Though Prince Andrew, accused of having sex with an underage teenager by the name of 'Virginia Roberts', through previously convicted socialite friend Jeffrey Epstein, has denied the charges in public, there has been a flurry of developments in the media. The biggest instigator: an incriminating photograph with his hand draped around the minor in question.
On LBC radio last week, PM David Cameron, who had previously backed the Prince's friendship with the wealthy businessman Epstein, refused to make a comment: “I'm not going to make any comment on it (…) obviously, the Prince has made his own views very, very clear, and I think I'll leave it at that.” Sources close to the Prince have also confided to 'The Telegraph' that he has gone from worrying about his friendship with the American national to having deep regrets: “He is watching the news and reading the headlines” said the source, “and even though the friendship with Jeffrey Epstein was acknowledged as being unwise back in 2011, now more than ever, he can see how foolish it was.”
Dershowitz, a famed attorney and one of the many prominent figure accused of dealings in the Roberts 'sex slave' ring, is currently fighting her lawyers in the U.S. In a statement to 'The Guardian', he said about the other men accused “If they’re innocent, they should do what I’m doing (…) You can’t do what I’m doing unless you’re 100% certain of your innocence.” However, he also added that perhaps for someone in Andrew's position it was “an undignified way to respond.” The Prince has also hinted that to file a legal proceeding when he does not need to appear in court would besmirch his royal position, especially after Buckingham Palace and his ex-wife Ferguson, have so vehemently denied the incident. Indeed he has been urged by invested politicians 'to keep a low profile' regarding a visit scheduled to Davos in the coming month.
As Dershowitz' legal suit rages on, Prince Andrew could be called to the stand as a witness.
In the meantime Scotland Yard has been urged to co-operate by talking with the Prince's bodyguards. The security team may be asked to provide witness statements about illicit behaviour during Andrew's visits to the home of Jeffrey Epstein's mansion in Florida where he allegedly fraternised with naked women.
