I feel the royal family should not be defending Andrew, and instead putting the spotlight on him, else it gives the impression the royals condone the behaviour.
If this was anyone else they would face retribution and trial.
I know someone who has had a fair bit of personal contact with PA over the years..and his opinion is that he is a very unpleasant, arrogant , unsavoury person with questionable morals and double standards
I watched the documentary the 'prince and the paedophile last night'.
The impression I got at least concerning Prince Andrew was that everyone involved knew exactly what they were doing and were happy to do it at the time.
A paedophile is specifically someone who has a sexual interest in children before they've reached puberty. Call him rude names but at least names that he deserves.
It would depend on which country this took place and what the age of consent is in those countries. I believe America has different age of consent in the different states. Do we know where these incidents are said to have taken place?
It appears the 'age of consent' and illegal sex with a minor differs from state to state. Crazy. If a federal offence it should be the same in every state.
Barsel
I am assuming,rightly or wrongly, on U.S. Territory. Only because Epstein was of interest to U.S. Law enforcement and he died in a U.S. Prison. That death is investigated by the FBI.
If you mean others would agree with the description of paedophile then others would also be wrong. I'm not defending him but that's not what he is. The word has a specific meaning it's not just an insult to be used when people fancy.
I think I heard/read that at least one occasion was in New York and that the age of consent there is 18 and the girl was 17 at the time. (But I could be wrong)