Prince Andrew Accuser Virginia Giuffre’s Death Cements Royal’s Ruin, Deepens Epstein’s ‘evil’ Legacy: Experts

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Virginia Giuffre’s abrupt decease will everlastingly punctual nan nationalist of Prince Andrew’s ties to nan precocious convicted activity offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The 41-year-old, who accused nan British royal and different influential men of sexually exploiting her arsenic a teen trafficked by nan American financier, took her life connected Friday astatine her workplace successful Western Australia, her publicist confirmed.

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Virginia Roberts Giuffre, pinch a photograph of herself arsenic a teen, erstwhile she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, among others. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"The decease of Virginia Giuffre is simply a monolithic shock… and has created further negativity for Prince Andrew," royal master Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital. 

"No uncertainty her ceremonial and nan group delivering nan eulogies will beryllium a lasting reminder of really they deliberation astir nan besieged prince and really their connection will perchance blacken his tarnished estimation moreover more."

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and Prince Andrew, Duke of York, be nan Easter Sunday Service astatine St George's Chapel connected April 20, 2025 successful Windsor, England. (Karwai Tang/WireImage)

"This could beryllium a summertime of discontent for nan royal family arsenic they effort to region themselves immoderate further from scandals," Turner added.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends nan accepted Easter Sunday Service astatine St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle connected April 20, 2025 successful Windsor, England. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Andrew’s lawyer for comment. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson antecedently told Fox News Digital they do not speak for nan Duke of York arsenic he is nary longer a moving royal. The 65-year-old stepped backmost arsenic a elder royal successful 2019.

Royal master Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital location is nary turning backmost for Andrew, who was known arsenic Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite son. He described really it is improbable that Andrew will ever triumph complete nan nationalist again.

Prince Andrew, nan Duke of York, connected committee HMS Invincible during nan Falklands War, successful which he served arsenic a chopper pilot. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

"Giuffre's tragic termination adds different section to nan evil bequest of nan deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein," Fitzwilliams explained. 

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American financier Jeffrey Epstein was connected pinch respective salient people, including politicians, actors and academics. (Rick Friedman/Corbis/Getty Images)

"… King Charles has unsuccessfully been trying to evict [Prince Andrew] from Royal Lodge wherever he has a 75-year lease. Further emails person surfaced showing he was successful interaction pinch Epstein longer than he admitted. He joined nan royal family for nan Easter Service but has nary royal domiciled aliases nationalist support."

"Virginia Giuffre was yet a tragic unfortunate of a sadistic pedophile," he shared. "Any dream Andrew whitethorn person had of casting uncertainty connected her evidence… nary longer exists. Unless he helps nan FBI aliases takes connected immoderate benignant of domiciled moving nan royal estates, aliases does immoderate charitable work, he doesn’t look to person a future."

Prince Andrew was known arsenic Queen Elizabeth II's favourite son. England's longest-reigning monarch died successful 2022 astatine property 96. (Max Mumby via Getty Images)

Giufree, born Virginia Roberts successful Sacramento, California, erstwhile told interviewers that her puerility was shattered erstwhile she was sexually abused arsenic a people schooler by a man her family knew. She later ran distant from location and endured much abuse, she said.

Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite, was Jeffrey Epstein’s woman and later employee. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

In consequent lawsuits, Giuffre said she was approached by Epstein’s girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, successful 2000. She said Maxwell hired her arsenic a masseuse for Epstein, but nan mates made her a intersexual servant, pressuring her into gratifying not only Epstein, but his friends and associates. 

Giuffre said she was flown astir nan world for assignations pinch men, including Andrew, erstwhile she was 17 and 18.

Jeffrey Epstein mugshot from 2019 aft national authorities revenge trafficking charges against him. (Kypros/Getty Images)

The men denied it and assailed Giuffre’s credibility. She acknowledged changing immoderate cardinal specifications of her account, including nan property astatine which she first met Epstein. However, galore parts of her communicative were supported by documents, witnesser grounds and photos — including 1 of her and Andrew, pinch his limb astir her bare midriff, in Maxwell’s London townhouse.

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Giuffre said successful 1 of her lawsuits that she had activity pinch Andrew 3 times: successful London during her 2001 trip, at Epstein’s New York mansion erstwhile she was 17, and successful nan Virgin Islands erstwhile she was 18. She said she met her now-husband successful 2002 while taking massage training successful Thailand astatine Epstein’s behest. She married, moved to Australia and had a family.

Epstein killed himself successful 2019 while awaiting proceedings connected U.S. national activity trafficking charges involving dozens of teenage girls and young women, immoderate arsenic young arsenic 14. The charges came 14 years aft constabulary successful Palm Beach, Florida, first began investigating allegations that he sexually abused underage girls who were hired to springiness him massages.

Jeffrey Epstein's erstwhile location connected nan land of Little Saint James successful nan U.S. Virgin Islands. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Giuffre came guardant publically aft nan first investigation ended successful an 18-month Florida jailhouse word for Epstein, who made a concealed deal to debar national prosecution by pleading blameworthy alternatively to comparatively insignificant state-level charges of soliciting prostitution. He was released successful 2009. She went connected to go an advocator for activity trafficking survivors and a cardinal fig successful Epstein’s prolonged downfall.

David Boies, representing respective of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims, center, arrives pinch Annie Farmer, 2nd right, and Virginia Giuffre, successful national tribunal successful New York connected Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Andrew categorically rejected Giuffre’s allegations and said he did not callback having met her. However, his denials blew up successful his look during a atomic November 2019 BBC interview. Viewers saw a prince who proffered funny rebuttals — specified arsenic disputing Giuffre’s recollection of sweaty dancing by saying he was medically incapable of perspiring — and showed nary empathy for nan women who said Epstein abused them.

Within days of nan interview, Andrew stepped down from his royal duties. He settled pinch Giuffre successful 2022 for an undisclosed sum, agreeing to make a "substantial donation" to her survivors’ organization. A connection revenge successful tribunal said that nan prince acknowledged Epstein was a activity trafficker and Giuffre "an established unfortunate of abuse."

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, left, shakes hands pinch nan Dean of Windsor, Christopher Cocksworth, arsenic he leaves aft attending nan Easter Service astatine St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle connected April 20, 2025 successful Windsor, England. (Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Maxwell was convicted successful 2021 connected national activity trafficking and conspiracy charges. She was sentenced to 20 years successful prison.  

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Jeffrey Epstein, right, is seen astatine nan Royal Ascot pinch Prince Andrew. (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

Giuffre separated from her hubby and children this year. She had been charged pinch breaching a family unit restraining bid complete an incident successful February and was group to look successful tribunal successful June in nan metropolis of Perth, wherever her estranged hubby and children live. She had yet to participate a plea to nan charge. A condemnation would person carried a imaginable maximum condemnation of 2 years successful prison. 

Most recently, Giuffre’s publicist said she was hospitalized aft a superior accident.

Ghislaine Maxwell is serving clip down bars. (Mathieu Polak/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

Giuffre is survived by her 3 children.

Virginia Giuffre is survived by her 3 children. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"Giuffre’s decease delivers an irrevocable extremity to nan royal ungraded cementing Prince Andrew’s nationalist downfall," said British royal master Hilary Fordwich. 

"His denials, disastrous BBC interview, mixed pinch nan outpouring of nationalist sympathy for her, caused irremediable harm and ugliness for him. His actions solidified nan public’s cognition of him arsenic improbable to ever rehabilitate his image aliases return to nationalist duties."

According to royal experts, Prince Andrew, pinch nary royal role, spends his clip riding horses and tending to his garden. (DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

"Her decease does not exonerate him, but simply closes nan matter. The stigma, though, remains pinch unresolved questions persisting successful nan nationalist consciousness," Fordwich noted. 

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"What would person been prudent and nan only measurement to, successful immoderate measurement repair, astatine slightest to a constricted extent, his nationalist image, would person been to person served highly softly successful immoderate way. Instead, he has spent his clip riding astir Windsor grounds."

It is believed that Andrew first met Epstein successful 1999. Andrew claimed he trim ties pinch Epstein soon aft nan brace were photographed taking a stroll done Central Park.

Prince Andrew reportedly refuses to time off his royal Royal Lodge home. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP, File)

"Prince Andrew was erstwhile a brave aviator successful nan Falklands War and seemed astatine location successful his 22 years successful nan navy," said Fitzwilliams. "The remainder of his profession has been a catalog of disasters which person been good chronicled. He nary longer carries retired royal engagements and does not usage his HRH, having been stripped of his patronages. He besides cannot deterioration a subject uniform."

A mural of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is seen successful Shoreditch connected July 1, 2020 successful London. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

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Andrew has been attempting to support a debased floor plan astatine his palatial Royal Lodge home. He's reportedly picked up farming successful hopes of pinching a fewer pennies.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.