Prince Andrew winds up investment company linked to disgraced Coutts banker Harry Keogh

The Duke of York being interviewed by Emily Maitlis on Newsnight about his links to Jeffrey Epstein in 2019
The Duke of York being interviewed by Emily Maitlis on Newsnight about his links to Jeffrey Epstein in 2019
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A company set up by the Duke of York with a former royal banker who quit after sexual harassment allegations is being wound up.

Prince Andrew had set up the firm, which was understood to be planned as a vehicle for his family investments, with Harry Keogh in 2020.

Keogh, Andrew’s private banker for 20 years and a “friend and adviser to the duke”, left the Queen’s bank Coutts in March 2018 after being accused of touching a female colleague inappropriately and boasting about his sexual exploits.

Harry Keogh attended the wedding of Princess Eugenie in 2018
Harry Keogh attended the wedding of Princess Eugenie in 2018

Andrew strenuously denies the claims, and his lawyers are trying to have the case stopped on the grounds of a previous settlement between Giuffre and Epstein. The judge in the case is expected to rule on this shortly.