Princess Eugenie ‘to delay anti-slavery and sex trafficking podcast’ amid Prince Andrew’s Epstein scandal
PRINCESS Eugenie is expected to quietly put back her upcoming anti-slavery and sex trafficking podcast in the wake of her father being caught up in the Epstein scandal.
The newlywed often posts her charity work with Anti-Slavery Collective on social media and has been a keen advocate of stopping the crime.
Eugenie announced the plans for the podcast with her charity co-founder Julia de Boinville at the end of July.
A source told how the accusations about Prince Andrew have been very difficult for Eugenie and her sister Beatrice.
They said: “It’s all very difficult for Eugenie at the moment — she and Beatrice are very close to their father and are being very supportive.
“But obviously the timing of her anti-slavery and sex trafficking initiative is hugely difficult given the renewed headlines around Andrew.
“She won’t want to launch a new podcast against modern day slavery, when that’s exactly what Epstein was doing.
“I’d expect the launch to be quietly put back.”
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When Eugenie announced the podcast it was not made clear if she would be hosting.
She said: “We’re developing a podcast with Freedom United, and we have a speaker series called Tech Tackles Trafficking.”
The Queen’s granddaughter and Julia were inspired to begin their work against modern slavery back in 2013 after travelling to Calcutta, India.
During their visit they met the founder of the Women’s Interlink Foundation and were exposed to human trafficking for the first time.
Shortly after her visit she called for Brits to back a Salvation Army initiative to end slave labour and also privately visited a safe house for victims run by the charity.
Explaining the forms that slavery takes today Eugenie said: “It’s forced labour, forced marriage, domestic servitude. It’s people not being paid correctly.”
Speaking about her charity the Queen’s granddaughter added: “She continued, “The Anti-Slavery Collective’s mission is to bring people together, because together we’re so much more powerful, and we can affect serious change.
“And if we can do that, and get people working on the same thing, sharing information, sharing what their best practices are, then we can make a real difference.”
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On Sunday Prince Andrew broke his silence on the scandal claiming he never saw him doing anything wrong or suspect of his illegal lifestyle.
He also said he only saw the paedophile twice a year over the past 20 years.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
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