Overview
- London’s Metropolitan Police say they are actively examining reports that Prince Andrew asked protection officers in 2011 to dig up material on Virginia Giuffre, including her birth date and U.S. social security number.
- Andrew has announced he will no longer use the Duke of York styling and other honours, though he legally remains a prince and continues to deny the allegations.
- Giuffre’s posthumous book, Nobody’s Girl, alleges multiple sexual encounters with Andrew, including when she was 17, and BBC reporting from the book says he sought a nondisclosure clause to delay revelations before the 2022 Jubilee.
- Newly surfaced emails indicate Andrew was still corresponding with Jeffrey Epstein in 2011, undercutting his past claim that he severed ties in 2010.
- Political pressure is building as MP Rachael Maskell has tabled a bill to allow removal of the Duke of York title, Giuffre’s family and several MPs urge stripping his princely status, and the government signals caution on intervening.