Buckingham Palace ‘let down Prince Andrew’ with its handling of sex abuse allegations, says close friend [Video]

20:48 EDT 12 Oct 2024, updated 20:51 EDT 12 Oct 2024

Prince Andrew was let down by Buckingham Palace over its handling of the sex abuse allegations, one of his close friends has claimed. 

Paul Tweed has said there was a litany of failings in the legal and PR strategies adopted by the palace and the Duke’s legal team, The Telegraph has reported.

He argues in a new book it was an error not to publicly address the facts after Prince Andrew’s catastrophic interview on BBC Newsnight. 

Mr Tweed also says it was a mistake not to engage with Virginia Giuffre‘s lawyers immediately after she made her accusations to prevent legal papers being served.

He suggests that the settlement made outside court, instead, only led to assumptions being made that Prince Andrew was forced to ‘buy off’ Ms Giuffre.