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During his heyday, Prince Andrew was nicknamed “Airmiles Andy” due to his jet-setting lifestyle.

He also earned himself the nickname “Randy Andy” with a puppet named in his honour.

Combine both of those, and you get the sort of bloke who would travel around on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet, to destinations where it’s alleged he would sexually assault underage girls.

Those sorts of trips are very much a thing of the past now, and the Duke of York spends most of his time hiding out at his mom’s houses.

Mom’s castles, to be more accurate, in the hopes that the Queen will foot the bill for his mounting legal woes.

Prince Andrew, at 61, is pretty quickly becoming the poster boy for failures who end up retreating to their parent’s basement, and things may get worse rather soon.

The Daily Beast reports that US authorities appear to have zero intention of giving up on their battle to get their hands on him, and more pressure was exerted this week:

A U.S. government official told a reporter from British newspaper the Sun: “The U.S. and the U.K. have a close, productive, and resilient law-enforcement and mutual legal assistance relationship. We remain in close contact on many active cases on a daily basis and will continue to seek assistance in criminal matters as we provide similar assistance in return.”

That comment was made in response to queries regarding the disgraced royal.

Lawyers representing Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleges that Prince Andrew raped her on three occasions, have been attempting to serve papers.

But “Airmiles Andy” is now a recluse:

Having spent time at Balmoral in Scotland earlier in the summer, Andrew, the Sun reported this weekend, is now hiding himself away at Royal Lodge in Windsor to avoid being served documents in the civil case against him…

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Security guards stopped “multiple attempts” by lawyers last week to hand the documents over, the paper said.

The Crown Estate (a collection of holdings belonging to the British monarch) owns Royal Lodge, meaning it is technically a royal grace and favour property, although Prince Andrew was granted a 75-year lease agreement in 2003.

The Queen’s personal lawyers also warned media organisations who tried to snap pictures of Prince Andrew while he was hiding at Balmoral.

It’s been close to three weeks since he was seen in public, with one source being quoted as saying that there is “no way he will risk poking his head outside right now.”

PR agent Mark Borkowski, who has experience in dealing with crises, says that may remain the case for some time.

He spoke with iNews:

“What you see sometimes with these types of stories it just sort of disappears into a footnote of history. But this one isn’t going away because it’s unlikely to be resolved.

“It still remains a bit of a cat-and-mouse game with the truth or the untruths.”

Asked if there is any possibility that Prince Andrew could return to public duties in the future, Mr Borkowski says: “In my estimation, in the 21st century, not in a million years.”

Wouldn’t it be lovely if Prince Andrew’s mother grew tired of protecting him, and told him to face the music?

Don’t hold your breath on that front, though.

[sources:dailybeast&inews]