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Calarougus Shark Media. Hello and welcome through palace intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has officially
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moved out of Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, in
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in more than two decades of the property as police
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assess new allegations linked to Jeffrey Epstein. The former Duke
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of York, vacated the thirty room residence on February second,
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following an order from King Charles the Third to surrender
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the lease. The decision formed part of a wider process
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confirmed by Buckingham Palace last October, when Andrew was formally
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stripped of his royal style titles and honors. Andrew traveled
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one hundred and thirty two miles under the cover of darkness,
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according to reports. Sources told The Daily Mail that Andrew
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may return to Windsor from time to time as the
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move is finalized, including for riding or to collect remaining belongings.
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One source said it would take some time to fully
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clear Royal Lodge of all sessions, adding that Andrew is
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likely to need to stay there occasionally over the coming months.
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He will now live in Norfolk, but maybe back at
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Windsor from time to time. Witnesses also reported a steady
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stream of vehicles leaving the Windsor property following Andrew's departure,
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suggesting the move is expected to continue in stages rather
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than being completed all at once. The Daily Mail's Nick
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Craven writes the king's younger brother had been due to
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move to temporary accommodation on the Standringham estate on Tuesday
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next week, but the plan was rushed forward after extraordinary
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new revelations emerged about the former prince. The sight of
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im plastered on the front pages, out riding his horse
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or driving in his car past photographers in Windsor, amid
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the continued dripping poison of the Epstein files was just
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too much, said a royal source. He had to be
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removed from the public eye. Charles said enough was enough,
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and the message was conveyed to Andrew that it was
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time for him to head to Norfolk. Immediately. Questions were
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being asked in royal circles along the lines of what's
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he still doing here? Each time he appeared out riding,
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added the source. Someone less arrogant than Andrew would have
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read the room and kept his head down for a while,
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but that's not in his make up, so something had
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to be done. A source close to the York family
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had suggested that both the King and the Prince of
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Wales were given advance warning that the controversy surrounding Andrew's
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association with Jeffrey Epstein was not yet over. The source,
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described as a friend of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, told
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The Daily Mail that senior royals had received some kind
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of forewarning through official intelligence briefings late last year. The
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source said, it seems clear that William and the King
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were given some kind of forewarning in the intelligence briefings
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late last year about what was still to come. They
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obviously couldn't share that, and when the evicted Andrew and
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Sarah from Royal Lodge, some people thought it was too harsh.
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In life of what's now come out, it looks a
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more appropriate sanction. Andrew is facing renewed pressure following fresh
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allegations that Jeffrey Epstein arranged for a second woman to
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travel to Britain for a sexual encounter with him. According
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to sources cited by Radar Online, Andrew is increasingly anxious
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as the claims raised the prospect of another costly legal settlement,
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years after he paid a reported fifteen million dollars to
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resolve an earlier civil case without admitting liability. The latest
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allegation centers on a non British woman in her twenties
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who claims Epstein arranged her travel to the UK in
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twenty ten for an encounter with Andrew Royal Lodge in Berkshire.
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The claim has emerged amid growing calls for Andrew to
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cooperate with the United States authorities investigating Epstein's trafficking network
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and its links to prominent figures. The woman is represented
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by Florida based lawyer Brad Edwards, who said we're talking
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about at least one woman who was sent by Jeffrey
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Epstein over to Prince Andrew, and she even had, after
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a night with Prince Andrew, a tour of Buckingham Palace.
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Edwards represents more than two hundred Epstein survivors and previously
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acted for Virginia Jeffrey, who accused Andrew of sexually abusing
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her in London in two thousand and one when she
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was seventeen. Andrew has consistently denied Jeoffrey's allegations, but settled
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the case out of court. A source close to the
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situation said Andrew is now sweating over the prospect of
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having to settle another case. He has already paid a
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huge price once. The fear is that history could repeat
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itself if this moves toward court. Edwards has said he
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is considering filing a new civil lawsuit on behalf of
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the second woman. The renewed scrutiny comes as senior figures
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in the British government publicly urged Andrew to give evidence
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to United States investigators. Communities Secretary Steve Reid said, the
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way that we can help those victims is for anybody
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who has any insight or information about what went on
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to come forward and testify. We need to show and
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a light on what has happened. Andrew clearly has insight
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into what was going on and he should testify because
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the victims deserve and need him. Asked whether the UK
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would comply with a potential extradition request, read said, you're
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asking me now details of legislation that would depend on
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the type of offense that may or may not have
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been committed. It's entirely hypothetical. I don't think it's sensible.
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For me to come on here and start talking hypothetically
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about situations that may or may not exist. A legal
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source said the mounting pressure leaves Andrew with fifteen million
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reasons to worry all over again, noting that even without
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a trial, any new civil action could prove financially and
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reputationally damaging. A report in The Daily Mail tells us
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newly released legal documents alleged that an exotic dancer demanded
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two hundred and fifty thousand dollars from Jeffrey Epstein after
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claiming she performed sexual acts involving both Epstein and Andrew. The
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unnamed woman alleged she was s gofor to a party
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at Epstein's Palm Beach home in two thousand and six.
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In a letter dated March twenty third, twenty eleven, the
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woman's lawyer alleged that Epstein breached an oral agreement by
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failing to pay the ten thousand dollars promised for her
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appearance at Florida property. The letter described her as a
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popular dancer at Rachel's Strip Club and said she was
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one of the several women offered money to attend the event.
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According to the lawyer, William K. Vogeler, his client observed
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other provocatively dressed young women at the party, some of
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whom appeared to be as young as fourteen years old.
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He claimed she was directed to an upstairs bedroom, where
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Epstein introduced her to his guest, the then Prince Andrew.
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In the letter cited by the Mail, mister Vogeler wrote,
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my client then danced for the men, undressing until she
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was wearing only a brown Panti's. Mister Epstein and Prince
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Andrew then told my client they wanted to have a threesome.
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She said she was hired to dance, not to have sex.
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Mister Epstein said they would pay her later for dancing,
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and they prevailed upon her to engage in very sex acts.
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The lawyer further alleged that after the men had satisfied themselves,
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the women was invited to travel with them to the
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Virgin Islands, an invitation she declined. He said she was
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later driven back to the strip club, but received only
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two thousand dollars of the ten thousand promised. There is
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no suggestion of wrongdoing by Andrew in relation to the
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exotic dancer mentioned in the correspondence. More palace than just moments.
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In an exclusive interview with The Daily Mail, Vice President J. D.
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Vance said he was open to Andrew being called to testify,
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referencing comments made by the British Prime Minister. I saw
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Keir Starmer said something about this, Vance said, and I'm
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certainly open to it. The Vice President stressed that the
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decision would rest with the Congressional Republicans overseeing the investigation.
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I'll let them determine whether they should talk to Prince Andrew.
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I'd certainly be open to it, but it's their call,
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not mine, Vance said. The files cleared Donald Trump of wrongdoing,
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insisting the former president was not closely associated with Epstein.
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President Trump is very much outside of the social circle.
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He knows a lot of these people. He certainly has
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similar wealth and power, but he never really was friendly
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with Epstein in a way that a lot of these
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other people were. I think that it just shows there's
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an incestuous nature to America's elites and is pretty gross.
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The House of Representatives cannot compel Andrew to testify as
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he is a foreign national. Royal author Andrew Lowney has
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suggested that Sarah Ferguson may have left the country as
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scrutiny intensifies around her. Lowney, who wrote the joint biography
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entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York,
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told The Mirror that Ferguson has previously made a habit
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of going abroad when under pressure, and believes it is
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possible she has done so again. His comments follow reporting
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by People magazine, which said the Duchess of York would
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be overseas for the next few weeks as she weighs
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her next steps. Lowney speculated that one potential destination could
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have been Richard Branson's private Caribbean retreat Necker Island, a
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location Ferguson has visited before. However, a spokesperson for Virgin
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Group dismissed that suggestion, saying Sir Richard has had no
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contact with Sarah Ferguson following the release of the Epstein files,
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and contrary to some media reports, can confirm she is
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not on Necker Island either. The spokesperson added that Branson
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finds Epstein abhorrent and fully supports survivors of the disgraced
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financiers abuse network. Lowney had told The Mirror that Ferguson
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may once again be relying on wealthy friends to manage
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her current crisis, describing it as sponging off a rich Powell,
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a pattern he says contributed to her becoming entangled with
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Epstein in the first place. Lowney described the situation as odd,
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suggesting the reality may be more nuanced than it appears publicly.
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He told The Mirror, I talked to a member of
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staff the other day and Eugenie has cut loose. The
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girls clearly want to keep in with the royal family.
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Partly that's where their future lies and their commercial prospects lie,
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remaining princesses being able to do business in the Middle East,
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and that was the deal that I think had been
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struck by Andrew to leave Royal Lodge. But that doesn't
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preclude them quietly secretly showing loyalty to their parents by
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seeing them privately. So it's not having to make a choice.
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They've managed to do both. As for whether Ferguson might
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eventually rejoin Andrew, Lowney told The Mirror, I think she
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wouldn't want to go to Sandringham and be linked to
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old misery guts, and they haven't. If you'd like to
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