"The Sun reported Wednesday that Charles, as Prince of Wales, personally contributed around $2 million of a $16 million loan to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, which his younger brother used to silence Giuffre in 2022 by enticing her to drop her U.S. lawsuit against him. It's believed that the bulk of this loan to Andrew, which funded his out-of-court settlement with Giuffre, was paid by the late Queen Elizabeth II, according to The Sun."
"Charles' money was deployed to buy Andrew out of a full public reckoning, to shut down a civil case that could have put a senior royal's alleged sexual abuse of a trafficked teenager under the spotlight in a New York courtroom, Sykes added, saying that the then-future king was making a hard political calculation about what is in the interests of the Crown."
"King Charles III can no longer claim plausible deniability when it comes to the former Prince Andrew's efforts to escape legal accountability for his alleged sexual abuse of Virginia Giuffre, the most well-known of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged teen trafficking victims, according to reports. By reaching a settlement, Andrew also was spared having to testify in court, after he had already set off three years of damaging publicity for the British royal family because of emerging revelations about his friendship with Epstein."
King Charles III, as Prince of Wales, contributed about $2 million toward a $16 million loan to Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. That loan was used to secure a 2022 settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who dropped her U.S. lawsuit after accepting the settlement. The bulk of the $16 million loan was paid by the late Queen Elizabeth II. The settlement allowed Andrew to avoid testifying and a public New York courtroom reckoning over his association with Jeffrey Epstein. The contribution has been characterized as a deliberate political calculation to protect the Crown, and the controversy has continued with subsequent releases of emails and photos.
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