According to excerpts published in *The Guardian*, a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre accuses the Duke of York of displaying an "entitled" attitude, "as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright." The book, *Nobody's Girl*, penned by the prominent accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is set for release next week, nearly six months after Ms. Giuffre tragically took her own life.
In her memoir, which brands Epstein a "master manipulator," Giuffre details three alleged encounters with Prince Andrew, including one at Ghislaine Maxwell's London residence. The revelations mark another embarrassing chapter for Prince Andrew, who settled financially with Ms. Giuffre in 2022 and has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
*Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice* is Giuffre's poignant testimony, co-authored with writer Amy Wallace. Giuffre, who died by suicide in Australia in April, had met Jeffrey Epstein through Ghislaine Maxwell and claimed to be one of many vulnerable girls and young women sexually exploited by Epstein and his wealthy associates. Among these powerful connections, Prince Andrew was allegedly included.
The Guardian-published extract recounts Giuffre's account of meeting Prince Andrew in London in March 2001, when she was just 17. She describes being awakened by Maxwell with the words, "It's going to be a special day, she said. Just like Cinderella, you're going to meet a handsome prince!"
When Andrew arrived, Giuffre claims he was asked to guess her age. "The Duke of York, then 41, guessed correctly: 17. 'My daughters are just a little younger than you,' he told me, explaining his accuracy. Maxwell, ever quick with a joke, added, 'I guess we'll have to trade her in soon,'" Giuffre writes in her memoir.
Like Epstein, she says she referred to him as "Andy." The memoir also provides an account of the infamous photograph taken that evening. "My mom would never forgive me if I met someone as famous as Prince Andrew and didn't pose for a picture," Giuffre recalls. "I ran to get a Kodak FunSaver from my room, then returned and handed it to Epstein. I remember the prince putting his arm around my waist as Maxwell grinned beside me. Epstein snapped the photo."
They proceeded to dinner and then to the Tramp nightclub, where Giuffre remembers Andrew as a "bumbling dancer, and I recall he sweated profusely." "On the way back, Maxwell told me, 'When we get home, you are to do for him what you do for Jeffrey,'" Giuffre writes.
Describing what followed, she says, "He was friendly enough, but still entitled – as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright." As previously reported, she claims he was "particularly attentive to my feet, caressing my toes and licking my arches." Later, Epstein allegedly gave her $15,000 for her time with Andrew.
The book also details two other alleged encounters with Andrew – in Epstein's New York townhouse and on Epstein's private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. While these meetings have been reported before, including in Giuffre's previous statements, the memoir offers her personal perspective.
"Don't be fooled by those in Epstein's circle who say they didn't know what he was doing. Epstein not only didn't hide what was happening, he took a certain glee in making people watch," she writes.
Giuffre also reveals that she was taking tranquilizers to cope with her life working for Epstein. "Sometimes, when I was really struggling, I took as many as eight Xanax a day," she admits.
She explains why she didn't leave Epstein's orbit even after realizing his intentions. "How can you complain about being abused, some have asked, when you could so easily have stayed away? But that stance discounts what many of us had been through before we encountered Epstein, as well as how good he was at spotting girls whose wounds made them vulnerable," she writes. "Several of us had been molested or raped as children; many of us were poor or even homeless. We were girls who no one cared about, and Epstein pretended to care."
After leaving Epstein, Giuffre settled in Australia with her husband and three children. She tragically took her own life at the age of 41. Epstein had died by suicide in a New York jail while awaiting trial, and Ghislaine Maxwell was later jailed on charges related to sex trafficking.
Prince Andrew made a financial payment to Ms. Giuffre in an out-of-court settlement after she brought a civil case against him, and he denies all accusations. He refutes Giuffre's claims about the three alleged sexual encounters: "I can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened," Andrew said in his BBC Newsnight interview. "I can tell you categorically I don't remember meeting her at all. I do not remember a photograph being taken, and I've said consistently and frequently that we never had any sort of sexual contact whatever."
Prince Andrew has faced challenges over aspects of his account. He claimed to have severed all ties with Epstein after seeing him in New York in December 2010, but an email from February 2011 surfaced, suggesting Andrew was still in touch, with the promise to "play some more soon."
