Prince Andrew is said to be bracing for an uneasy New Year after learning his name will appear alongside more than 170 people with ties to Jeffrey Epstein in court documents to be unsealed soon.
The Duke of York is “absolutely devastated” by the expected release in January of documents filed in a defamation lawsuit that has been settled since Epstein accused Virginia Roberts Giuffre of convicted pedophile mistress Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015, The Daily Mail reported Sunday. .
“Andrew’s name is on there,” a source told the Mail. “He is unconscious with this latest development and everyone close to him is concerned for his mental well-being.”
The disgraced British Royal has been stripped of his Majesty [“His Royal Highness”] moniker and some shading last year by his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, over her relationship with the late sex offender.
“He is facing a second Christmas without his mum and now the New Year will start with his name being dragged through the mud again,” a source told the Mail.
Prince Andrew knew his name would appear alongside more than 170 people with ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Getty Images
Andrew, 63, is expected to spend Christmas at Sandringham with his brother King Charles III and other members of the royal family.
Manhattan federal judge Loretta Preska last week ordered the release of documents naming dozens of people associated with Epstein, who killed himself in his prison cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
Under the ruling, dozens of individuals — previously referred to as “Jane Does” or “John Does” in various court filings linked to Giuffre’s suit — will be publicly identified when the materials are “fully disclosed” in January this.
Prince Andrew has been stripped of his HRH [“His Royal Highness”] moniker and some shade of it last year based on his relationship with Epstein. MEGA
The judge gave the individuals — including Epstein’s victims and former employees — 14 days to appeal the ruling, according to the order.
Several people who may have been ID’d in the unsealed papers previously spoke in media interviews about their working relationship with the convicted pedophile – or how they were abused by him – over the years, the state ruled.
Documents filed in Epstein’s settled defamation lawsuit accusing Virginia Roberts Giuffre of convicted pedophile Ghislaine Maxwell will be released. vmodica
The defamation suit, which was settled in 2017 for an undisclosed amount, centered on Giuffre’s claim that Maxwell defamed him by saying that he lied about being sex-trafficked by Epstein when he was a teenager.
Andrew was captured in the now famous shot with his arm around 17-year-old Giuffre as Maxwell smiled in the background.
This now famous photo, allegedly taken in London, March 2001, shows Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Roberts-Giuffre with Ghislaine Maxwell smiling in the background. DOJ
Maxwell was convicted in late 2021 of recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004.
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