The Royal Family was connected to Sex Scandals in the past. Nothing new for them. I'm reading a book about Dorothy Kilgallen and she flew to England in July 1963 to cover the Profumo Affair. She wrote in her COLUMN about a party VERY MUCH LIKE Epstein would have had. I don't want to get into the details. So for Prince Andrew to be involved with a person like Epstein isn't something new for the Royal Family.  "Is this why the Profumo file is STILL SECRET?"  "Desire not to upset the Royal Family may be behind the Government's continued refusal to release key documents relating to the Profumo affair of 1963, according to a leading British historian. The affair led to the resignation of a minister, John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, after he lied in response to claims that he had compromised national security by having a relationship with a prostitute also known to a Soviet military attaché. Speaking to The Independent on Sunday last night, Richard Davenport-Hines, author of An English Affair, published last year, said he believes unfounded allegations made against the Duke of Edinburgh at the time of the scandal may continue to give rise to jitteriness in high places. Last week, it was confirmed that the papers, mostly of interviews with around 160 witnesses, will not be destroyed, as some had feared, but will remain under lock and key for up to a FURTHER 50 years. Speaking in the House of Lords last year, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, the Lords spokesman for the Cabinet Office, said there were "some sensational personal items" in the files, although he does not know what they are. He added: "At the time, Lord Denning [who conducted the Government's inquiry into the affair] refused to allow the head of the Security Services access to the papers." A very senior civil servant who has seen the papers is known to have also used the word "sensational" to describe them. Emphasising that he is "only guessing", Davenport-Hines told The IoS that he believes it was significant that Prince Philip had been sketched by Stephen Ward, the society osteopath at the centre of the story. "In June of 1963 the Daily Mirror, in order to get a juicy headline, accused the Duke of involvement with Christine Keeler and others. In fact, and I am very emphatic about this, the duke had no such involvement, but I imagine Denning would have interviewed courtiers and others about the duke, and that suspicion would be enough to embarrass the Royal Family." The headline in question, "Prince Philip and the Profumo scandal – rumour utterly unfounded" was, writes Davenport-Hines in his book, part of "the raucous period when authority figures were denied respect even when they deserved it". An invitation by Denning to members of the Buckingham Palace staff to unburden themselves of any rumours – unchecked and unsourced – they may have heard, substantiated or otherwise, may have encouraged tongues to wag in a manner that did not reflect well on the Prince Philip. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/is-this-why-the-profumo-file-is-still-secret-9039205.html How Prince Philip Was Connected to the Profumo Affair—and How Anthony Blunt May Have Covered For Him The royals were connected to the scandal through Ward. Prince Philip was a friend—or at least an acquaintance—of Ward's. (Clive Irving, who was working at the Sunday Times as the Profumo Affair unfolded, wrote in the Daily Beast that Ward was a member of the notorious Thursday Club, which Philip cofounded with Lieutenant Commander Michael Parker.) And memorably, to fund his trial expenses, Ward put some of his artwork up for sale, including his portraits of Prince Philip, Princess Margaret, and her husband Lord Snowdon, the New York Times reported in 1963; however, these portraits of royalty were a part of a series, assigned to Ward by a magazine. No further evidence tying Philip (or Margaret) to the scandal has emerged in the decades since." https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29322952/profumo-affair-true-story-prince-philip-anthony-blunt-connection/