Overview

• Metropolitan Police confirmed they are examining press allegations that Prince Andrew tried to obtain damaging details about Virginia Giuffre through a state-funded protection officer.
• Andrew announced on Friday that he would stop using the Duke of York title and relinquish honors including the Order of the Garter while retaining the style of prince.
• Giuffre’s family welcomed the renunciation as validating her claims, and her brother urged King Charles III to remove Andrew’s remaining title of prince.
• Newly released records from U.S. House Democrats and British media reports include flight logs and emails indicating Andrew flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet and stayed in contact after 2010, contradicting his past statements.
• Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, due for publication on Tuesday, and continuing document releases have sustained pressure on the palace and renewed scrutiny of Andrew’s conduct.