop the runaway scandal of the Epstein files from being the bigger problem.<\/p>\n

Read more: Tour of Saudi Arabia ends with nature reserve visit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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