Prince Andrew is said to have paid £12m for the deal with Virginia Giuffre. Where the money will come from is still unclear. British politicians now want to ensure that no taxpayer’s money is used.
It was certainly a good deal for the royal family: On Wednesday it was announced that Prince Andrew and the plaintiff Virginia Giuffre had agreed on a settlement and thus averted a sexual abuse lawsuit. The British royal family is thus spared the shame of a public hearing in which the offenses of the Queen’s second youngest son are discussed.
But Prince Andrew also has to dig deep into his pocket for this: The royal is said to have paid around twelve million pounds for the out-of-court settlement, which corresponds to a sum of more than 14 million euros. Even for a well-heeled member of the British royal family, that’s not a small amount of money.
And apparently so much that mommy has to step in. The Daily Mail reported on Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II had personally donated £2million to Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s charity. Apparently as part of Prince Andrew’s settlement payment.
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The news was not well received in the UK, because when the Duke of York’s misdeeds are ironed out with public money, many taxpayers don’t take a joke.
Andy McDonald, a parliamentarian from the opposition Labor Party, has now made the grumbling in the British population his own. “We don’t know the exact amount, but there is a risk that public money is involved, so this needs to be clarified,” said the Middlesborough MP, explaining his intention to bring the issue up in Parliament. “We need to know where exactly the money is coming from.”
This is not good news for the royal family: it was actually hoped that the misconduct of “Randy Andy” would finally be over and forgotten with the agreement that has now been reached. But should Parliament now take a closer look at the sources for the settlement payments, there is a risk of new trouble.
The throne jubilee, which the Queen would like to celebrate at the beginning of June, is now in danger of being overlaid by noise.
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