Prince Andrew to receive support amid Epstein revelations?

Prince Andrew, currently in the headlines after the recent release of new documents related to the Epstein case and his association with Jeffrey Epstein has received the royal family's support.

According to a royal expert, the royal family “will stand beside” Prince Andrew unequivocally, regardless of the recent revelations in the latest document release related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Last month, Manhattan federal Judge Loretta Preska mandated the disclosure of the names of over 170 associates of Epstein, including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, along with the Duke of York, in court documents.

These documents involve a serious allegation of improper physical contact against the scandal-plagued British royal.

These documents were submitted in a defamation lawsuit that Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an accuser of Epstein, filed against Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015, a case that has since been settled.

Also read: Prince Andrew's ties with Jeffery Epstein laid bare in unsealed documents

Even though Prince Andrew's name was mentioned in the unsealed documents, royal commentator Kinsey Schofield expressed doubt that the royal family would disassociate from the disgraced duke.

“I do think that the royal family is going to stand beside him no matter what,” Schofield told GB News.

She added, “We saw it not only at Sandringham but remember those clear pictures we saw of Prince Andrew in the car with both the Prince and Princess of Wales on the way to church at Balmoral.”

“I think that he has stressed to them that he that there are no more skeletons in the closet,” she added.

Schofield continued, “It’s not a great look and I do think that you are as strong as your weakest team member and unfortunately he’s their weakest team member.

The American journalist disclosed, “But they’re going to stand by him. It’s never complain, never explain. That’s what their strategy is going to be.”

As per the docs reveal another alleged Epstein victim, Johanna Sjoberg, said in a 2016 deposition that the Duke of York put his hand on her breast as she sat on his lap at the financier’s Manhattan townhouse in 2001.

She also posed for a photo alongside Giuffre, whose breast was groped using a puppet of Andrew, Sjoberg testified.

However, Andrew has refuted the allegation, which was disclosed and covered in an earlier release of documents, as reported by Reuters.

“They put the puppet on Virginia’s lap, and I sat on Andrew’s lap, and they put the puppet’s hand on Virginia’s breast, and Andrew put his hand on my breast, and they took a photo,” she said of Maxwell and Epstein.