Prince Andrew latest: Virginia Giuffre says she was ‘a toy to be passed around’

Biographer Andrew Lownie, who has researched Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson for years, said “there is still a lot to do”.

his book Title: The Rise and Fall of the House of York It landed just before Andrew’s fall from grace.

Following King Charles’ decision to strip his brother of his royal titles, Lownie said: “I think there’s a lot more to be done, a lot more, and it’s going to be even more damaging material.”

Donald Trump said Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being stripped of his titles was a “terrible thing” while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One.

“I mean, it’s a terrible thing that happened to the family,” Trump said.

“This is a tragic situation and it’s terrible. So I feel bad for the family.” [sic]

Following the King’s historic decision to dethrone his brother and strip him of his official titles, the former prince must grapple not only with his difficult circumstances and public embarrassment, but also with the fact that he has long deluded himself into putting ‘duty first’, writes Sean O’Grady:

The Ministry of Defense is “working to remove” Andrew’s last military title after the King stripped his brother of his ranks and title of prince amid the ongoing Epstein scandal.

Defense minister John Healey said Andrew would be stripped of the honorary rank of vice-admiral and added that ministers were “guided by the decisions and judgments the King has made”.

“I was still a human being with feelings, emotions and sadness,” Virginia Giuffre told the BBC in an episode about her alleged meetings with Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

“Knowing that this man has daughters and can still abuse me… it just doesn’t make sense.”

The old prince denied all wrongdoing.

Ghislaine Maxwell may be more malevolent than Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffre told the BBC in an interview airing on tonight’s Panorama episode.

“Ghislaine was in some ways even more physically abusive than Jeffrey Epstein,” he told the BBC in 2019.

“He was almost enjoying it because he knew you were extremely uncomfortable, nauseous, and in pain.”

Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking in 2021 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

In a 2019 interview on BBC Panorama, Virginia Giuffre told the story of how she met Andrew.

She said: “Ghislaine told me I should do for Andrew what I did for Jeffrey and it made me sick.

“I didn’t expect this from the royal family. I didn’t expect it from someone in the royal family that people look up to and admire.”

Never-before-seen footage of the interview will be broadcast on BBC One at 8pm on Tuesday.

Donald Trump said he felt “bad” for the royal family amid controversy over Andrew’s links to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump, who has also faced pressure over his ties to Epstein, told reporters on Sunday: “It’s a terrible thing that happened to the (royal) family.”

When asked about sexual misconduct allegations against Andrew in 2019, the president denied knowing him, even though they had met multiple times, including during Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom that year.

Mr Trump said: “I don’t know Prince Andrew, but it’s a tough story, a very tough story.”

A photo from February 2000 shows Trump, his wife, Melania, and Andrew together at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Trump’s comments on Sunday came as members of a US congressional committee stepped up calls for Andrew to answer questions about his friendship with Epstein.