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King Charles has been heckled by a protester over his brother Prince Andrew's ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while greeting royal fans during a cathedral visit in Britain. "How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein?" the man could be heard shouting at the monarch. The King was on a walkabout outside Lichfield Cathedral in north-west England close to Birmingham on Monday local time. Although Prince Andrew, 65, said this month that he would give up using his title of Duke of York after years of scrutiny over his behaviour and connections to Epstein, questions about him — and what the royals knew of events — have intensified since. The contents of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who accused the prince of sexually abusing her as a teenager, have triggered renewed backlash over the issue this month. The prince has always denied her account. In 2022 he made an undisclosed payment to settle a lawsuit brought in the US by Ms Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in April. British police are looking into media reports that in 2011 the prince had asked one of his police officers to dig up dirt on Ms Roberts Giuffre. The protester outside the cathedral could also be heard saying "have you asked the police to cover up for Andrew, sir?" "Should the MPs be allowed to debate the royals in the House of Commons?" The monarch paid no heed to the protester and carried on engaging with other members of the public.
