Oct. 15, 2025

New Emails, Old Lies: Prince Andrew’s Epstein Trouble Returns

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Fresh controversy for Prince Andrew as an alleged 2011 email exchange with Jeffrey Epstein appears to contradict his public claims about ending contact with the convicted sex offender. Meanwhile, Harry and Meghan face backlash after a video filmed in Paris stirs painful memories of Princess Diana’s death, and sources say Harry’s push for royal security has once again fractured his fragile reconciliation with King Charles.
Plus: an awkward red-carpet moment for the Sussexes, the Palace confirms a German State Visit, Thomas Markle wonders if Meghan would come to his funeral, and Joan Rivers’ royal memorabilia fetches big bids at auction.

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Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm your host, Mark Francis.

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Prince Andrew is facing renewed scrutiny following reports of an

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alleged email exchange with Jeffrey Epstein that appears to contradict

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his previous statements about severing ties with the convicted sex offender.

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According to the Sun, the email, dated February twenty eight,

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twenty eleven, was allegedly sent from the Duke of York's

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official account, just a day after the now infamous photograph

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of Andrew with Virginia Jeffrey resurfaced. In the message, Andrew

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reportedly wrote, I'm just as concerned for you. Don't worry

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about me seeing we are in this together and we'll

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have to rise above it. Otherwise, keeping close touch and

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will play some more soon. The email was said to

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have been signed a HRH the Duke of York KG,

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referencing his title as Knight of the Garter. The alleged

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exchange took place months after Andrew claim to have cut

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off contact with Epstein. In his twenty nineteen BBC interview

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with Emily Maitliss, he stated that their final meeting had

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been in December twenty ten. During that interview, the Duke

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denied any wrongdoing and insisted he had no recollection of

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meeting Geoffrey. Prince Harry is said to be horrified and

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extremely angry after Meghan posted a video from Paris showing

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her car traveling close to the site of Princess Diana's

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fatal crash. Royal commentator Richard fitz Williams told Okay magazine,

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I suspect Harry will be horrified and extremely angry because

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the video links to the most traumatic period of his life.

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He would be aghast because even though it wasn't intentional,

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it was a very bad mistake. Meghan simply cannot afford

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to behave like that because of her years and the

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fact that she has made herself into a brand. Her

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airily filming part of Paris was grossly insensitive, and these

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mistakes hold weait He is unable to shield Meghan from

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the repercussions of her mistake. It cannot be undone. If

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the average person filmed a video like that, it wouldn't matter.

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But every single thing that Meghan does is scrutinized by

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friend or foe. Sources also told the Out that the

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Prince William was livered beyond words, viewing the video as

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an ill judged and self centered mistake. The Mirror quoted

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one of Sussex's friends as saying Harry was left hurt

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and upset Diana's death was used as a stick to

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beat his wife with. Meghan did not even pass close

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to the tunnel. He was left feeling hurt. But the

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depressing thing is he wasn't even that surprised. He was

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more despondent than shocked. Former BBC Royal correspondent Jenny Bond

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said Meghan likely hadn't realized the potential fallout, commenting she

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could have thought about it harder, but like so many

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people these days, it's all about sharing your life instantly

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without considering the implications. Harry's fragile reconciliation with King Charles

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appears to have collapsed once again following reports that the

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Duke of Sussex has renewed his push for taxpayer funded

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police protection when visiting the United Kingdom. According to The

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Sunday Times, Harry recently wrote directly to Home Secretary Shabana

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Marmared requesting a new risk assessment from Rayveck, the committee

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that determines security for members of the royal family and

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other high profile figures. Since stepping down as a working

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royal in twenty twenty, Harry has been excluded from automatic protection,

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a situation he has unsuccessfully challenged in court. Sources close

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to the King described the Duke's latest appeal as deeply unhelpful,

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with one insider telling the paper it complicates things for

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the King. It's not going to help matters. We are

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back to where we were. A palace source said the

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Duke's move was viewed as a power play, while one

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former courtier described it as fake naivety, noting that the

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establishment resists any arrangement that will allow Harry to arrive

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in Britain unannounced and receive automatic arm protection. An old

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friend of the King told The Daily Beasts he was

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so close to what he says he wants a functional

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relationship with his family that he blows it all up again.

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Harry and Meghan had an unexpectedly tense moment on the

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red carpet in New York last week as Cameron's court.

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A brief but awkward exchange between the Duke and Duchess

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of Sussex, tending the Project Healthy Minds gala, where the

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pair were honored as Humanitarians of the Year. The couple

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smiled for photographers as they posed together, but video from

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the event appeared to show Harry placing his hand on

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Meghan's lower back before briefly resting it on her behind.

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Meghan turned to him, appearing too quietly, asking him to

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move it. Harry responded with a nervous smile and shifted

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his hand higher. The pair then carried on posing for photos,

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with Meghan looping her arm around Harry's back. Later footage

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suggested Harry tried to usher his wife along after she

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lingered for additional shots, reportedly whispering come on now as

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he gently took her hand. Observers noted that Megan seemed

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to make a real effort to look demure and avoid

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overshadowing her husband during the public appearance. More Palace in

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the Third and Queen Cameller will host Germany's President Frank

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Walter Steinmeier and Frau Elki buden Bender for a state

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visit from Wednesday the third of December to Friday the

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fifth of December with the Men's Center at Windsor Castle.

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The Royal family announced the President of Germany, accompanied by

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Frau bunden Bender, will pay a state visit to the

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UK hosted by His Majesty from December third fifth. The

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visit will be the first by a German head of

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state in twenty seven years and only the fifth since

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nineteen fifty eight, with full ceremonial welcomes a state banquet

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and meetings with the Prime Minister. Expected detailed timings will

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follow from the Palace. The trip builds on the King's

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close ties with Germany. During his twenty twenty three addressed

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to the Bundestag, his first monarch, he said he wished

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to renew the pledge of friendship between our nations, remarks

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the tois standing ovation. After that tour, the Majesties thanked

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the German people for a touching and warm at welcome,

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adding the country was so close to our hearts and

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we hope to return again soon. The King has long

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noted remarkably, I realized I have visited Germany more than

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forty times, a measure of the importance of this relationship,

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of course, but also a fear of just how long

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I have been around. This December engagement follows a busy

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year of diplomacy, including the July state visitor President Emmanuel

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Macron and an invited September state visit for US President

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Donald Trump. Further details of the German program, expected to

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include a ceremonial welcome and a banquet in Saint George's Hall,

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will be released in due course. Thomas Mirkle says he

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often wonders if his daughter would care if he were gone.

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Speaking from his apartment in Cebu, the eighty one year

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old father of Megan, reflected on his strained relationship after

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a powerful earthquake struck the Philippines during a visit from

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Mail On Sunday journalist Caroline Graham. As the building shook,

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Mikael tried to make light of the moment, joking, welcome

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to the Philippines. Did you realize this has cost me

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a fortune to arrange not just the quake but the

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light show. But as the tremors subsided, his thoughts turned somber.

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If we die tonight, do you think Meghan will come

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to my funeral? He asked with a ray laugh. He added, well,

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I get a better funeral because my son in law

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is fifth and Lane to the throne. Later, speaking about

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his ongoing estrangement, he said, I have never stopped loving

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my daughter. I've always loved her and always will. Nothing

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will ever change that. Marcol also expressed a longing to

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meet his grandchildren, Archie and Lillibet. I'd love to see

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my grandkids. There are two grandfathers who would both love

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to see those kids. One happens to be the King

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of England. I wonder do they have the Markel knows

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If I die and Meg and I are as strange,

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will she care? Will she show it to my future?

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Now living quietly in Cibu with his son Tom Junior,

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Michael says he is content with a simpler life but

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remains hopeful for reconciliation. I told her I would pay

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for her education, and I kept my promise. That's what

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Dad does. You give your kids the best start you

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can in life, and then you send them out into

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the world. Among the three hundred items auctioned from the

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late Joan Rivers estate, it was her collection of royal

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memorabilia that drew particular attention from bidders and royal watchers alike.

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Presented by Julian's Auctions in Beverly Hills, the sale included

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a bone China mug commemorating the nineteen eighty six wedding

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of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, which sold for three

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hundred eighty four dollars, alongside two additional commemorative mugs celebrating

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Queenlands with the Seconds Silver Jubilee in seventy seven and

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the Queen mother's eightieth birthday in nineteen eighty, which together

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fetched five hundred and twelve dollars. Though Rivers was known

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for a razor sharp with at the Royals expense, famously

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joking that Kate Middleton almost makes up for Sarah Ferguson

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almost her affection for the Royal family was She became

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personally acquainted with King Charles after meeting him during a

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painting holiday in the South of France in two thousand

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and three. We sat next to each other at a

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dinner party and got friendly, she told People magazine in

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twenty thirteen. He's darling. Rivers later attended the two thousand

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and five wedding of Charles and Camilla, and upon her

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death in twenty fourteen, the then Prince of Wales paid

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tribute to her. Is utterly irreplaceable and there you have

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