{"id":1227161,"date":"2022-01-20T10:37:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T15:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1227161"},"modified":"2022-01-20T10:37:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T15:37:48","slug":"prince-andrew-is-deleted-ends-social-media-presence-over-links-to-jeffrey-epstein-sexual-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-andrew-is-deleted-ends-social-media-presence-over-links-to-jeffrey-epstein-sexual-abuse-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew Is Deleted: Ends Social Media Presence over Links to Jeffrey Epstein Sexual Abuse Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprince-andrew-is-deleted-ends-social-media-presence-over-links-to-jeffrey-epstein-sexual-abuse-allegations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1227161&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Then, just like that, he was gone.&nbsp;Britain\u2019s Prince Andrew purged himself from social media on Wednesday amid a sexual assault scandal and his new status as a private citizen no longer officially recognized as a member of the royal family.<\/p>\n<p>UPI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2022\/01\/19\/world-prince-andrew-social-media-accounts-deleted\/6501642613146\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDukeOfYork\">official Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;page led to a message saying the account does not exist. His&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hrhthedukeofyork\/?hl=en\">Instagram account<\/a>&nbsp;was set to private and&nbsp;his YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/TheDukeofYork\">page<\/a>&nbsp;also leads to an error message saying the page is not available.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The prince\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/category\/Public-figure\/Prince-Andrew-The-Duke-Of-York-107596384110990\/\">Facebook page<\/a>&nbsp;was still active by mid-Wednesday, but&nbsp;the <em>Guardian<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/jan\/19\/prince-andrew-social-media-accounts-deleted-as-he-fights-us-lawsuit\">reported&nbsp;<\/a>it also will be taken down.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the multiple silencing is simple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ph1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19559978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ph1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/13\/queen-strips-prince-andrew-of-all-military-titles-and-patronages\/\">reported<\/a>, last week Queen Elizabeth II stripped her son of his military affiliations and royal patronages in response to the sexual assault accusations against him in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Accuser Virginia Guiffre filed a lawsuit against him last August, saying that he assaulted her on multiple occasions in the United States and Britain when she was 17.<\/p>\n<p>Seven days ago a federal judge in New York ruled her suit could proceed. Shortly afterward, the royal family began distancing itself from Prince Andrew along with a host of other military organizations he previously represented.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Queen Strips Prince Andrew of All Military Titles and Patronages <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JJh6HcfkeH\">https:\/\/t.co\/JJh6HcfkeH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1481682726491234304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: \u201cWith The Queen\u2019s approval and agreement, The Duke of York\u2019s military affiliations and Royal patronages have been returned to The Queen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Duke of York will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a private citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prince Andrew\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/the-duke-york\">biography remains<\/a>&nbsp;on the official royal family website, but uses the past tense to describe his royal duties. He can no longer use the title \u201cHis Royal Highness\u201d or carry out any royal duties while defending the case as a private citizen. His honorary military titles have also been returned to the queen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. Prosecutor Says Prince Andrew Has Provided \u2018Zero Cooperation\u2019 in Jeffrey Epstein Probe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S248bF1XrS\">https:\/\/t.co\/S248bF1XrS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1221856395269566464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In her suit, Guiffre says disgraced financier&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Jeffrey_Epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, who killed himself in a New York City jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges, arranged for Prince Andrew to have sex with her when she was a minor.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Andrew has denied all of Guiffre\u2019s accusations.<\/p>\n<p><em>UPI contributed to this story<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then, just like that, he was gone.\u00a0Britain\u2019s Prince Andrew purged himself from social media on Wednesday amid a sexual assault scandal and his new status as a private citizen no &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1227161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}