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An- three of the girls were questioned under ad of oath about whether Andrew had had kick- sexual contact with any of thc mas- 54o- seuses. One of them. re- ten fused to answer, citing her 1-alh Amend- ment ri ht to remain silent. Another. ant was asked. "Has Prince ft of Andrew ever tninvohcd with underage Bea- minor females to your knowledge?" She llet reportedly replied. "I refuse to answer." GST11 (Prince Andrew says he neither attended rche nor was aware of any naked pool parties.) Inside the Firm ner he plight of Prince Andrew., irk a once strikingly haixisonw ben man who has let himself go kt% a bit to seed. made far less of met an impression on audiences rsed around the world than the Len royal wedding of the picture-perfect William tams. was and Kate. the future King and Queen of the ate_ OM- United Kingdom. And yet. the story of how Andrew has managed to get assay with such cringe-worthy behavior—and survive in his am high-prolik role as Britain's trade ambassa- Fer- dor said more about the inner workings of the British monarchy than the estimated 540 million wedding mtnnaganza. The story goes back to 1992, which Queen Elizabeth II called MU( NRI( II\ the annus horribilis the year the rtiorc %Wm, walla marriages of Charles and An- ihrough \tni Note's drew broke down. Windsor Castle ( twill raft in caught fire, and Fergie was photo- Ilk-condwr 2010 wish graphed having her toes sucked. hi. friend Jeffry,' Ever since, the Queen has been Epstein. the cinunicied sin offender. 3 ,Ir2;?g.c at pains to ensure the survival of the monarchy in its current form. With that in mind, the then lord chamberlain. Lord A irlie. established a secretive discussion procedure called the Way Ahead Group, which is chaired by the the public grief over Princess Diana's Queen and consists of senior courtiers and (Edward) Princess Margaret. and Princess death an attitude she reversed in order senior working royals. (The working royals Alice. the Queen's last surviving aunt. (Cur- to appear as a more caring. in-touch mon- reportedly include the Queen and Prince rently only the Queen and Prince Philip arch. As for Prince Andrew, his procession Philip. Prince Charles, Princess Anne, receive money from the Civil List.) Bucking- of girlfriends, starting with Koo Stark. who Prince Andrew, Prince Edward. Princc Wil- ham Palace was opened to visitors in order had appeared as an actress in a soft-porn liam, and Prince Harry.) The Way Ahead to raise money for $65.6 million in repairs film, further stained the family's image. Group convenes twice a year, doesn't keep to Windsor Castle. And the royal yacht Bri- Only recently. one of his former girlfriends minutes of its meetings. and deals only with umnia, with its 19 °dicers and crew of 217, reportedly claimed that when she was alone such paramount issues as primogeniture. was Liter decommissioned and turned into with Andrew in the bedroom he liked to the feudal rule by which the Crown passes a tourist attraction. model her underwear as a joke. to the eldest mak heir. However, the Queen's plans to rehabili- As for the Queen's irascible consort. After its initial meeting in 1992, the tate the monarchy were upended by a series Prince Philip, who turned 90 in June. he group made several precedent-shattering de- of events. The royal family was mortified hasn't done much to help his wife clear the cisions. The Queen and Prince Charles vol- when Major James Hewitt. a prominent way ahead. Philip's almost irrational loath- Sn unteered to pay taxes on the private income polo player, spilled the beans about his long- ing of Sarah Ferguson led the Queen. who he from their vast estates. The Queen agreed running affair with Princess Diana. Even normally shows shrewder judgment. to to reimburse the government for its annual worse, Charles was heard in an intercepted cast Fergie out of the royal orbit without Civil List grants—totaling almost S2.5 mil- cell-phone call telling his mistress, Camilla a penny after her divorce from Andrew, td lion to five of her closest living relatives Parker Bowles, that he'd like to "live inside which guaranteed that Fergie would turn Ns- at the time: the Princess Royal (Anne). the your trousers." The Queen herself bungled into a high-profile beggar and an embar- Duke of York (Andrew), the Earl of Wessex things when she Was slow to acknowledge rassment to the throne. What's more. Philip AUGUST 201 1 wave.tyloiT cosi i VANITY TA1 It 77 EFTA01166333