Prince played a guessing game about my age, says his accuser
THE Duke of York’s accuser has claimed Andrew played a guessing game about her age when they first met and compared her to his daughters.
Virginia Giuffre, in a new documentary series, Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, says she was 17 when she was introduced to the Queen’s second son in London, and described him as an “abuser” and “not the prince from the fairytale stories you read”.
Ms Giuffre, who says she was trafficked by paedophile financier Epstein, alleges the duke had sex with her on three separate occasions, including when she was 17, still a minor under US law.
Andrew has denied he has had any form of sexual contact or relationship with Ms Giuffre.
The duke’s friend, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, is awaiting trial in the US after being charged with procuring teenage girls for Epstein to abuse. She denies the charges.
In a clip released ahead of the programme, Ms Giuffre said of Andrew, who is the father of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie: “Before he abused me, when we just met, Ghislaine does this guessing game and he guessed right, I was 17 and he compared me to his daughters, saying, ‘Oh, my daughters are a few years younger than you’.”
She added: “Prince Andrew is not the prince from the fairytale stories you read. Andrew deserves to be outed. He deserves to be held accountable.”
Lady Victoria Hervey, formerly friends with Andrew and Maxwell, told the programme that friendship with Epstein offered the duke a form of escapism.
She said: “Jeffrey definitely enjoyed the idea of being friends with the Queen’s son and Prince Andrew had just gone through a divorce.
“There’s this American billionaire that wants to fly him around the world and introduce him to people, and it was probably an escapism, really, for him.”
Surviving Jeffrey Epstein will be screened on the Crime+investigation channel on August 25 and 26 at 9pm.