”He is very interested in the businesses and charity side of things, rather than doing anything on Netflix.”
The Duke of York is reportedly “keeping an eye” on the couple’s multi-million dollar streaming, book and charity deals as he tries to work out a way to forge a fresh career away from the royal family, like they did in 2020. Photo / Getty Images
It is thought Andrew has been told there is no way back to a public role in the royal family, but King Charles, 74, is said to have agreed for his younger brother to seek out “low-key” business opportunities.
Andrew is also said to be consulting lawyers in a bid to overturn the multi-million pound settlement he reached with one of Epstein’s sex trafficking victims, Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual assault.
It’s understood it may be part of an attempt to get the 39-year-old, formally known as Virginia Roberts, to retract her allegations he had sex with her when she was a teenager and possible secure an apology.
Andrew was photographed in Central Park, New York, talking to Epstein just after the financier’s release from jail in 2009 after serving a short sentence for sex offences.
Virginia maintains Epstein, who was found dead in his New York jail cell in 2019 aged 66, paid her $15,000 (NZ$24,000) after she had sex with Andrew in London when she was 17, along with two other times – accusations the royal has strongly denied.
There was never a formal admission of liability from the Prince, nor an apology, after he settled with Virginia out of court over the claims in February 2022.
The Daily Mail has reported that since the death of Andrew’s late mother Queen Elizabeth, he has been “pushing” King Charles for the return of privileges of which he was stripped, including the ability to use the HRH title.
