In the spotlight: the disgrace of Prince Andrew, deprived of all his military titles and royal patronage
Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II, is embroiled in a sex scandal linked to the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell file.
He is accused of sexually assaulting an American who was a minor at the time.
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By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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This is the most commented information in the international press, while Prince Andrew will probably have to face a trial for sexual assault next fall in a New York court.
Queen Elizabeth II, 95, "
didn't have a shaky hand ,"
El Pais
tells us
to strip her long-favorite son "
of all his royal titles
."
A brutality necessary not to "
let the Epstein affair splash the Monarchy
", comments
Le Temps
"
for 70 years that she has been on the throne, Elizabeth II thus sanctions without hesitation"
, explains the Swiss daily, "
at each scandal of the royal family, she saws the rotten branches
".
She is "
without pity for her family
", when it comes to preserving the Monarchy, also comments
Le Soir.
The Australian speaks of him "
a terribly humiliating gesture
", for Prince Andrew, "
the Queen lets him down
", headlines the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
, "
he was indeed thrown under the royal bus
", also tells us the
Guardian
which reports "
that several senior officers and some 152 veterans had asked the sovereign for such a sanction against Andrew
".
Now relegated to the rank of "
private citizen
", Andrew will have to face justice alone, notes for its part the
New York Times
which estimates that "
without the weight of the crown behind him, his defense against the charges against him could well be weakened
”.
Whatever the legal outcome of this case "
and even if his name were to be cleared
", there will in any case be no "
return to favor
" for Andrew, estimates for its part the
Wall Street Journal
, "
the queen has just closed the door to this eventuality
”.
Ukraine victim of a cyberattack, while diplomacy stalls
A cyberattack that comes as Russia “
warns that it is ready to abandon diplomacy
”, reports the
Wall Street Journal
, while after a week of intense talks in Geneva, Brussels and then Vienna, “
the United States and its European allies have failed to defuse the threat of Russian military action against Ukraine
,” the
Financial Times
points out . "
Since Western officials flatly rejected Moscow's call not to pursue NATO expansion, Russia has been threatening to withdraw from the talks table
," explains the
Washington Post
, for which "
the gap continues to widen between Moscow and the West
”.
Worse still, put forward the
Wall Street Journal
and the
Guardian
“
Russia is now threatening to deploy troops to Cuba and Venezuela
”.
An attempt "
to raise the stakes with the Biden administration
", analyzes the British daily which reports that "
the drums of war are resounding very loudly
", and that the United States is once again warning Russia that "
any crossing of the Ukrainian border would immediately trigger a U.S. and international response
.”
“Historic” conviction of a former Syrian service officer
It is "
a historic verdict against state violence in Syria
", headlines the
New York Times
which underlines that this "
first life sentence for crimes against humanity handed down yesterday by the Koblenz court
" against 'Anwar Raslan is an important signal for “
all victims of Bashar al-Assad's regime
”. "
Victims of murder, torture and rape
", says the American daily, who
now know "that there is no refuge for war criminals
".
“
Tremble torturers!
", also headlines the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
which, like all of the German press, is pleased that "
Germany has paved the way by applying the principle of universal law
", and the daily to encourage other countries to do the same "
so that no more torturers can move freely in the world
".
Melania Trump is auctioning off part of her wardrobe
"
Never seen for a former first lady
", comments the
Los Angeles Times
which reports that Melania Trump has decided to auction off her famous big white hat, the one she wore during President Macron's state visit in 2018 "
at the price of 250,000 dollars
", "
a quarter of a million dollars
" strangles the
New York Times.
The newspaper points out that the former first ladies traditionally donated their emblematic clothes from their husbands' mandate "
to museums
".
"
What puzzles even those who know
her," comments CNN, who mocks a Melania "
Trump to the tips of her nails: always greedy for gain
".
Auctions will begin on January 25.
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