the queen issued a statement acknowledging the allegations and committing to address them, whilst also pointedly noting that recollections may vary. the rest of the family characteristically kept calm and carried on until william was fired an unsolicited question. are you a racist family, sir? no, we are very much not racist. the queen s youngest son was questioned, but wouldn t be drawn into the saga. we ve all been there before. we ve had excessive intrusion and sensationalized and we ve dealt with it in different ways. we wish them the very best. the palace has continued to distance itself from prince andrew publicly, pursued by the fbi in recent years for sexual abuse allegations, a excused of virginia due fray claiming the royal assaulted her when she was 17. prince andrew has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing.