Prince Andrew in jep?

That sounds like a cheap settlement from Andrew's point of view. I would have expected VG to get about $10m more.

Can you imagine him in court....he collapsed completely and came across appallingly in a fairly friendly bbc interview...him being questioned by a lawyer? I would have loved to see it.

He is tarnished forever the paying of the settlement will be an admission of guilt to the majority of people I would wager.

Any half competent lawyer would have ripped him a new one for sure and I'd have liked to see how he would stand up during cross-examination. Sadly it's not to be.

Settlement or no settlement, he was always going to be tarnished. Off to some comfortable retirement for him now, well away from the public gaze.

Hold up chief, didn't this greasy $hitrat say in that interview that he never even met Giuffre? Because there is lie number 1. Didn't he also claim he "had no regrets about his relationship with Epstein", but now today, after forking out 7.5 million dollars he now "regrets his association with Epstein, and commends the bravery of Ms Giuffre and other survivors in standing up for themselves and others" Lie number 2. I'd go on but there's no point is there, he's a lying filthy piece of human trash, and is lucky to be born into some real "white privilege" due to his families accumulated wealth that was also created off the backs of other sufferers throughout the centuries.

I know its not a crime to lie to the public, God knows everybody and anybody in any sort of governance does it on a daily basis. Least he can do is apologize to the people who allow him and his crew the lifestyle they are accustomed to, but I'd say a great deal of them are pathetically convinced that this dodgeball is innocent up to his unsweaty eyeballs.

If the case were to go to court, it would have been highly embarrassing for the Royal Family so you can be sure they stuck the boot in and got this settled. I'm surprised they didn't settle earlier.

Your first point has been answered a few posts earlier. He said he didn't recall meeting her which is not the same as denying meeting her.

He did say he had no regrets about his relationship with Epstein. He said Epstein gave him some very good business contacts. He made that statement before he had to fork out in a settlement with VG. I'm sure he has regrets now for sure.

Any comment on the bravery of VG in the statement is more than likely not Andrew's words but the words of a settlement statement drawn up by lawyers. That statement was made to deflect everything away from Andrew and onto Epstein.

He's done for in the eyes of the public, absolutely. But I can't see him apologising because that's an admission of sorts that he did something wrong. This settlement isn't an admission that he did anything wrong, even though most of us think that he did.

Ha ha this about sums it up and all in a single tweet!

Legally of course he is but not in the court of public opinion.

Of course to most people that wouldn't matter a damn but to the British Royal family , UK government and those British citizens who actually care , the court of public opinion absolutely means everything.

Andrew has had all his Military titles removed, Patronages removed , even the unionists up north didn't fly the Royal standard on his birthday (that must have hurt).

He's done & will never ever represent the Royal family again and good riddance.

The manipulation of the girls involved in this case and with Epstein must be on a par with elite brain washing, as all the victims willingly went to his house by their own means over and over and over, same with trips to island, all went to that airport to fly there over and over and over and over. It's a very strange case, the manipulation is something I've never seen before, it's like they were hypnotized or that at the time they never knew they were victims of crimes. So weird.

Yeah I know what you mean. We can read between the lines and everyone knows exactly why he’s reached a settlement. The thing is though that the only guilt he has admitted to is the guilt of being a friend of Epstein. I think he’s gotten off very lightly indeed. I don’t think 7.5 million pounds of a payout will give him too many sleepless nights and his brass neck will ensure he won’t care what anyone thinks.