Britain's Prince Andrew, under scrutiny for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, says he's 'appalled' by abuse claims

Buckingham Palace released a statement on Sunday saying Prince Andrew is "appalled" by the accusations made against his late former friend, financier and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide earlier this month.

Video was recently released that shows him inside Epstein's New York City mansion, The Guardian reports, with the footage believed to have been shot on Dec. 6, 2010. In 2015, a woman who said she was one of Epstein's sex slaves attested in court documents that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew multiple times in the early 2000s, when she was 17 years old. At the time, Buckingham Palace denied the allegations, calling them "false and without any foundation."

On Sunday, Buckingham Palace said the prince "deplores the exploitation of any human being and the suggestion he would condone, participate in, or encourage any such behavior is abhorrent."

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