The Hill News

The Wall Street Journal has a story today about pressure on the U.K. government to strip Prince Andrew, 51, of his role as the country’s special trade envoy, in part because of his “ties to a convicted sex offender.”

That would be American Jeffrey Epstein, 58, who served some 13 months in prison before being released last summer. Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah also figures in the story for accepting a loan of $24,500 from Epstein to pay off a debt. In an AP ! report the headline is more graphic: “Duchess of York got loan from wealthy U.S. pedophile."

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