Prince Andrew’s most famous accuser feared she would ‘die’ as a sex slave to Jeffrey Epstein, her recent book has said.
Just days ago, the Royal gave up his remaining titles days before the publication of a memoir by Virginia Giuffre, to whom he paid thousands and thousands to settle a civil sexual assault case.
The BBC, which obtained a duplicate of the book, said that Giuffre also says she ‘was habitually used and humiliated’ after being trafficked to ‘scores of rich, powerful people’.
She added: ‘I believed that I’d die a sex slave.’
Prince Andrew and the royal family could face further embarrassment, with the approaching publication of Giuffre’s memoir within the week that the King is to hope with the Pope.
The Metropolitan Police said they’re looking into claims that Andrew had passed Giuffre’s date of birth and social security number to his taxpayer-funded bodyguard in 2011 and asked him to research.
He can be said to have emailed the late Queen Elizabeth II’s then-deputy press secretary and told him of his request to his protection officer, and in addition suggested Giuffre had a criminal record.
A Met spokeswoman said: ‘We’re aware of media reporting and are actively looking into the claims made.’
The allegations are the newest to emerge against the prince, who relinquished his dukedom and other honours on Friday, after excerpts from Giuffre’s book were released.
Prince Andrew’s official statement
In an announcement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew said the choice was made after a discussion with the King and his immediate and wider family.
‘I even have decided, as I all the time have, to place my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to face back from public life,’ he said.
‘With His Majesty’s agreement, we feel I need to now go a step further. I’ll subsequently not use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I even have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.’
What else does Giuffre’s recent book say?
Titled ‘No one’s Girl,’ the bombshell book comprises ‘intimate and disturbing’ details of her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, in addition to lots of their friends – including Queen Elizabeth’s second son.
Within the book, she called Prince Andrew ‘entitled’ and claimed he thought having sex along with her was his ‘birthright’.
Virginia, who died in April aged 41, made the revelations in ‘No one’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice’, which she finished writing before her death.
Inside the 400-page book, she also says the Duke of York said ‘thanks’ in a ‘clipped British accent’ after having sex along with her.
Ghislaine Maxwell also allegedly praised her after, saying: ‘You probably did well, the Prince rejoiced.’
Andrew denied having sex with the then-17-year-old, but spent thousands and thousands in an out-of-court settlement in 2022.
Publishers Alfred A Knopf said the book comprises ‘intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking recent details about her time with Epstein, fellow sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and their many well-known friends, including Prince Andrew, about whom she speaks publicly for the primary time since their out-of-court settlement in 2022’.
Virginia, a mum-of-three, was found dead at her home in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living for the past several years.
The publishers said she accomplished the manuscript only 25 days before her death.
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