\u201cWorking with The Duke of Edinburgh, we aim to continue the 80-plus years of evidence which shows that adventure can build resilience, confidence and kindness in young people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Outward Bound offers young people adventure training. Photo \/ Supplied <\/p>\n
Outward Bound Trust chief executive Martin Davidson said: \u201cWith The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Beatrice working alongside us, we\u2019re embarking on a new chapter.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne where every young person has the chance to test their limits, build confidence and discover that anything is possible. Their support reflects a shared belief that adventure changes lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrew, formerly Duke of York, was urged by the UK government to travel to the United States to answer questions about his \u201clong-standing friendship\u201d with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
Communities secretary Steve Reed told LBC Radio on Friday (local time) the former prince should assist a congressional inquiry examining Epstein\u2019s network after he was stripped of his royal titles by his brother, the king, over his links to the late paedophile financier.<\/p>\n
Andrew should \u2018try to help\u2019 Epstein inquiry<\/p>\n
\u201cAny individual who can help with an investigation of that gravity should go and help if they can,\u201d Reed said. \u201cHe\u2019s a private individual, it\u2019s up to him, but I think people should do what they can to try to help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Members of the US House Oversight Committee wrote to Andrew, 65, requesting a \u201ctranscribed interview\u201d as part of their investigation into Epstein\u2019s sex trafficking operations.<\/p>\n
The committee said it had discovered \u201cfinancial records containing notations such as \u2018massage for Andrew\u2019 that raise serious questions\u201d.<\/p>\n
The infamous photo of Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
In the letter, signed by 16 members of Congress and sent on Thursday, the committee said: \u201cWe write to seek your co-operation in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform\u2019s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s sex trafficking operations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe committee is seeking to uncover the identities of Mr Epstein\u2019s co-conspirators and enablers and to understand the full extent of his criminal operations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell-documented allegations against you, along with your long-standing friendship with Mr Epstein, indicate that you may possess knowledge of his activities relevant to our investigation. In the interest of justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, we request that you co-operate with the committee\u2019s investigation by sitting for a transcribed interview with the Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Keir Starmer echoed the view that Andrew should consider assisting the inquiry.<\/p>\n
Speaking to broadcasters during the Cop30 summit in Brazil, Starmer said: \u201cIn the end, it\u2019s a matter for him personally. My view, and this is not about the individual case, more broadly, is that anybody who has relevant information should always be willing to give it to whatever inquiries need that information.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the individual decision is a matter for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Allegations denied<\/p>\n
The congressional request followed King Charles\u2019 decision to strip his brother of his HRH style and prince title, effectively ending Andrew\u2019s public role.<\/p>\n
He and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, were also told to move out of their home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor.<\/p>\n
The move came after the release of the memoir Nobody\u2019s Girl by Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide 41 years after she accused Andrew of having sex with her when she was 17 and being trafficked by Epstein and his madam and fixer Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/p>\n
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