Duchess Camilla: Your speech stabbed Prince Andrew with a knife

Duchess Camilla
“How many more women have to be molested, raped or murdered?”

Duchess Camilla, 74, positioned herself with a flaming speech at the event on the occasion of the upcoming “Shameless! Festival”, which will take place in the UK this November. The wife of Prince Charles, 72, not only drew attention to current cases of abuse and murder of young women, but also spoke out in favor of two important measures. There are two demands of the Duchess that put a member from her own ranks in a fatal light.

Duchess Camilla calls for the “culture of silence” to begin

Among other things, it is the social “culture of silence” that gives women who have been sexually harassed or abused a feeling of shame, according to Camilla. Society must stand up to finally remove taboos on the subject of abuse. For Duchess Camilla it is clear that harassment of young women must not be something that “simply belongs to it because you are born a woman”. With this, the wife of the future king – whether consciously or unconsciously – specifically criticizes the behavior of Prince Andrew, 61, who has to face a civil suit with allegations of sexual abuse.

Prince Andrew is accused of having repeatedly had sexual intercourse with the then underage Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 38, against the will of the young woman. This is said to have happened through the connection between Andrews and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, † 66. The Royal denied all allegations and could not remember said meeting with the accuser. After the allegations became public, Prince Andrew made a public interview that turned into a disaster. The prince then decided to remain silent. To be silent for a long time. He is said not even to have cooperated with the police. The worst thing about the BBC conversation at the time: Andrew did not even manage to express his horror at the Epstein case and the fate of the young women during the almost 50 minutes. A behavior that is now indirectly criticized by Duchess Camila.

Duchess Camilla: “After all, rapists are not born, they are constructed”

But that’s not all. It is another sentence of the Duchess of Cornwall that causes a stir and makes her speech one of her most powerful speeches. “We by no means hold all men responsible for sexual violence. But we need all of them on board to take action against it. After all, rapists are not born, they are constructed,” Camilla demands as a second measure. The education of men is a central anchor point.

And again a connection to the “Playboy” of the royal family can be seen. Prince Andrew has held the image of the woman hero since his youth. In his early 20s, he is said to have had numerous affairs. In addition, the royal is repeatedly attributed with questionable connections to gun smugglers, dictator sons and sex offenders like Epstein. It’s the image of a man who takes what he wants – and doesn’t seem to worry about his status. Even after the Epstein scandals had risen in the early 2000s, Andrew decided to maintain his friendship with him. The signal that he was sending to the public: Nothing can happen to me. To date, the royal has never shown any form of shame, regret or remorse.

Of course, Prince Andrew is considered innocent until the verdict is pronounced in New York – but Duchess Camilla’s sentences should have a bitter aftertaste for the Royal.

Sources used: bbc.co.uk, dailymail.co.uk, instagram.com, spiegel.de

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