Speaking about how Andrew has so far avoided questioning by the authorities, Dai Davies, who was head of Scotland Yard’s Royal Protection Command between 1994 and 1998, said: “There’s a stink. Where is everyone’s moral compass in this?”.
The Royal Family’s former head of protection tonight called for Andrew to be quizzed by police, as his alleged victim Virginia Giuffre’s family demanded “more justice”.
Dai Davies believes the former prince and Duke of York has questions to answer in relation to allegations made by Ms Giuffre, which Andrew, 65, denies. And he said he wants to see a separate investigation launched into the actions of police and Crown Prosecution Service bosses, who refused to pursue a case against the former royal.
Mr Davies, who was head of Scotland Yard’s Royal Protection Command between 1994 and 1998, told the Mirror: “I want him to be investigated. There should be a police investigation and if there’s evidence he should be interviewed under caution like anyone else.”
Last night Virginia’s brother Sky Roberts echoed those calls, adding: “He’s still walking around a free man. He’s not going to be living on the side of the road. He should be investigated.” Mr Roberts said the family has felt “a mixed bag of emotions” since the King’s decision to strip Andrew of his title and kick him out of his rent-free mansion.
Speaking on television, he added: “[Virginia] should be sitting on this camera with you right now celebrating this but also demanding more justice.”
Mr Roberts thanked King Charles for standing with survivors of abuse and said he would welcome a meeting with His Majesty and “love the opportunity to tell my sister’s story to the palace”.
He previously praised Virginia as “this normal girl from a normal family has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her”.
Asked how his sister, who died by suicide in April, aged 41, would have reacted to the King’s actions on Andrew, he said: “She is celebrating from the heavens now saying: ‘I did it’. She’d be so proud. He’s just Andrew.”
However, despite his joy, Mr Roberts said removing Andrew’s prince title is “not enough”, adding that he “needs to be behind bars”.
Meanwhile, Mr Davies also called for Andrew to face a probe over alleged impropriety during his time as an official UK trade envoy and investigations into the actions of the police and CPS.
Speaking about the refusal of the UK authorities to act against Andrew despite criminal allegations being made against him, he said: “I want to know who knew about it? And what did they do at every level along the chain? Who decided not to pursue it? At what level did they make the decision? And who made it?”.
Mr Davies added: “There’s a stink. Where is everyone’s moral compass in this?”.
The Metropolitan Police is looking into claims Andrew asked a personal protection officer to dig up dirt for a smear campaign against Virginia in 2011. The publication of her posthumous memoirs last month intensified pressure on the Royal Family over Andrew’s friendship with the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Virginia alleged she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times – once at convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s mews home in London, once at Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan, and once on Epstein’s private isle Little St James. She also added that she thought Andrew “believed that having sex with me was his birthright”.
Andrew, who has always denied the allegations, reached an out-of-court settlement with her in 2022, which contained no admission of liability or apology. The decision to strip Andrew of the title of prince came after the emergence of emails from 2011 which showed Andrew had maintained contact with Epstein, despite previously claiming otherwise
Gloria Allred, who represents a number of Epstein’s victims, today said Andrew should volunteer to travel to the US and speak to investigators “under oath”. She added: “Certainly it would be something positive for the survivors.”
