Prince Andrew is facing renewed public and political backlash following the release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, *Nobody’s Girl*, which reiterates her longstanding allegations of sexual abuse tied to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The book, obtained by the BBC ahead of its official Tuesday publication nearly six months after Giuffre’s death contains harrowing accounts of exploitation, including claims that she was forced to have sex with the Duke of York on three separate occasions: in London, New York, and on Epstein’s private island. In one passage, Giuffre writes that during an encounter on the island, Andrew was present “with Epstein and approximately eight other young women.” She recalls Ghislaine Maxwell introducing her to the prince with the words, “You’ll meet a handsome prince,” and notes that Andrew, then 41, “guessed correctly: seventeen.”
Giuffre described Andrew as “friendly enough, but still entitled as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright.” She added that Epstein later paid her $15,000 “for servicing the man the tabloids called ‘Randy Andy.’” Prince Andrew has consistently denied all allegations and, in 2022, reached an out-of-court financial settlement with Giuffre without admitting wrongdoing. Yet the memoir’s publication arrives at a moment of heightened vulnerability for the prince. Just last week, he announced he would cease using his royal titles including Duke of York and step down from the Order of the Garter, a symbolic retreat from public life that many interpret as damage control. “I vigorously deny the accusations against me,” he reiterated in a recent statement.
The memoir has reignited political pressure in the UK. Labour MP Rachael Maskell told the BBC it was “incredibly strange that you can give a title, but you can’t remove a title,” while Scottish National Party leader Stephen Flynn declared there was “no justification” for the government to refrain from stripping Andrew of his honors. Public sentiment appears to be shifting: once-dismissed claims now carry the weight of a victim’s final testimony. Compounding the scrutiny, London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed they are “actively” reviewing reports that Andrew allegedly attempted to obtain Giuffre’s personal information through a police protection officer in 2011 a claim former royal protection chief Dai Davies labeled “scandalous.”
The shadow of Jeffrey Epstein looms large over Andrew’s fate. Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. His associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, is now serving a 20-year sentence. Giuffre’s memoir not only recounts her abuse but also captures the psychological toll of being trapped in Epstein’s network writing at one point that she feared she might “die a sex slave.” Her words, published posthumously, transform private pain into public reckoning. For many, the book is less about new evidence and more about moral clarity: a final plea for accountability from a woman who spent years fighting to be believed.
Andrew’s retreat from public duties may shield him from daily scrutiny, but it cannot erase the narrative now cemented in print. The monarchy, already navigating generational transition and public skepticism, faces a dilemma: how to uphold tradition while distancing itself from scandal. Giuffre’s memoir ensures the allegations remain part of the historical record not as rumor, but as testimony. And in a post-#MeToo era, testimony carries weight that titles cannot deflect.
Virginia Giuffre will not live to see the full impact of her words. But in publishing *Nobody’s Girl*, she ensured her voice would outlast her silence. The book is not merely an accusation it is a chronicle of survival in a world that enabled predators and protected princes. As lawmakers debate titles and police review old files, one truth remains: the story is no longer Andrew’s to control. It belongs to history now. And history rarely forgets the voices it once tried to silence.
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