Dozens of charities quietly dump Prince Andrew following Epstein embarrassment
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By Victoria Ward and Lizzie Roberts
May 16, 2021 â 9.47am
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London: Prince Andrew has been removed as patron of almost 50 organisations, despite his expressed intention to one day return to public life.
The proportion of his charities and organisations, thought to be at least one in four, that opted to sever ties following the the Duke of Yorkâs friendship with the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, underlines the scale of the damage to his reputation.
Groups such as the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children s Fund and the Children s Foundation have all dropped the Duke of York as a patron, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
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Prince Andrew removed as patron of almost 50 organisations amid Epstein fallout
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By: Victoria Ward and Lizzie Roberts
The Duke of York has been quietly or publicly removed as patron of almost 50 organisations, The Telegraph can reveal, despite his expressed intention to one day return to public life.
The proportion of his charities and organisations, thought to be at least one in four, that opted to sever ties with the Duke after his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, underlines the scale of the damage to his reputation.