A heckler who targeted Great Britain’s Prince Andrew during a procession for the late Queen Elizabeth was pushed to the ground by police and bystanders, later insisting, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”
Prince Andrew, 62, whose affairs with Jeffrey Epstein left him the object of public contempt, was stripped of his royal status and his honorary military roles, including Colonel of the Grenadier Guards after one of Epstein’s alleged victims, Virginia Roberts Guiffre, alleged that he had sexually abused her. Although her claim ended in a multimillion dollar settlement, Andrew has always denied the allegations.
“Andrew, you’re a sick old man,” the young man shouted before he was accosted.
A heckler was pushed to the ground during the procession of Queen Elizabeth's coffin through Scotland, after he called Prince Andrew a "sick old man." Prince Andrew has been accused of sexually abusing a woman several times when she was 17. He has denied the allegations. pic.twitter.com/SiayfzXlYO
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Prince Andrew heckled as the Queen's coffin passes pic.twitter.com/85m9jUgszF
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“Powerful men should not be allowed to commit sexual crimes and get away with it,’ the young man said later.
Spoke to the protestor who was arrested on the Royal Mile today for shouting abuse at Prince Andrew during the Queen’s procession – his name is Rory, here’s what he had to say: pic.twitter.com/8GTwnVGLF7
— Joseph Anderson (@janderson_news) September 12, 2022
In August 2021, Giuffre filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew in Manhattan federal court.
Guiffre claimed that when she was 17, Andrew assaulted her at the home of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. “Each time, Giuffre alleges, she was instructed by either Epstein or his alleged cohort, Ghislaine Maxwell, to engage in sex acts with the Duke of York,” the New York Post reported.
“I am holding Prince Andrew accountable for what he did to me,” Guiffre stated. “The powerful and rich are not exempt from being held responsible for their actions. I hope that other victims will see that it is possible not to live in silence and fear, but to reclaim one’s life by speaking out and demanding justice.”
“I did not come to this decision lightly,” she added. “As a mother and a wife, my family comes first — and I know that this action will subject me to further attacks by Prince Andrew and his surrogates — but I knew if I did not pursue this action, I would be letting them and victims everywhere down.”
“I can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened,” Prince Andrew stated. “I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady, none whatsoever.”
In 2019, Guiffre told the BBC that she had been set up by Epstein’s girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. “The first time in London, I was so young. Ghislaine woke me up in the morning and said, ‘You’re gonna’ meet a prince today.’ I didn’t know at that point that I was going to be trafficked to a prince,” she said.