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New allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

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Muffinmam · 03/11/2025 01:18

Last night an episode of 60 Minutes (Australia) aired and an allegation was
made that it wasn’t just girls who were trafficked to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor by Ghislane and Epstein - there were also young boys.

I’ve included the link below:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hk-9SfptZlU&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD

This allegation never made it into the book because the writer never had a second witness to concur. However, he revealed it in the 60 Minutes interview last night and 60 Minutes aired what is a defamatory allegation - which makes me think that 60 Minutes felt confident it was true (otherwise their lawyers would have killed the story). It was a very short reference but British Police need to interview Ghislane as to Andrew’s other victims.

Further, AIBU to think that the Royal Protection officers should be made to answer questions as to criminality involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor?

Also, how can Beatrice & Eugenie still support their disgusting father after everything we know? Do they not care about their own children? Particularly Beatrice’s young step son. Hopefully Andrew is not allowed anywhere near this boy.

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Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:18

CallItLoneliness · 03/11/2025 11:21

I think it's wrong that people can lose everything by being attacked by men who take what they want, and then get away with it, which is the FAR more likely scenario. Men are more likely to be raped themselves than falsely accused of rape: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gang-rape-trial-ayia-napa-false-accusation-sexual-assault-cyprus-israel-a9131796.html

But I am not talking about the justice system. I am talking about the media.

Steyning · 03/11/2025 14:19

Watch this interview with VG's boyfriend:

Source: YouTube share.google/80PnfQ3XMbhiRRgJh

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:20

MaccyDeeeFavs · 03/11/2025 10:19

This isn’t about punishment, it’s about accountability, respect and compassion. The York sisters have benefited financially and socially from their parents’ dealings with Epstein. While they may not have been directly involved, they still reaped the advantages of Epstein’s wealth and social connections. JE and his entourage were guests at Beatrice’s 18th birthday showing he was treated like a family friend and that the boundaries were blurred.

Royal titles aren’t basic human rights, they’re privileges tied to public trust, symbolism and representation. When someone’s status comes directly from a system of inherited honour it means their public image is inevitably linked to their family’s actions. You can’t separate the inherited title from the legacy it carries.

It would be right for B&E to distance themselves from it all now, out of respect for the victims and for the integrity of the royal institution. Giving up their titles would allow the public to see them and their own families as separate from their parents’ scandals.

No, I still disagree. It's totally wrong to punish someone for what their parents did.

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:22

Ukisgaslit · 03/11/2025 10:15

@Horsie

You think Philip was ‘decent ‘??

I suppose it depends on your definition of decent but Philip was never loyal to Elizabeth . He had numerous affairs and was linked some believe to the Profumo scandal .
The whole image of the steadfast marriage of Philip and Elizabeth was a lie .

It will all come out now they are dead. That’s the Windsor way . Keep the current beneficiaries at the trough above all.

Some people have mentioned that several of the Windsor men are gay. This seems to be totally unacceptable to the Windsor facade and must be covered up . Lavender marriages and living a lie follow .

I honestly don't believe all the lurid rumours about Prince Philip. The press would have been on that in an instant.

OhMargaret · 03/11/2025 14:22

Muffinmam · 03/11/2025 01:18

Last night an episode of 60 Minutes (Australia) aired and an allegation was
made that it wasn’t just girls who were trafficked to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor by Ghislane and Epstein - there were also young boys.

I’ve included the link below:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hk-9SfptZlU&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD

This allegation never made it into the book because the writer never had a second witness to concur. However, he revealed it in the 60 Minutes interview last night and 60 Minutes aired what is a defamatory allegation - which makes me think that 60 Minutes felt confident it was true (otherwise their lawyers would have killed the story). It was a very short reference but British Police need to interview Ghislane as to Andrew’s other victims.

Further, AIBU to think that the Royal Protection officers should be made to answer questions as to criminality involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor?

Also, how can Beatrice & Eugenie still support their disgusting father after everything we know? Do they not care about their own children? Particularly Beatrice’s young step son. Hopefully Andrew is not allowed anywhere near this boy.

Eugenie doesn't support him, they're not close at all and he's never even met her second child

MaccyDeeeFavs · 03/11/2025 14:27

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:20

No, I still disagree. It's totally wrong to punish someone for what their parents did.

They wouldn’t be punished as their titles wouldn’t be forcibly taken. They could relinquish them voluntarily, guided by their own conscience and moral stance so taking a stand against their parents' murky dealings, from which they’ve indirectly benefited socially and financially. In doing so, they get to appear righteous while cleansing the public image tarnished by their father’s legacy. What’s not to love? In terms of PR that's would be a good step. Once William become King, he may take away all these titles anyways, not as a punishment but to slim down the monarchy and improve accountability, a key aspect of good governance.

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:31

BadgernTheGarden · 03/11/2025 09:48

The photo was hardly damning, Andrew with his arm round a happy looking, smiling young woman, with an older woman smiling in the background.

Upstairs...

Bigcat25 · 03/11/2025 14:31

Noideawhyitsanissue · 03/11/2025 12:19

I totally agree but also feel slightly sad if the trafficking of boys is the catalyst as it implies that society will stand up more against crimes against males as if it’s more shocking somehow

Agree. It's a little sexist to think that things will be taken seriously now that young men are involved rather than women/girls.

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:35

Katiesaidthat · 03/11/2025 10:12

Many have moved on and don´t want the unwelcome notoriety, or their circle don´t know their past, or they dont want the shit sued out of them, take your pick. That´s not for everyone and that is to be respected.

ALL of them, though? The media should be able to corroborate the stories they put out, otherwise it's just muck-raking.

SecretNameAsImShy · 03/11/2025 14:37

Daisymay8 · 03/11/2025 04:52

I feel the set up by Epstein and Maxwell probably ran to dozens of privileged men and many more girls. Is the chasing of Andrew by the world press a deliberate way of sidetracking from these men - Trump ? Why aren’t other girls coming forward or have they been paid off and keeping their heads down.

The other girl involved with VG is suing Guiffres as she says that VG told lies about some of the treatment and events.

The GET Andrew plan seems odd as he is the only one and people are determined to get him and only him in prison or dead. Why not others too?

I hear you. I think there are a couple of reasons they are going after Andrew:

  1. He is a british royal
  2. He lied on TV in that awful interview.

Personally, I would like to see him banished to some squalid lodgings. I don't think he should be entitled to a security detail or any of the trappings of being a member of the royal family.

As for the rest of them, Trump especially, I hope that one day we will see him brought to justice. He is a vile man who seems to think that he is god.

I have just bought VG's book but haven't started reading it yet.

Steyning · 03/11/2025 14:42

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:22

I honestly don't believe all the lurid rumours about Prince Philip. The press would have been on that in an instant.

Oh you are embarrassingly naïve.

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:44

MaccyDeeeFavs · 03/11/2025 10:54

Girls? They’re adult women with families of their own. Calling them girls is dismissive.

Pointing out the moral and broader benefits of them giving up their royal titles is reasonable. Demanding 'leave the girls alone' comes across like an attempt to silence a perfectly valid discussion point.

It feels like someone’s trying to clean up E&B’s image, but they’re missing the point. The best way to do that would be for the York sisters to step back from the sleazy reputation their titles now carry because of their family’s entanglement with JE.

Maccy, I'm sure YOU wouldn't like to be punished for something your dad had done. What you propose is so unreasonable that I wonder if you are just envious that they are HRHs and princesses.

I'm also not at all sure that the daughters benefited from their parents' dodgy connections. They're royal princesses with trust funds from the late Queen and before that, the Queen Mother. What could Epstein possibly have offered them?

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:46

Steyning · 03/11/2025 14:42

Oh you are embarrassingly naïve.

Maybe, or maybe I just don't believe every mucky rumour.

Ukisgaslit · 03/11/2025 14:46

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:22

I honestly don't believe all the lurid rumours about Prince Philip. The press would have been on that in an instant.

It was in an FBI report

HelenaWaiting · 03/11/2025 14:50

AnnoyedAsAllHeck · 03/11/2025 05:56

I doubt her suit will get anywhere since VG is dead.

My understanding is that she is suing the estate of the late Virginia Giuffre.

NormasArse · 03/11/2025 14:52

WaryHiker · 03/11/2025 04:17

I was twenty-eight before I had the mental strength to hear a word against my father. I have no judgement for those two young women.

I hope you got some justice 😔.

ThatCyanCat · 03/11/2025 14:52

I'm undecided on whether they should or not, but if B and E did relinquish their titles, would it make any difference to them? They aren't working royals and none of their cousins except William and Harry is titled as Prince or Princess.

Lavenderandbrown · 03/11/2025 14:54

How is it known the photo of VG and AWM was taken upstairs? Is it the shape of the arched doorway or did VG say it was upstairs? Prior to this thread I’ve never heard it referred to as upstairs in a small mews house

Donttellempike · 03/11/2025 14:56

Horsie · 03/11/2025 14:22

I honestly don't believe all the lurid rumours about Prince Philip. The press would have been on that in an instant.

They absolutely would not.

VanessaSanessa · 03/11/2025 14:58

Donttellempike · 03/11/2025 14:56

They absolutely would not.

Exactly.

The deference at the time was mind boggling.

Needspaceforlego · 03/11/2025 14:58

prh47bridge · 03/11/2025 14:05

Whether he knew VG was trafficked:

We deal with people under the law as it stood at the time of the alleged offence. Today, it is an offence to pay or offer to pay for sex with someone who has been trafficked and, if the trafficked person is being unlawfully detained, there is a rebuttable presumption that they did not consent. If Andrew did not pay Epstein for sex with VG (she has never alleged that he did) and she was not being unlawfully detained, there was no offence even under today's laws. Under the laws at the time, neither of these things were offences. Whether he knew VG was trafficked is irrelevant.

A further factor is that VG always refused to co-operate with law enforcement. It seems she did not want those she alleged abused her prosecuted, preferring to pursue them through the courts for payouts. In the only case where she did offer to give evidence, the prosecution declined to call her due to doubts about the reliability of her evidence.

Andrew did not settle the case with VG to avoid a criminal prosecution. He settled because, following various rulings by the judge, his lawyers advised him of the level of risk he faced in proceeding both in terms of the possibility he might lose and the ongoing publicity. and he decided to settle. VG was also willing to settle, presumably due to her lawyers advising her of the level of risk that she might lose. The size of the settlement is unknown. The figure of £12M was widely reported, but that was just an estimate by a newspaper. Information that has emerged more recently suggests the true figure was around £3M. Either figure is significantly lower than she would have expected if she had won in court.

I would not say definitively that no crimes have occurred, but VG's evidence does not appear to show Andrew committing any criminal offences either here or in the USA.

I didn't know it is reported to be as low as £3m she was given. But that sounds a much more logical figure to me the £12m banded around always seemed wild.

I still think there is lots of stirring around Andrew to keep someone or some others out of the spotlight.
Who are those other men?

HelenaWaiting · 03/11/2025 15:00

diddl · 03/11/2025 13:58

Like father - like son. Philip was widely known in Fleet St to be involved with the Christine Keeler/Mandy Rice Davies scandal but F St was warned off reporting it.

He knew Stephen Ward.

What else is there?

If it's so widely known what are the details?

Stephen Ward? Stephen Ward who was wrongfully charged with living off immoral earnings? Who was hounded to death because he was gay and knew too much? That Stephen Ward? I should imagine many people knew him. It's not exactly a smoking gun, is it?

Horsie · 03/11/2025 15:01

Olivebranch123 · 03/11/2025 12:28

Tony Blaire was convicted of " cottaging " I don't know the legal term. Basically caught having sex with another male in a public lavatory. This is public information, anyone can look this up.

There is no evidence from reputable news sources, official records, or biographies to support this story. It's widely believed to be a hoax.

Regarding Epstein and all involved, I hope an investigation is able to clear up what's true from what's lurid rumour. And I hope more victims feel able to come forward to help with that.

ChateauMargaux · 03/11/2025 15:04

Why do we care more if he abused boys than if he abused girls?

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