4 h. ago Andrew gives up his Duke of York title in further banishment from royal life

Andrew released a statement via Buckingham Palace saying the decision had been taken in agreement with the King.

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13 h. ago Punish Prince Andrew? This is no meritocracy, I’m afraid – you get the royal family you didn’t vote for | Marina Hyde

After years of drip-fed revelations, we might as well face it. This is a family elevated by birthright: they’re stuck with him and so are weReading the extract from Virginia Giuffre’s tragic memoir in the Guardian this week, I was struck again by the fate of each of those people involved in that infamous photograph taken at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house.The teenage girl at the centre of the picture is dead, having taken her own life at a remote Australian farmhouse earlier this year, unable to outrun her trauma. The person who took the photograph is dead, having somehow killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking. The grinning woman in the background is in prison herself, exalting Donald Trump’s impeccable purity in the hope of getting moved to a nicer jail or even pardoned. And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which...

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36 h. ago Prince Andrew told Virginia Giuffre 'my daughters are a little younger than you' before having sex, she claims in autobiography

Ms Giuffre, who took her own life six months ago, said she felt 'like Cinderella' when she was introduced to the Duke of York at Ghislaine Maxwell's London townhouse in March 2001.

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38 h. ago Ghislaine Maxwell being treated like a ‘guest in a hotel’ at new prison, expert says

‘Very unusual situation’ said to be ‘upsetting’ prisoners in facility normally reserved for perpetrators of white collar crimes

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42 h. ago Prince Andrew told Virginia Giuffre 'my daughters are a little younger than you' before having sex, she claims in  autobiography

Ms Giuffre, who took her own life six months ago, said she felt 'like Cinderella' when she was introduced to the Duke of York at Ghislaine Maxwell's London townhouse in March 2001.

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65 h. ago Celebrity Traitors star 'received special treatment' as there's 'no way they'd rough it'

Despite the star-packed guest list for the Celebrity Traitors' castle there was little special treatment on the BBC show – except for one national treasure

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4 d. ago Mystery visitors plunged Ghislaine Maxwell’s Texas prison camp into lockdown as inmates complain of preferential treatment, report says

Maxwell had a mysterious meeting in the prison’s chapel that prevented other inmates from getting their outdoor time, per the report

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5 d. ago Mystery visitors plunged Maxwell’s Texas prison camp into lockdown as inmates complain of preferential treatment, report says

Maxwell had a mysterious meeting in the prison’s chapel that prevented other inmates from getting their outdoor time, per the report

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5 d. ago Warden at Maxwell’s cushy Texas prison camp warned other inmates not to bully her

Maxwell had a mysterious meeting in the prison’s chapel that prevented other inmates from getting their outdoor time, per the report

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1 week ago Laura Loomer warns against lobbying Trump to pardon Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘Do not do it. I repeat. Do not do it’

Trump said he would ‘speak’ with the Justice Department about clemency for Maxwell after the sex offender’s appeal was denied by the Supreme Court

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1 week ago Trump says he’d consider Ghislaine Maxwell pardon and mentions Diddy in same breath as Epstein pal: ‘Have to take a look’

Maxwell’s last-ditch appeal of her sex trafficking conviction was rejected by the Supreme Court on Monday

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1 week ago Trump hints at Ghislaine Maxwell pardon in bizarre Oval Office admission

President Donald Trump said he would 'take a look' at pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, speaking in the Oval Office - as he faces mounting pressure to 'release the Epstein files'

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1 week ago Trump talks Diddy and Ghislaine Maxwell pardons as he bafflingly tells reporter, ‘I haven’t heard the name in so long’

Maxwell’s last-ditch appeal of her sex trafficking conviction was rejected by the Supreme Court on Monday

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1 week ago Illinois governor vows to resist Trump administration ‘power grab’ after suing over national guard deployment to Chicago – live

JB Pritzker says Illinois will use ‘every lever’ to stop Trump’s use of military in state; federal judge says administration has two days to file a response and sets a hearing for ThursdayIllinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guardThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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1 week ago White House calls court ruling blocking Portland national guard deployment ‘untethered from reality’ – live

Karoline Leavitt criticizes Trump-appointed judge’s decision; Trump deploying military to Chicago on ‘flimsy pretext’, Illinois lawsuit alleges Illinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guardThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump deploying military to Chicago on ‘flimsy pretext’, Illinois lawsuit alleges – live

Complaint filed by Illinois says ‘these advances in President Trump’s long-declared ‘War’ on Chicago and Illinois are unlawful and dangerous’Illinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guardThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ghislaine Maxwell's final bid for freedom crushed as court makes dramatic decision

Jeffrey Epstein's 'madam' Ghislaine Maxwell has lost her final appeal after the Supreme Court refuses to hear her case, leaving a presidential pardon from her pal Donald Trump as her only hope of an early release

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1 week ago Illinois sues to block Trump from deploying national guard troops to Chicago – live

Complaint filed by Illinois says ‘these advances in President Trump’s long-declared ‘War’ on Chicago and Illinois are unlawful and dangerous’The supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Supreme Court REJECTS Ghislaine Maxwell appeal after Trump told justices to stay out of case

The Supreme Court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal after she claimed she was wrongly prosecuted for sex trafficking.

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1 week ago Supreme court rejects appeal from Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell – US politics live

Justices declines to take up case that would have renewed attention on case after Trump administration faced criticism for refusing to release Epstein filesThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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