The Duke of York described himself as a friend of Maxwell and her as Jeffrey Epstein 's girlfriend when he gave a disastrous interview to the BBC in 2019. The Newsnight sit-down led to him having to step back from public life and face widespread ridicule on social media.

Prince Harry says he never punched his problematic uncle Prince Andrew, nor did the latter make insulting remarks about Meghan Markle, despite claims being made in a new book. Author Andrew Lownie’s soon-to-be released biography,

Prince Harry has denied reports that he punched his disgraced uncle, Prince Andrew, at a family gathering. The inaccurate claims were made by Andrew Lownie in his new book The Rise and Fall of the House of York,