THE GUARDIAN: Buckingham Palace says trip 'postponed' because of safety concerns rather than cancelled in light of revelationsPrince Andrew has pulled out of a proposed trip to Saudi Arabia after almost three weeks of damaging revelations about his personal integrity and links with corrupt and repressive regimes.
The Duke of York was due to travel next week to boost defence contracts in his role as Britain's trade envoy.
Buckingham Palace denied the trip was cancelled in light of the allegations, saying simply that the trip had been "postponed" because of safety concerns.
"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Trade and Investment and the palace have agreed to postpone the visit given the current circumstances in the region," the palace said.
"Any suggestion that this had anything to do with recent UK media coverage is absolutely not the case." >>> Rowenna Davis | Saturday, March 12, 2011
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