The affair Epstein once again surrounds the British royal family, when King Charles is carrying out a difficult mission to recognize slavery, apologize and grant reparations in the Caribbean and its colonies.
Former Prince Andrew would have taken girls trafficked by pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to Balmoral Palace, the resting place of Queen Elizabeth and where she chose to die. Police Scotland has begun investigating that presence and is “at a very early stage” of the work.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Duke of York and son of the sovereign, spent at least several weekends at the queen’s palace at Balmoral with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. There are photos that prove this, including the three participating in a hunt in the countryside. royal.
According to the newspaper Expressinvestigators are looking into allegations that women were taken to the private royal residence in the Highlands, where Balmoral is located, “for the purposes of trafficking.”
A police spokesperson said “active inquiries” are at a “very early stage” and that the process is “ongoing.”
Police Scotland reported that they have received “information” about the time Andrés spent in Balmoral, alongside the deceased financier and pedophile.
Police Scotland said: “We have received information and investigations are ongoing, but they are at a very early stage. All inquiries are evidence-based and put the needs of surviving victims at the heart of the process. We never confirm details of ongoing investigations and it would be inappropriate to comment further.”
Andrés has always flatly denied having committed any irregularity.
There is a photograph presented as evidence at the trial, showing Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sitting together on a wooden bench inside a cottage in Balmoral, which was the queen’s favorite. This is “Honka Hut”, located in Ballochbuie Forest.
Prosecutors later used the photograph during Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial to demonstrate her close relationship with Epstein, refuting the arguments of her defense attorneys who maintained that she was simply his employee.
Epstein’s plane and anonymous passengers
At the beginning of this year, it emerged that Andrés and Ghislaine Maxwell arrived at Edinburgh airport aboard Epstein’s private planein September 2006.
In February, Police Scotland requested information about the 2006 flight, saying: “We have not received any reports or complaints in relation to this matter. We would be interested in speaking to anyone with information.”
Also included in the files were the flight records of Epstein’s private plane, which show that Andrés and Maxwell flew from Luton to Edinburgh on September 1, 2006. Two other passengers were on board: one unidentified and another, registered only as “Crasnasky.”
According to the flight log, Epstein was not on board. At the time, he had already been charged with a sex crime in Florida. The case concluded with a judicial agreement in which he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for soliciting sexual services from minors.
The 2006 trip by Andrés and Maxwell was the subject of a call from Police Scotland in February, when a spokesperson said: “We would be interested in speaking to anyone who has information about it.”
A mysterious email from Balmoral
The Epstein case documents, released last year, also included an email sent to Maxwell on August 16, 2001, by someone identified as “A” from Balmoral.
The message read: “I’m here at the royal family’s summer camp at Balmoral. How’s Los Angeles? Have you made me some new…inappropriate friends yet?”
In 2019, shortly after Epstein’s death in prison, a young woman – who was reportedly present that weekend with Epstein, Maxwell and Andrew – claimed to have spent the night at Balmoral Palace.
During Maxwell’s trial for sex trafficking in 2021, photographs were presented to the court in which Ghislaine Maxwell appeared with Epstein, relaxing, in a cabin on the Balmoral estate.
Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking and is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence. Just over two years earlier, in 2019, Epstein was found dead in his New York jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Andrés and his police case
Last year, Andrew was stripped of his titles and ordered by the king to leave his Windsor residence, Royal Lodge, after weeks of public scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein.
In February, Andrés was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He has denied any wrongdoing in relation to his ties to Epstein.
In February, coinciding with Andrés’ 66th birthday, officers investigating allegations of misconduct in public office searched his residence in Sandringham and his former home in Windsor.
The High Court subsequently determined that the injunctions used had been granted under an incorrect statutory provision, rather than using the mechanism applicable to confidential and privileged material.
Police alleged that they feared Mountbatten-Windsor would prevent access to their home, court documents have revealed. He also maintained that there was a risk that, if he was warned in advance about the registration of his property, the documents could be lost or destroyed.
Fergie is back
The former Duchess of York and Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson reappeared in Britain at the funeral of her ex-boyfriend, Paddy McNally, on Thursday. She had not been seen for a year after being evicted from the Royal Lodge, where she lived with Andrew, and left with nothing.
She was accompanied by her two daughters, princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and their husbands. Wearing her very aged blue tailleur, she smiled at the photographers and entered the church in Knightbridge.