Prince Andrew ‘ridiculed by aides with nursery rhyme’ after his £12million settlement
dailyrecord.co.ukPrince Andrew is being mocked by staff at Buckingham Palace who have made up their own version of an old nursery rhyme following his £12million court settlement, it is claimed.
Andrew, who also carries the title The Duke of York, agreed to dish out the huge sum in order to avoid court after Virginia Giuffre's sex abuse claims.
The Prince, who has just turned 62, claims he has never met his accuser and denies any wrongdoing despite her claims she met him through Jeffrey Epstein.The Mirror reports that staff at the Palace have adapted the nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York, to reference his denials at them ever meeting, according to a report in the Sunday Times.
They have sung: "The grand old Duke of York, he had 12 million quid."He gave it to someone he’d never met, for something he never did."In a 2019 interview with BBC's Emily Maitlis on Newsnight, Andrew claimed to have "no recollection" of meeting Virginia, despite a photo said to be from London in 2001 , where he is seen with his arm around a then-17-year-old Ms Giuffre, with convicted trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in the background.Prince Andrew has claimed before that the photo might be a fake.Ms Guiffre alleged Andrew had sex with her three times when she was a teenager and underage according to US law.The Duke told Ms Maitlis that he had no regrets about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.Insiders have now said to the Sunday Times that he has a "genuine regret he was ever involved with Epstein".They continued: "He is remorseful, particularly about the impact it has had on his mother and his family."The same insiders believe the £12million settlement figure is "out by millions".The news comes after it has been claimed Andrew was making secret visits to the
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