LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II’s second son Prince Andrew has deactivated his social media accounts, customers stated on Jan 19, as he faces a US civil case for sexual assault.
Andrew’s official Twitter account @TheDukeOfYork now opens with a message saying “This account doesn’t exist”.
His YouTube account additionally comes up with an error message and an image of a monkey.
The prince’s Instagram and Facebook pages appeared nonetheless to be open, although the Instagram was set to non-public.
The Daily Mail cited a supply near the 61-year-old prince as saying these accounts have additionally been eliminated and are now not dwell.
This comes after bulletins final week that the prince has ceased utilizing his HRH, or His Royal Highness, title, and has additionally given up honorary navy titles bestowed by the Queen.
The transfer successfully removes him from official royal life.
His accuser Victoria Giuffre has stated that she had sex with the prince whereas aged 17 after assembly him via the late US financer and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The prince denies the allegations however misplaced a bid to dismiss the civil go well with.
Andrew withdrew from public life as a royal in 2019 after a broadly ridiculed BBC interview the place he sought to vindicate himself of the accusation that he sexually assaulted a minor.
Since then he has been often photographed driving or driving across the Queen’s personal property in japanese England, Sandringham.
He didn’t seem within the official wedding ceremony images when his daughter Beatrice received married in 2020.
In different indicators of social ostracism, the York Racecourse in northern England has introduced it’s renaming an occasion known as The Duke of York Stakes – although this refers to an earlier bearer of the title.
And a police station in Devon in southern England has eliminated a plaque saying it was opened by the Duke of York, citing a grievance from a member of the general public, the BBC reported this week.
Armed forces minister James Heappey on wednesday stated Andrew had stored “horrifically ill-advised” firm, and the US case would overshadow celebrations later this 12 months for his mom’s 70 years on the throne.
The resolution to strip former Royal Navy helicopter pilot Andrew of his honorary navy titles was reportedly made by the Queen and senior members of the royal household.
His nephew, second-in-line to the throne Prince William was requested by a reporter on Wednesday if he supported his uncle, throughout a go to to a London museum.
But William made no response. William’s father, Prince Charles, ignored the same query final week. – AFP
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