Woman’s Day New Zealand – August 26, 2019

“ThoseclosetoAndreware

veryworriedabouthismental

stateandtheQueenis terribly

upset– shecan’tbearseeing

hersonimplicatedinsuch

a dreadfulmess.Theyare

terrifiedaboutwhatdetails

couldstillcomeoutandthey

knowthisisn’tgoingtogo

awaysoon.”

Andrew’snightmare

resurfacedlastweekwith

thenewsthathisoldfriend,

convictedpaedophileJeffrey

Epstein,66,haddiedinhis

NewYorkjailcell.Hewas

accusedofrunninga global

sextraffickingnetwork,with

someoftheworld’selite

leadersandpoliticians

apparentlyinvolvedtoo.

Andrewis accusedof

havingsleptwithoneof

Epstein’sallegedteenagesex

slaves,VirginiaRoberts,on

threeoccasionsinLondon,

NewYorkandtheCaribbean

in2001.A judgelaterthrew

outtheseallegations

andorderedthemtobe

struckfromtherecord

forbeing“immaterial

andimpertinent”.

Butlastweek,Virginia’s

memoirsemerged,which

includedheraccountofher

allegedtim

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ndhis partner

Ghislaine.

Virginia,

then aged

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she had

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Andrew in

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girlfriendGhislaineMaxwell.

“Hewasthemost

incredibly hideous dancer

I had ever seen,” she wrote

about their alleged first

meeting, where she was

taken to a nightclub to dance

with the duke. “After an hour

of pelvic smashing, we finally

exited the floor. His Royal

Highness dripping with sweat.”

She also claimed he

licked the arches of her feet

• strangely echoing his ex-
  wife’s toe-sucking scandal of
  1998 – and that their liaison
  was “the longest 10 minutes
  of my life”.
  While the prince denies
  the claims, our source says
  the latest scandal has left
  him in a precarious
  emotional state. He had
  earlier been delighted to
  spend the week with Fergie
  and his daughters at Balmoral


• another clear sign the pair,
  who despite divorcing in
  1998 still live together, have
  been welcomed back into
  the family fold as a couple.
  However, trouble soon
  flared, with Fergie reportedly
  fleeingafter just a few days
  whenherformerfather-in-
  law,theDukeofEdinburgh,

A-listerGeorgeClooneyhasalso

beendraggedintothescandal,with

laimshehada luridliaisonwith

Ghislaine Maxwell.

Writing in her memoirs, Virginia

Roberts says, “Once she [Ghislaine]

ame back giddy as a schoolgirl with

n explosion of news, with all the

build-up and excitement in her

voice you’d think she was the next

rown princess, but she had given

George Clooney a b***job in the

bathroom at some random event.”

It’snot known when the alleged

ncident between the pair took

place, and there is no suggestion

that George, 59 – who’s married to

human rights lawyer Amal Clooney

• was involved in underage sex or
  involved in any wrongdoing.
  The dad of twins is yet to comment
  publicly, but a source says he’s
  devastated by the claims. “No-one
  wants to be involvedinheadlines
  like that. It’s a nightmare.”

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Prince Philip, 98, has made

no secret of his feelings for

his former daughter-in-law,

swearing never to be under

the same roof as her since

splitting from Andrew in 1992.

Known for his sharp tongue,

he apparently said that if

Fergie was really going to

divorce Andrew, she should

book herself into a “nunnery

or loony bin”.

Now, with Andrew at the

centre of the international

sex scandal, Fergie, 59,

has whisked him away to

their favourite Spanish

bolthole Sotogrande, his

former wife determined to

publicly show her support.

According to insiders,

Sarah insisted they holiday

together to not only look after

the duke, but demonstrate

her continued commitment.

Theyarealsorumouredto

be booked in for a three-night

stay at Vivamayr Altaussee, an

exclusive Austrian alpine retreat

where Andrew will receive

intense psychological support.

“They’re focusing on

emotional healing with

mindfulness, meditation and

yoga, as well as a number of

detox programmes, which is

exactly what she says Andrew

needs right now,” according

to our royal insider.

The source adds Sarah

believes Andrew’s denials and

has been his rock throughout

the ordeal.

“This has just proven

the depth of their love and

devotion. She’s taken him so

protectively under her wing

and has vowed to do whatever

it takes to ensure he gets

through this unscathed.” #

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