This month of January is and will continue to be intense for the Windsors. King Carlos III will visit Spain at the end of January to receive from Felipe VI the decoration of the order of the Golden Fleece, the highest distinction awarded by the King’s House, on his first state trip after the death of Isabel II. as The Debate has progressed. Charles of England will return to our country accompanied by his wife, Queen Camilla. This is the comforting stretch of a 2024 that has started with the name of his brother Andrés in the headlines, again, due to his involvement in the sexual corruption plot orchestrated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Just a week ago the British press reported King Charles’ intention to expel the Duke of York from the Royal Lodge, the mansion in which he has lived since 2003, prompted by the first batch of documents declassified by federal judge Loretta Preska within the framework of the Epstein case. However, today that same press publishes that the king has reconsidered his drastic decision: “The King is someone with a high level of integrity and although there are people in the royal house who would adopt a more aggressive stance, in that family the blood is thicker than water.” That is the phrase that a source close to Prince Andrew has given to The Times newspaper.
The decision of Charles III is especially relevant at this time given that the already deteriorated image of the Duke of York has just suffered a new tear: in the second phase of declassification of the documents related to the investigation of the Epstein case it appears that he paid $15,000 to magnate for having sexual relations with Virginia Guiffre when she was 17 years old, according to what she herself testified. Still, it looks like he will be able to continue enjoying his 30-bedroom mansion in Windsor Great Park until 2078 under his contract with the Crown.
