Australia More trouble for Andrew? Book by Epstein victim published
The abuse scandal surrounding the late US multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein continues to dominate the headlines in the UK.
21.10.2025, 13:27
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On the day of the publication of the memoirs of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, who also accuses the British Prince Andrew (65) of having sexually abused her on several occasions, the tabloid newspaper "The Mirror" ran the headline: "What did the palace know?"
The brother of King Charles III (76) denies the allegations, but the scandal threatens to cast a shadow not only on his own biography, but also on the royal family.
Shortly before the book was published, Andrew resigned several titles and honors. "I know she would see that as a victory, that he was forced - however voluntarily - to give them up," Giuffre's co-author Amy Wallace told the BBC. Virginia Giuffre herself took her own life in April.
Brutal rapes, humiliations and threats
It is doubtful that the affair is now over for the royal family. The details that Giuffre reveals in her memoirs entitled "Nobody's Girl" are shocking. Born in the US, she describes how, as a teenager, she was brought into a relationship of dependency by Epstein and his assistant Ghislaine Maxwell and sexually exploited by Epstein and other powerful men over a period of around two years - until she managed to escape.
Giuffre reports on brutal rapes, humiliations and threats. However, with the exception of Epstein and a few others such as Prince Andrew, the names of her undoubtedly world-famous tormentors are not mentioned. What is particularly shocking is that she had already been the victim of sexual abuse several times by the time she fell into Epstein's clutches.
Prince Andrew, who agreed an alleged multi-million pound settlement with Giuffre in a US civil lawsuit in 2022, could face even more trouble. Scotland Yard confirmed to Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) that it is investigating reports that Andrew instructed his bodyguard to obtain discrediting information about Giuffre.
