NatWest, Lloyds, HSBC, Barclays and Santander leaders meet Jeremy Hunt in ‘productive’ mortgage crisis talks Rates crisis Bank bosses held a “productive” meeting with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as the rates increase worsens the mortgage crisis. Natwest chief executive Alison Rose, speaking to reporters as she left Downing Street, said lenders were “doing everything we can” and were “very keen” to help customers. Lloyds Banking Group boss Charlie Nunn described the meeting as [...]
Prince Andrew ‘received £1m linked to Turkish fraudster’, High Court hears Duke of York Prince Andrew is involved in a High Court legal row in which he is alleged to have received over £1m linked to a Turkish fraudster. The Queen’s second son and Duchess Sarah, both 62, are alleged to have taken money from ex banker, Selman Turk. It is understood, according to The Times, this includes £750k [...]
Judge seeks Prince Andrew ex-assistant’s testimony in US case the royals Prince Andrew’s former assistant may reportedly give a sworn statement about his relationship with late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in his upcoming sexual assault case in the US. Judge Lewis A Kaplan for the New York trial has asked London’s High Court to assist with the request for former aide Robert Olney’s testimony regarding the Duke [...]
Prince Andrew removes social media accounts following HRH loss January 20, 2022 The Duke of York has not only lost his royal title, but he has also started to strip his online one.
Prince Andrew accuser paid at least £7m in legal payouts December 12, 2021 The woman who is suing Prince Andrew for sexual assault is likely to have received at least £7m in payouts according to insiders.
Prince Andrew’s £1.5m loan reportedly paid off by conservative party donor November 16, 2021 One of the conservative party’s top donors reportedly transferred £1.5m to Prince Andrew days after he borrowed a similar amount from a Luxembourg bank. David Rowland sent the money to a London account at Banque Havilland SA in December 2017 which was held by Prince Andrew, Bloomberg News first reported. The wire transfer came from a company [...]
The Met drops sexual assault claims against Prince Andrew after review October 11, 2021 The Metropolitan Police has decided to drop sexual assault claims against Prince Andrew after reviewing a document released as part of a US case against the Duke. The complainant, Virginia Giuffre, is seeking damages after alleging that Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her three times while she was 17, after being trafficked to the UK by [...]
US Epstein Investigators want to interview Prince Andrew August 18, 2021 Prince Andrew is a “person of interest” in the US investigation into the activities of Ghislaine Maxwell and others linked with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. A source familiar with the inquiry told the Times that Officials are seeking to interview Prince Andrew about his friendship with Epstein. Earlier this month, Virginia Roberts Giuffre filed a [...]
Prince Andrew sets up company with disgraced financier accused of sexual harassment April 27, 2021 Prince Andrew has set up a company with a disgraced former Coutts banker who quit after being accused of sexual harassment. The Duke of York has gone into business with Harry Keogh, a former banker at Coutts who resigned in March 2018 following a slew of sexual harassment claims, including that he inappropriately touched young [...]