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Prince Andrew Faces Renewed Scrutiny as Virginia Giuffre’s Posthumous Memoir Revives Damaging Allegations
LONDON, UK – Prince Andrew is once again at the center of a storm of controversy as the posthumous memoir of his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, titled “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice,” is set to be released. The book’s revelations are expected to heap further humiliation on the Duke of York, bringing his past conduct and his infamous 2019 BBC “Newsnight” interview back into the spotlight.
Giuffre, who tragically died by suicide earlier this year at the age of 41, details multiple alleged sexual encounters with Prince Andrew when she was 17. In the bombshell memoir, Giuffre asserts that Andrew treated her as his “birthright” and recounts being trafficked for sex by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. She describes an alleged group sex encounter and expresses her fear of becoming a “sex slave.”
The memoir also revisits Andrew’s disastrous 2019 “Newsnight” interview, an appearance widely considered to be the catalyst for his public downfall. Giuffre directly challenges his statements from the interview, particularly his denial of ever meeting her and his bizarre claim of an inability to perspire due to an “overdose of adrenaline in the Falklands War.”
“He said he had no recollection of ever meeting me-‘None whatsoever.’ Most outlandishly, he said he couldn’t have danced sweatily with me at the Tramp nightclub, as I’d described, because he’d temporarily developed an inability to perspire after enduring ‘an overdose of adrenaline in the Falklands War,’-a bizarre reference to his military service nineteen years prior to our meeting,” Giuffre wrote in the book, a copy of which was obtained by Fox News Digital.
The 2019 interview, intended to clear Andrew’s name regarding his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Giuffre’s allegations, instead became a public relations catastrophe. His defensive and seemingly tone-deaf responses, including the now-infamous “no sweat” claim, drew widespread condemnation. The interview was branded a “car crash,” leading to Andrew stepping back from public duties, losing his military titles and royal patronages, and severing ties with corporate sponsors and charities.
Giuffre noted in her memoir that while the interview was “devastating for Prince Andrew,” it was “like an injection of jet fuel” for her legal team.
In 2021, Giuffre filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew, which he consistently denied. Her memoir reportedly details his alleged attempts to discredit and intimidate her, including claims that his team tried to “hire internet trolls to hassle me” and that his protection officers attempted to “dig up dirt” on her.
Royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital that the book paints an even more negative picture of Andrew. “In addition to all we know, [Andrew] comes across even worse as unrepentant and manipulative.
This is ghastly for the royal family,” she stated. Fordwich specifically highlighted the “revolting” alleged orgy and Giuffre’s “damning” quote about Andrew viewing sex with her as his “birthright,” along with the alleged cover-up attempts that contradict his denial of knowing Giuffre.
Recent developments have added another layer to the controversy. On October 19, The Mail on Sunday published leaked emails suggesting Andrew shared Giuffre’s date of birth and Social Security number with his personal protection officer, instructing them to investigate any potential criminal record in the U.S.
This action, reportedly taken hours before the 2011 release of a photograph showing Andrew with a then-underage Giuffre, has been interpreted as a potential smear campaign strategy. London’s Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are “actively looking into the claims made.”
Buckingham Palace sources have reportedly told the BBC that these new claims are being treated with “very great concern and should be examined in the appropriate ways to the fullest extent.”
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams believes that Giuffre’s memoir and the re-examination of his 2019 interview will further damage Andrew’s reputation. “The portrait she paints of Andrew is of a bovine, entitled and supercilious individual, in some ways never out of the nursery,” Fitzwilliams commented to Fox News Digital. He added that Andrew, despite his past military service, “succumbed to the lure of disastrous friendships like that of the deceased pedophile Epstein.”
Amanda Matta, another royal commentator, suggests that Andrew could face legal repercussions from the claims in Giuffre’s book and the newly resurfaced emails. “While past civil litigation in the US is concluded, the new memoir revives several potential areas of concern for Andrew,” she explained. Matta noted that “renewed scrutiny over possible misuse of police resources or attempt to gather personal information on a survivor could trigger regulatory or investigative action.”
Further damaging correspondence emerged on October 12, when The Guardian published details of an email dated February 28, 2011, from Andrew to Epstein. This email contradicts Andrew’s previous assertion that he ceased contact with Epstein in 2010, allegedly stating, “I’m just as concerned for you!
Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it.
Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”
These leaked emails surfaced just days after Andrew announced he had relinquished his royal titles and honors. In a statement, he cited the “continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family” and reaffirmed his denial of the accusations. While he will no longer be referred to as the Duke of York, he remains a prince, though his “His Royal Highness” title has been inactive since 2019.
Former royal photographer Ian Pelham Turner predicts further consequences for Andrew, citing a “rule in royal circles if a disruptive event lasts for more than seven days further action should be taken to quell the negativity attached.” He noted that despite Andrew’s voluntary removal of titles, “more people are baying for blood,” with politicians seeking legal removal of titles and police investigating allegations of misuse of security staff. The optics of Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson continuing to reside in the 30-bedroom Royal Lodge at Windsor are also being criticized.
Giuffre’s memoir, set for release on October 21, is described by Fitzwilliams as a “worldwide event.” He acknowledged the tragic circumstances of Giuffre’s death but emphasized that “her thoughts and experiences will live on in her memory to show abuse can be fought, but at a terrible cost.”
The timing of the book’s publication could also overshadow important engagements for King Charles III and Prince William. Turner pointed out that Charles’s historic visit to the Pope and William’s trip to Brazil for Cop 30 are being “overshadowed by Andrew.”
Fitzwilliams concluded that the accusations in the memoir will likely solidify Andrew’s social exile. “However, unable to use his titles, stripped of his patronages and an outcast in the royal family, he and his devoted ex-wife Sarah Ferguson face the future as pariahs,” he stated.