Jeffrey Epstein is dead, but questions remain for Prince Andrew

Duke of York yet to explain photo of him with arm around alleged victim Virginia Giuffre

When New York prosecutors announced the death of Jeffrey Epstein over the weekend, Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York, were reportedly holidaying in Balmoral with the Queen. It must have have made for an uncomfortable moment: the Duke of York's former friendship with the disgraced New York hedge fund manager has proven a persistent headache for Buckingham Palace, which has repeatedly been forced to deny allegations that Andrew had sexual encounters with a 17-year-old who had been coerced by Epstein.

The death of the financier, a convicted sex offender who was facing federal charges for sex trafficking, is unlikely to end questions about his relationship to both Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York, to whom Epstein once lent 15,000 to clear her debts. The duchess later described the arrangement as "a gigantic error of judgment".