Prince Andrew would ‘shout and scream’ if his teddy bear assortment was knocked misplaced by palace maids, a former royalty safety officer has claimed.
Former bodyguard Paul Web page made the revelation throughout an interview with Ranvir Singh for the upcoming ITV documentary, Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile.
The previous constable, who left the Metropolitan Police in 2007, was a part of the elite Royal Safety Squad and had entry to the Duke of York’s personal residence.
He claimed that Andrew had a mattress with ’50 or 60′ stuffed toys and maids got a laminated image so every bear might fastidiously be put again in its unique place.
Prince Andrew would ‘shout and scream’ if palace maids tousled his teddy bear assortment on his mattress, a former royalty safety officer has claimed
Former bodyguard Paul Web page claimed that Andrew had a mattress fastidiously positioned with ’50 or 60′ stuffed toys and maids had a laminated image so every one would fastidiously be positioned again of their unique place to keep away from a tantrum
Web page (pictured) made the revelation throughout an interview with Ranvir Singh for the upcoming ITV documentary Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile
He mentioned: ‘It had about 50 or 60 stuffed toys positioned on the mattress and principally there was a card the inspector confirmed us in a drawer and it was an image of those bears all in situ.
‘The rationale for the laminated image was if these bears weren’t put again in the suitable order by the maids, he would shout and scream.’
Author Elizabeth Day was launched to Andrew’s ‘unusual’ teddy bear assortment again in 2019 at Buckingham Palace.
She wrote: ‘I used to be advised to attend in a hall the place my solely different companion was an outsized teddy bear squashed right into a seat.
‘Once I was ushered in to fulfill Prince Andrew, I requested him about it. He sniggered and advised me it had been a marriage reward from his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
‘It appeared fairly unusual to me {that a} grown man needs to be so amused by the presence of a stuffed toy, however I suppose the English higher lessons have a protracted historical past with teddy bears used as transitional objects to precise feelings they could really feel uncomfortable with.
‘I questioned if this was somebody who had by no means actually grown up as a result of he had by no means needed to. Right here he was, taking on area in his mom’s home, finishing up a made-up job to maintain him entertained and nonetheless having a teddy bear his ex-wife had given him. It was bizarre.’
The royalty safety officer – who was within the Royal Safety Command from 1998 to 2004 – additionally mentioned that officers believed the Duke has an in depth relationship with Robert Maxwell’s daughter, The Solar On-line studies.
Web page, who was jailed in 2009 for a £3million fraud rip-off, claimed Ghislaine Maxwell hardly ever signed in and entered the palace ‘at will’.
Web page, who was jailed in 2009 for a £3million fraud rip-off, claimed Ghislaine Maxwell (proper) hardly ever signed in and entered the palace ‘at will’
Ghislaine Maxwell provides Jeffrey Epstein a foot therapeutic massage on his personal jet dubbed the ‘Lolita Specific’ and mentioned to have taken Virginia to London the place she was allegedly compelled to gave intercourse with Andrew
He added: ‘From the best way she was allowed to enter and exit the palace at will, we suspected that she might have had an intimate relationship with Prince Andrew.
‘She saved coming out and in, out and in.’
Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile will function on ITV on Tuesday evening at 9pm.
This information comes as Prince Andrew will not be referred to as His Royal Highness ‘in any official capability’ in a shocking downfall as his household deserted him to struggle his intercourse abuse lawsuit in America as a non-public citizen.
Andrew, who stays Duke of York, additionally misplaced his army titles and royal patronages ‘with the Queen’s approval and settlement’, Buckingham Palace mentioned in a terse assertion that introduced his 61 years as a senior royal to a shock finish.
He’s solely the fifth royal in current historical past to cease formally utilizing the HRH title, with Princess Diana and Sarah, Duchess of York, shedding the styling after their divorce, whereas Prince Harry and Meghan Markle agreed to lose theirs publicly as a part of their ‘Megxit’ take care of the Queen.
However like Harry and Meghan, Andrew will privately retain the title inside Palace partitions, which means he won’t have to begin bowing to all HRH family members.
‘The Prince was tearful when advised the information despite the fact that he had anticipated it. He feels that he has let so many individuals down, not least his mom, throughout her Platinum Jubilee yr,’ a senior defence supply mentioned.
This information comes as Prince Andrew will not be referred to as His Royal Highness ‘in any official capability’ in a shocking downfall as his household deserted him to struggle his intercourse abuse lawsuit in America as a non-public citizen
‘The Prince was tearful when advised the information despite the fact that he had anticipated it. He feels that he has let so many individuals down, not least his mom, throughout her Platinum Jubilee yr,’ a senior defence supply mentioned. (Andrew is pictured above in RAF regalia in Lossiemouth, Scotland in 2015)
The choice to shred Andrew’s army ties is prone to be notably painful for the Royal Navy veteran, who served with distinction as a helicopter pilot throughout the Falklands Struggle.
The information got here a day after a US choose unequivocally rejected the prince’s bid to have his intercourse abuse case thrown out, leaving him dealing with the prospect of being cross-examined for seven hours on digicam with embarrassing questions on every part from his intercourse life and ‘personal elements’.
Andrew has been urged to settle out of courtroom together with his accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre ‘for the sake of his mom’, who celebrates her Platinum Jubilee this yr. However he might face difficulties given Ms Giuffre is alleged to be pushing for ‘her day in courtroom’.
Buckingham Palace introduced the Queen’s determination to forged Andrew out of the royal fold in a press release launched on Thursday.
‘With The Queen’s approval and settlement, The Duke of York’s army affiliations and Royal patronages have been returned to The Queen,’ it learn. ‘The Duke of York will proceed to not undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a non-public citizen.’
The Duke of York’s authorized crew on Saturday revealed it desires to query his accuser Virginia Giuffre’s husband Robert and her psychologist Dr Judith Lightfoot.
Prince Andrew was photographed together with his former spouse Fergie within the passenger seat as he was mentioned to be scared of ‘full monetary spoil’ as the prices of the case begin mounting up.
The couple had been in a two-car convoy, indicating the Duke remains to be receiving royal safety. Final week safety minister Damian Hinds wouldn’t be drawn on whether or not taxpayers would nonetheless foot the invoice to guard Andrew.
Andrew (pictured on Saturday with Sarah Ferguson), who denies the allegation, has complained to mates concerning the monetary affect of the case, including that he fears being left bancrupt
The Duke and Fergie had been in a two-car convoy, indicating he’s nonetheless receiving a degree of safety regardless of the stripping of his royal patronages and army roles this week.
Ms Giuffre is pictured together with her husband Robert Giuffre in Queensland, Australia (left). Legal professionals for Prince Andrew (proper, with the Queen) want to be allowed to examine paperwork together with the physician’s notes from all classes with Ms Giuffre
Andrew’s legal professionals’ charges are presently no less than £2million and authorized specialists imagine he might need to pay £10million to his accuser Ms Giuffre to cease the case coming to courtroom.
The disgraced duke was stripped of his army titles and remaining royal patronages following a 30-minute viewers with the Queen on Thursday.
Each Mr Giuffre and Dr Lightfoot are residents of Australia and can be requested to be examined below oath, both in particular person or by video-link.
In not too long ago revealed paperwork, legal professionals for the Queen’s son argue that Ms Giuffre ‘might undergo from false reminiscences’, and state that Dr Lightfoot needs to be examined on ‘concept of false reminiscences’ amongst different subjects together with issues mentioned throughout their classes and any prescriptions she wrote for Andrew’s accuser.
Additionally they want to be allowed to examine paperwork together with the physician’s notes from all classes with Ms Giuffre.
Legal professionals need Mr Giuffre to be questioned on a variety of areas together with the circumstances below which he met his now spouse round 2002 and the Giuffre family funds.
Legal professionals need testimony to be obtained from the witnesses by April 29 this yr ‘or as quickly thereafter as is feasible’.
The trial is scheduled to happen between September and December.
Andrew’s legal professionals have requested that the US courtroom points letters to the Central Authority of Australia for his or her help in acquiring the testimony.
The requests from the duke’s legal professionals observe comparable requests from Ms Giuffre’s authorized representatives.
Her crew is searching for witness accounts from Andrew’s former equerry Robert Olney and a girl known as Shukri Walker, who claims to have seen the royal in Tramp nightclub.
Paperwork submitted by Ms Giuffre’s authorized crew say that Mr Olney’s title seems in Jeffrey Epstein’s telephone e-book below ‘Duke of York’.
They are saying this implies it’s possible Mr Olney has related details about Andrew’s journey to and from Epstein’s properties throughout the related interval.
The paperwork say Ms Walker has acknowledged publicly within the press that she was a witness to Andrew’s presence at Tramp throughout the related time interval with a younger girl who might have been Ms Giuffre.
Ms Giuffre is suing the duke within the US for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was a teen and claims she was trafficked by Andrew’s buddy, convicted intercourse offender Epstein, to have intercourse with the duke when she was 17 and a minor below US legislation.
The duke has strenuously denied the allegations.
Ms Giuffre claims Andrew had intercourse together with her towards her will at Maxwell’s London residence and at Epstein’s mansion on the Higher East Aspect of Manhattan.
The duke can also be alleged to have abused Ms Giuffre on one other event throughout a go to to Epstein’s personal island, Little St James, and on a separate event at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion.
Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile will function on ITV on Tuesday evening at 9pm.
Andrew turns into fifth royal to lose HRH title in 26 years
His or Her Royal Highness is a title utilized to some members of the Royal Household relationship again to the seventeenth century, used to indicate superiority for some ruling members over others.
At present, it alerts a divide between these within the Royal Household engaged in energetic service to the monarchy and those that lead extra personal lives.
It’s typically conferred to the kids and grandchildren of the monarch by letters patent and is usually related to the rank of prince or princess.
The Duke of Windsor desperately pushed his successor George VI to grant Wallace Simpson the title of Her Royal Highness after the abdication
Prince Andrew is the fifth royal to cease utilizing the Royal Highness title in 26 years. Diana, Princess of Wales, was stripped of her HRH title following her divorce from Prince Charles in 1996.
It was apparently proposed by Prince Philip that Diana must also be downgraded to Duchess of Cornwall – however he ultimately accepted the view of courtiers that, because the mom of the long run King William, Diana ought to retain the rank of Princess.
The Duchess of York misplaced her HRH title when she and Andrew divorced in 1996, by which era the couple had already been separated for 4 years.
The Queen ordered Harry and Meghan to not use their HRH standing following the couple’s determination to ‘step again’ as senior royals in January 2020. They now type themselves Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, of their industrial dealings.
Like Harry and Meghan, Andrew retains his title however won’t use it in any official capability.
Edward VIII saved his HRH type after he abdicated in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. His brother George VI decreed that Edward ‘having been born within the lineal succession to the Crown’ needs to be ‘entitled to carry and luxuriate in for himself solely the type title or attribute of Royal Highness’.
Mrs Simpson turned the Duchess of Windsor, however was by no means permitted to undertake the type HRH.