Company logos vanish from Prince Andrew's website as sex scandal grows

[snoop1130]

Company logos vanish from Prince Andrew's website as sex scandal grows

By Estelle Shirbon, Carolyn Cohn

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Andrew arrives by horse and carriage on ladies day at Royal Ascot, June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A scheme for entrepreneurs founded by Prince Andrew has taken down the logos of its corporate sponsors from its website, as firms and charities distance themselves from the British royal over a sex scandal.

 

Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s second son, denies an allegation that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl procured for him by his friend Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in a U.S. prison in August while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

 

The scandal has escalated since Andrew’s rambling denials and explanations in a disastrous TV interview aired on Saturday left many viewers incredulous, and his apparent lack of compassion for Epstein’s victims drew widespread condemnation.

 

The “supporters” page on the website of Andrew’s Pitch@Palace programme, which is intended as a platform to boost the work of entrepreneurs, was no longer available on Tuesday.

 

Cached versions of the page, saved in June this year, showed it carried the logos of brands including KPMG, AstraZeneca, Barclays, Cisco, Standard Chartered and Bosch.

 

Pitch@Palace did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

 

Insurance broker AON confirmed it had asked Pitch@Palace to remove its logo from the website. A spokesman said the logo had been placed on the site in error, as AON had no connection to the scheme.

 

KPMG, which was listed as a “founding partner” on the old supporters page, ended its sponsorship of Pitch@Palace on Oct. 31. Several national media in Britain reported the decision was linked to adverse publicity around Andrew at that time. A KPMG spokesman declined to comment.

 

A spokesman for AstraZeneca said the company’s three-year partnership with Pitch@Palace was due to expire at the end of the year and was being reviewed.

 

Separately, British charity The Outward Bound Trust has called a board meeting this week to discuss Andrew’s patronage, a spokeswoman said. Other non-profit organisations are having similar internal discussions, British media said.

 

In Britain, royal patronage is usually considered an honour and a boost for charities.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-11-19

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[SkyNets]

One could say that he let the side down.

[tandor]

...17...gee that's getting on a bit.

[Pedrogaz]

Just to point out that 17 is perfectly legal in the UK where the age of consent is 16. The press are making out like he's Hitler. A bit overdone in my opinion.

[Orton Rd]

2 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

Just to point out that 17 is perfectly legal in the UK where the age of consent is 16. The press are making out like he's Hitler. A bit overdone in my opinion.

He was in his 40's a member of the RF consorting with a convicted sex offender and pimp as well as sexual activity with what porn sites describe as barely legal and with a girl who claims she was a sex slave. It's not so much what he has done but the dishonesty about it and the lies he has so obviously come out with, comically laughable. His explanation for the photo is the most amusing part- that photo was taken upstairs but I have never been up there etc. idiotic. If his conduct was legal and not immoral then why lie about it?

[Zyxel]

[tifino]

 pulling out is the safe thing to do... 

 

 

 

and the way of saying 'no comment', without need to say it...

[Yinn]

2 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Just to point out that 17 is perfectly legal in the UK where the age of consent is 16.

I not think child trafficking/child prostitution is “perfectly legal in the UK”.

Rape.

 

if no problem, why he lie. 

 

Will he go to Jail?

 

The 16 year old rule, is same in thailand. For young people, is normal behavior.

 

Not prostitution with kids and old guys. is wrong. IMO and the law opinion. 

 

Different a lot. You can not see?

 

 

[blazes]

 

 

Don't worry: all will turn out well and Handy Andy will have a Happy Ending.

[kingstonkid]

I think it is guaranteed that he is going to be sent home and told to adopt the Schultz posture.

 

I see hear nothing 

see nothing

do nothing

[neeray]

"Company logos vanish from Prince Andrew's website as sex scandal grows"

 

Vanish ! Sounds like something the Prince would be wise to do.

[VillageIdiot]

The company logos have vanished.

That takes care of Prince Andrew.  In his youth aka Randy Andy.

The honey-trap that he got caught in is only one aspect of this story.  

Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were running an operation that was using sex with young girls as bait for some dirty business that may never fully come to light.

Follow the money back to where it came from.  Who was financing Epstein, and for what reasons?  

Those are the questions that should be asked and investigated, not an obsessive focus on the sex angle.  That was just a means of entrapment, not the ultimate goal of this operation.

 

[Baerboxer]

4 hours ago, tandor said:

...17...gee that's getting on a bit.

 

16 is the age of consent in the UK. She was an American playing with rich and powerful people. At no time did she run off, ask for help, complain to police, airline staff, immigration etc.

 

Guilty by the media and mob. The new standards of justice!

[Baerboxer]

19 minutes ago, VillageIdiot said:

The company logos have vanished.

That takes care of Prince Andrew.  In his youth aka Randy Andy.

The honey-trap that he got caught in is only one aspect of this story.  

Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were running an operation that was using sex with young girls as bait for some dirty business that may never fully come to light.

Follow the money back to where it came from.  Who was financing Epstein, and for what reasons?  

Those are the questions that should be asked and investigated, not an obsessive focus on the sex angle.  That was just a means of entrapment, not the ultimate goal of this operation.

 

 

It won't come to light due to the involvement of a certain American political dynasty. Epstein's "suicide" another mysterious death connected to them.

[Just Weird]

4 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

He was in his 40's a member of the RF consorting with a convicted sex offender and pimp as well as sexual activity with what porn sites describe as barely legal and with a girl who claims she was a sex slave. It's not so much what he has done but the dishonesty about it and the lies he has so obviously come out with, comically laughable. His explanation for the photo is the most amusing part- that photo was taken upstairs but I have never been up there etc. idiotic. If his conduct was legal and not immoral then why lie about it?

"...sexual activity with what porn sites describe as barely legal and with a girl who claims she was a sex slave".

I think you'll find that is an unproven allegation that he is denying strongly!

[from the home of CC]

to all those who have determined that no offence has occurred here, can you imagine your daughter being involved with these scummy people? No, I didn't think so...

[Syduan]

Tip of the iceberg, he's a saint compared to the rest of his family.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

(In my best British accent) ... A dirty bit of business, what guv????

[Orton Rd]

2 hours ago, Just Weird said:

"...sexual activity with what porn sites describe as barely legal and with a girl who claims she was a sex slave".

I think you'll find that is an unproven allegation that he is denying strongly!

Who believes him? not very many and it's not just if he did have sex with her or not but his lies about the continuing friendship he had with a convicted sex offender and pimp. Claims he had to go all the way from UK to NY and stay in his mates house for several days, with girls coming and going all the time, to tell him they could no longer be friends. He has denied anything that does not have photographic proof, and where there is suggests one is a fake and the other a misunderstanding of why he was there. He is a liar and did not do the 'honorable' thing, that would be telling the truth.

Edited November 20, 2019 by Orton Rd

[zydeco]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The “supporters” page on the website of Andrew’s Pitch@Palace programme, which is intended as a platform to boost the work of entrepreneurs, was no longer available on Tuesday.

"We don't know him."

[from the home of CC]

as Epstein's accommodations were wired for pictures/sound there is someone or a group right now that have some very explosive evidence, making them very powerful indeed.. 

[Krataiboy]

4 hours ago, VillageIdiot said:

The company logos have vanished.

That takes care of Prince Andrew.  In his youth aka Randy Andy.

The honey-trap that he got caught in is only one aspect of this story.  

Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were running an operation that was using sex with young girls as bait for some dirty business that may never fully come to light.

Follow the money back to where it came from.  Who was financing Epstein, and for what reasons?  

Those are the questions that should be asked and investigated, not an obsessive focus on the sex angle.  That was just a means of entrapment, not the ultimate goal of this operation.

 

Bang on. Mass media coverage of the Epstein saga in the West has been pathetically shallow and diversionary.

 

The toothless bulldogs of the corporate-owned press showed their true credentials by failing to join the chorus of incredulous outrage which rightly greeted the official account of Epstein's demise.

 

As with the murder of alleged John Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald half a century ago, Epstein's death was their cue to ditch a story that was beginning to reach uncomfortably into corridors of power even more hallowed than those of Buckingham Palace.

 

Throwing "Randy" Andy to the wolves is clearly just another ploy to prevent further draining of Epstein swamp and its motley denizens, ranging from celebrities, politicians and business moguls to spies, technocrats and transhumanists. 

 

Mercifully, some online investigators are still digging. The video below, which explores links between Epstein, the Maxwell daughters and US intelligence services is one of an intriguing series by this particular blogger.

 

 

Edited November 20, 2019 by Krataiboy

[nausea]

Like your normal family - that's always been the Royals' strength. Edward a bit gay, Andrew a bit of a playboy, and Charles a bit of an eccentric. They kinda represent the Nation. Of course, the older generation gets left behind as the new guys come in; still, Meghan and Harry are showing the way. Fall on your sword Andrew, your time has passed, time to hand it on to the new generation. Going into an interview relying on your white male privilige, was pretty stupid, to say the least.

[neeray]

It sounds to me with the way Andrew broke off the affair with Jeffery, they were "truly in love".

 

(In love with thoughts of wild sex with young girls)

[Just Weird]

5 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

7 hours ago, Just Weird said:

"...sexual activity with what porn sites describe as barely legal and with a girl who claims she was a sex slave".

I think you'll find that is an unproven allegation that he is denying strongly!

Who believes him? not very many and it's not just if he did have sex with her or not but his lies about the continuing friendship he had with a convicted sex offender and pimp. Claims he had to go all the way from UK to NY and stay in his mates house for several days, with girls coming and going all the time, to tell him they could no longer be friends. He has denied anything that does not have photographic proof, and where there is suggests one is a fake and the other a misunderstanding of why he was there and did not do the 'honorable' thing, that would be telling the truth.

"Who believes him?"

Hardly the point if anyone believes him or not at this stage as the allegations have not been proven!

 

"He is a liar..."

Maybe, maybe not but until anything is proven against him (as it would be with anyone else) he is not and your comment is just your opinion, not rational fact.

[Bruntoid]

13 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Just to point out that 17 is perfectly legal in the UK where the age of consent is 16. The press are making out like he's Hitler. A bit overdone in my opinion.

and how old was he ? 

[Bruntoid]

8 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

16 is the age of consent in the UK. She was an American playing with rich and powerful people. At no time did she run off, ask for help, complain to police, airline staff, immigration etc.

 

Guilty by the media and mob. The new standards of justice!

Your moral standards could do with an upgrade 

[Bruntoid]

Odious jumped up moron who clearly thought he was untouchable. Loving every squirm he endures. 
 

Bigger scandal is how you get to own a large house in Windsor and a £13m ski chalet in Verbier on a ‘salary’ of £249,000 a year ??? 
 

Though technically hasn’t had a job for well over a decade ! 

[Orton Rd]

3 minutes ago, Bruntoid said:

and how old was he ? 

41 but it's not really about her but the Epstein investigation, he needs to be interviewed by the FBI to see what he knows, and he very probably does know about the sex traffiking and underage girls that were abused, that he never mentioned even.

[mogandave]

The girls were hookers, yes? 
 

young and stupid perhaps, but hookers.

The scandal (IMHO) is George Clintonopolis at ABC killing the story...