King Charles did his best to keep smiling gamely for the cameras Monday as an impudent question cut through the autumn air at Lichfield Cathedral in England: “How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein? Have you asked the police to cover up for Andrew?”

The questions, and the furious, unvarnished tone, felt very much of the moment.

They are also the questions everyone is wondering and have been whispered around many circles since Charles signed off on Prince Andrew’s $13 million settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who died via suicide earlier this year.

What did he know about the evidence Andrew might have been forced to give under cross-examination? And why has Andrew never faced proper police scrutiny over his alleged involvement in a serious case of sexual assault?

The monarch,

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