Flight records show Duke of York and his accuser Virginia Roberts were in the same places at the same times she claims to have sex with him ...
Flight records show Duke of York and his accuser Virginia Roberts were in the same places at the same times she claims to have sex with him
Gordon Rayner
By Gordon Rayner, and Rob Crilly in New York
21 Jan 2015
The Duke of York is under renewed pressure to speak publicly about sex abuse allegations after flight records backed up his accuser’s claims of having met him three times.
Flight logs from the private jet of the Duke’s friend Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, show Virginia Roberts and the Duke were both in the locations where she claims to have had sex with him, at the relevant times.
Prince Andrew has categorically denied “any sexual contact” with Miss Roberts, who was 17 at the time, and is considering whether to address the subject when he makes a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.
The Duke will speak at his Pitch@Palace event, where he introduces people starting their own companies to established entrepreneurs.
It is understood that any reference he makes to the scandal will be brief and will simply underline his previous denials, but it would nevertheless set a new precedent for a member of the Royal family to make a public statement about allegations of a sexual nature.
His former wife, the Duchess of York, has talked about tabloid newspaper stories of her relationships after she and the Duke separated, but she had already divorced the Duke by the time she spoke about it on television.
Other members of the Royal family, including the Prince of Wales, Diana, Princess of Wales and Edward VIII have made public statements about their love lives, but only to confirm stories that were true, rather than denying claims of impropriety.
The Duke had no doubt hoped that interest in claims made by Miss Roberts in US court documents, which emerged at the start of the month, would have died down by the time he arrived in Davos, but new disclosures continue to emerge.
Flight logs for Epstein’s Gulfstream jet, published by Mail Online, together with public information about the Duke’s movements, show that Miss Roberts and the Duke were both in London in March 2001, when she claims they first had sex, and in New York and the US Virgin Islands the following month, the locations where she says their other sexual encounters happened.
Gordon Rayner
By Gordon Rayner, and Rob Crilly in New York
21 Jan 2015
The Duke of York is under renewed pressure to speak publicly about sex abuse allegations after flight records backed up his accuser’s claims of having met him three times.
Flight logs from the private jet of the Duke’s friend Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, show Virginia Roberts and the Duke were both in the locations where she claims to have had sex with him, at the relevant times.
Prince Andrew has categorically denied “any sexual contact” with Miss Roberts, who was 17 at the time, and is considering whether to address the subject when he makes a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.
The Duke will speak at his Pitch@Palace event, where he introduces people starting their own companies to established entrepreneurs.
It is understood that any reference he makes to the scandal will be brief and will simply underline his previous denials, but it would nevertheless set a new precedent for a member of the Royal family to make a public statement about allegations of a sexual nature.
His former wife, the Duchess of York, has talked about tabloid newspaper stories of her relationships after she and the Duke separated, but she had already divorced the Duke by the time she spoke about it on television.
Other members of the Royal family, including the Prince of Wales, Diana, Princess of Wales and Edward VIII have made public statements about their love lives, but only to confirm stories that were true, rather than denying claims of impropriety.
The Duke had no doubt hoped that interest in claims made by Miss Roberts in US court documents, which emerged at the start of the month, would have died down by the time he arrived in Davos, but new disclosures continue to emerge.
Flight logs for Epstein’s Gulfstream jet, published by Mail Online, together with public information about the Duke’s movements, show that Miss Roberts and the Duke were both in London in March 2001, when she claims they first had sex, and in New York and the US Virgin Islands the following month, the locations where she says their other sexual encounters happened.
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