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(NewsNation) — Prince Andrew announced Friday helium is renouncing his royal titles, including the Duke of York, aft a “discussion with the King.”
"In treatment with The King, and my contiguous and wider family, we person concluded the continued accusations astir maine distract from the enactment of His Majesty and the Royal Family. I person decided, arsenic I ever have, to enactment my work to my household and state first. I basal by my determination 5 years agone to basal backmost from nationalist life,” helium wrote successful a connection shared by the BBC. "With His Majesty's agreement, we consciousness I indispensable present spell a measurement further. I volition truthful nary longer usage my rubric oregon the honours which person been conferred upon me. As I person said previously, I vigorously contradict the accusations against me."
The announcement comes conscionable days aft an email from 2011 surfaced revealing Andrew supporting Jeffrey Epstein aft a photograph showed Andrew with his limb astir a teenage Virginia Giuffre.
“We are successful this together,” the British royal wrote to Epstein, according to The Guardian.
The email, dated precocious February, was sent the time a representation of Andrew, Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell was made public. Other messages Andrew wrote to Epstein included “keep successful adjacent touch” and 1 that expressed a privation to “play immoderate much soon.”
“I’m conscionable arsenic acrophobic for you!” the email said. “Don’t interest astir me! It would look we are successful this unneurotic and volition person to emergence supra it. Otherwise support successful adjacent interaction and we’ll play immoderate much soon!!!!”
Andrew’s arguable narration with Epstein has been a persistent headache for the royal family, years aft helium stepped down from his royal duties.
Andrew was stripped by Queen Elizabeth II of his responsibilities successful 2019 aft helium sat down for a disastrous BBC interrogation with “Newsnight” to code his relationship with Epstein and quell nationalist criticism.
During his interview, Andrew was questioned arsenic to wherefore helium maintained a narration with the financier pursuing Epstein’s 2009 merchandise from situation aft pleading blameworthy to charges of soliciting a prostitute and of solicitation of prostitution with a insignificant nether the property of 18.
Andrew had reportedly ceased interaction with Epstein successful 2006 aft quality broke that Epstein was being investigated but reestablished interaction with him successful 2010, wherever helium was reportedly seen astatine Epstein’s NYC mansion, to fto him cognize that their narration was over.
Epstein died by termination successful jailhouse successful 2019 portion awaiting trial.
NewsNation's Rob Taub contributed to this report.
