Royals ‘will stand beside’ Prince Andrew ‘no matter what,’ despite Epstein document dump: expert

The royal family “will stand beside” disgraced Prince Andrew “no matter what” despite him being named in the latest Jeffrey Epstein document dump, a royal expert has said.

The identities of more than 170 Epstein associates — such as former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, as well as the Duke of York — mentioned in court documents were ordered to be released by Manhattan federal Judge Loretta Preska last month and contain a gross accusation of inappropriate touching by the scandal-scarred British royal. 

They were filed in a since-settled defamation lawsuit that Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre brought against the late sicko’s madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, in 2015.

But although Andrew’s name came up in the unsealed documents, royal commentator Kinsey Schofield said it’s unlikely that the Firm will abandon the disgraced duke.

“I do think that the royal family is going to stand beside him no matter what,” Schofield told GB News.

“We saw it not only at Sandringham but remember those clear pictures we saw of Prince Andrew in the car with both the Prince and Princess of Wales on the way to church at Balmoral.”

“I think that he has stressed to them that he that there are no more skeletons in the closet,” she added.

Schofield continued, “It’s not a great look and I do think that you are as strong as your weakest team member and unfortunately he’s their weakest team member.

“But they’re going to stand by him. It’s never complain, never explain. That’s what their strategy is going to be.”

Unsealed docs reveal that another alleged Epstein victim, Johanna Sjoberg, said in a 2016 deposition that the Duke of York put his hand on her breast as she sat on his lap at the financier’s Manhattan townhouse in 2001. 

She also posed for a photo alongside Giuffre, whose breast was groped using a puppet of Andrew, Sjoberg testified.

“They put the puppet on Virginia’s lap, and I sat on Andrew’s lap, and they put the puppet’s hand on Virginia’s breast, and Andrew put his hand on my breast, and they took a photo,” she said of Maxwell and Epstein. 

Andrew has denied the accusation, which was revealed and reported on in a previous document dump, according to Reuters.

Sjoberg was also asked about Epstein’s comments on Clinton in the same deposition, whose name came up over 50 times in the documents.

“[Epstein] said one time that Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” she testified. 

The former US president was photographed with Epstein and took flights on the multimillionaire’s private plane.

The Post has reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.