Republican group unfurls Andrew-Epstein banner in Buckingham Palace
Anti-monarchy activists from the group Republic staged a protest inside Buckingham Palace by displaying banners linking Prince Andrew to the late Jeffrey Epstein. The group is demanding transparency regarding the royal family's knowledge of the former Duke's associations.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing public scrutiny of the British monarchy and the persistent controversy surrounding Prince Andrew's past connections.
A group of anti-monarchy activists unfurled a banner depicting the convicted paedeophile Jeffrey Epstein and former Duke of York, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, younger brother of Britain’s monarch King Charles III, in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on Monday (July 13, 2026).
Photos released by the group, Republic, showed two individuals holding up a banner of Mountbetten-Windsor walking with Epstein and another banner in front of it with the words, “What did you know?” written across it. The Palace was aware of the incident.
“Republic activists have taken questions about Andrew to the heart of the royal household, the symbolic home of the monarchy,” Republic CEO Graham Smith said in a statement.
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