Overview
- BBC analysis says a 2006 image places Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein at Andrew’s Royal Lodge before Princess Beatrice’s birthday party, with a witness recalling drinks in the garden.
- Prince Andrew gave up his dukedom in mid‑October after Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir renewed allegations; he continues to deny wrongdoing after a 2022 civil settlement.
- Kensington Palace rejects Emily Maitlis’s report that Prince William warned Beatrice and Eugenie about their titles, stressing the Prince of Wales cannot strip birth titles without Parliament.
- UK tabloids report active talks to move Andrew from the Royal Lodge, with intensive work at Frogmore Cottage and claims he is pressing for two smaller homes including Adelaide Cottage.
- Beatrice was spotted in Saudi Arabia and Eugenie in Paris as polling, protests and calls for a Commons hearing over finances increase pressure on the palace to resolve Andrew’s residence.