{"id":33500,"date":"2019-11-20T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=33500"},"modified":"2019-11-20T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:58:10","slug":"prince-andrew-to-step-back-from-public-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/prince-andrew-to-step-back-from-public-duties\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew to step back from public duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Duke of York has released a statement saying that he is stepping away from his royal duties as the Jeffrey Epstein affair has become a &#8220;major disruption&#8221; to the royal family.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/m000c1j4\/newsnight-prince-andrew-the-epstein-scandal-the-newsnight-interview\">BBC interview<\/a>, Prince Andrew, 59, stated that with the Queen&#8217;s permission the Duke will step back from his duties for the &#8220;foreseeable future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Duke has faced numerous backlash the past few days following his interview with the BBC about his friendship with the convicted child sex offender.<\/p>\n<p>The telecom giant, BT called for Prince Andrew to be removed as patron of iDEA &#8211; Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award \u2013 a program that helps develop digital enterprise and employability skills.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/prince-andrew-set-for-tell-all-interview\/\">Prince Andrew to sit for BBC interview about Epstein claims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/prince-andrews-on-alleged-accusations-of-sexual-involvement-with-a-minor-it-didnt-happen\/\">Prince Andrew on alleged accusations of sexual involvement with a minor: It didn\u2019t happen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In his statement, the Duke has re-affirmed his position regarding Jeffery Epstein as he stated that he &#8220;unequivocally regret my ill-judged association with Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His suicide has left many unanswered questions, particularly for his victims, and I deeply sympathise with everyone who has been affected and wants some form of closure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can only hope that, in time, they will be able to rebuild their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prince Andrew ended his statement by offering his services to &#8220;any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A statement by His Royal Highness The Duke of York KG. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LfMFwMyhcb\">pic.twitter.com\/LfMFwMyhcb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1197213153852977153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Words: Mohamed Ahamad | Featured Image: BBC Newsnight<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Duke of York has released a statement saying that he is stepping away from his royal duties as the Jeffrey Epstein affair has become a &#8220;major disruption&#8221; to the royal family. Following the recent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":33503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}