It is in the greatest discretion that prince Andrew asked his mother Queen Elizabeth for help. According to information from Sunreported on February 19, 2022, the Duke of York is said to have visited his mother every night for the past week to discuss the terms of his financial agreement with American Virginia Giuffre, who accuses him of sexual assault when she was a minor in the early 2000s.
The 62-year-old Briton lives at Royal Lodge, not far from his mother, who has been living at Windsor Castle since the start of the pandemic. “Andrew has been very careful and he tries to stay out of sightreports the source of the tabloid. He knows there are photographers around during the day and his best chance of avoiding them is after dark. He knows he’s supposed to keep his head down and the trip is short.“His brother Prince Charles, who is increasingly asserting himself as the future king, would have directly asked his brother Andrew to keep a low profile and not to appear near Windsor Castle again. It must be said that, since the At the beginning of this affair, the latter appeared on numerous occasions in the castle park, enjoying horseback riding with friends (see slideshow).
The tabloid adds that the Duke of York apologized to his mother: “He is extremely contrite and has apologized to the Queen for all the trouble he has caused her (…). The last thing he wanted to do was cause his beloved mother so much anguish at his age and in his platinum jubilee year. [ses 70 ans de règne, NDLR].” Sarah Ferguson’s ex-husband is also said to have apologized to his two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie (33 and 31). A grandfather for just a year, with the births of August (1 , Eugenie’s son) and Sienna (5 months, Beatrice’s daughter), he would have expressed his fear of seeing his grandchildren discover this dark story of sexual assault while growing up…
Not only can Prince Andrew apologize, but he can also thank his mother for her generosity: the Queen indeed had to put her hand in the wallet to conclude the financial agreement with Viriginia Giuffre which amounts to 12 million pounds (i.e. more than 14 million euros).