Virginia Giuffre’s Family Reacts To Prince Andrew Losing Royal Title

Virginia Giuffre’s family made an emotional statement after the news that England’s Prince Andrew, who allegedly harassed her, was stripped of his royal title.

On Thursday, Buckingham Palace announced that Andrew, who publicly renounced his royal duties in 2019 due to his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will no longer be known as “The Prince,” “His Royal Highness” or “The Duke of York.” Andrew Mountbatten will now use the name Windsor.

Giuffre, who died earlier this year at the age of 41, was one of the first and leading figures to publicly accuse Epstein. He also accused disgraced financier and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell of forcing him to have sex with Windsor on multiple occasions, the first time when he was just 17.

Reaction to the news In a statement to People magazine“Today, an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family took down a British prince with her integrity and extraordinary courage,” Giuffre’s sister, Sky Roberts, and her wife, Amanda Roberts, said in a statement.

“Our sister, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a child sexually assaulted by Andrew, never stopped fighting to take responsibility for what happened to her and countless survivors like her,” the statement continued. “Today he declares victory.”

Windsor reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre in 2022, but in a statement resulting from the settlement, she expressed regret for her connections to Epstein without admitting any wrongdoing or offering a public apology.

Giuffre detailed how she allegedly first met Windsor in 2001 in her memoir, “Nobody’s Daughter: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice,” released in October.

Buckingham Palace’s decision comes amid growing scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Epstein and calls for the Justice Department to publicly release documents related to criminal investigations into the late financier, who died in prison in 2019.