Prince Andrew Is Taking a New Approach to Virginia Giuffre's Harrowing Allegations Amid Her Memoir Release

Prince Andrew seems to be trying a new strategy of silence amid the release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl.

In the 11 years since Giuffre first alleged that she was trafficked to Prince Andrew by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at the age of 17, Queen Elizabeth’s son has tried a number of tricks to avoid accountability including repeated denials, a car-crash interview and paying to keep Giuffre’s claims out of court.

Now, with fresh details about his alleged sexual abuse of Giuffre emerging, Andrew is remaining silent.

Related story Prince Andrew Wasn't the Only British Royal in Epstein's Black Book, Says Biographer

In Nobody’s Girl, Giuffre recalls her first meeting with a then-41-year-old Andrew, orchestrated by Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. She remembers Andrew commenting that she was only a few years older than his daughter, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, before Maxwell and Epstein left her alone with him.

“He was friendly enough, but still entitled – as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright. I drew him a hot bath. We disrobed and got in the tub, but didn’t stay there long because the prince was eager to get to the bed,” Giuffre writes, according to The Guardian. “He seemed in a rush to have intercourse. Afterward, he said thank you in his clipped British accent. In my memory, the whole thing lasted less than half an hour.”

Giuffre describes two other encounters with Andrew, including one on Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands. Her accounts are in line with claims made in a series of legal battles against Epstein and, later Andrew.

Prince Andrew first denied Giuffre’s allegations via a statement from Buckingham Palace in 2015. In 2019, he participated in a now-infamous interview with Emily Maitlis for BBC’s Newsnight. Widely considered to be one of the Royal Family’s biggest PR failings, Andrew used the interview to allege that he was at his daughter’s birthday party the night Giuffre claims they met.

In 2022, after attempting to have Giuffre’s civil lawsuit against him thrown out, he settled out of court, paying an undisclosed sum reported to be upwards of $10 million. She donated the sum to a charity for victims of abuse.

Giuffre died in April 2025. Her death was ruled a suicide.

More About Virginia Giuffre’s Book & Epstein Allegations: