Extracts from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumously released memoir have further intensified the recently renewed scrutiny on Prince Andrew, detailing allegations of being trafficked to the British royal. 

Ms Giuffre took her own life earlier this year, but her story is being perpetuated in her book, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, which will be released next week. 

An extract published by The Guardian repeats her allegations of being forced to have sex with Prince Andrew as a minor in 2001 — a claim he has repeatedly denied. 

“He was friendly enough, but still entitled — as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright,” Giuffre wrote.

The extract comes days after British tabloids claimed to have confirmed the prince sent an email to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein saying “it seems we’re in this together”. 

Last month, multiple UK-based charities severed ties with Prince Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah, the Duchess of York, after British media reported she described Epstein as a “steadfast, generous and supreme friend” in a 2011 letter.

Ms Giuffre wrote about an encounter she had with the prince in Epstein’s girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house, saying the four of them went to a nightclub.

On the way home, Ms Giuffre alleges she was told to have sex with the prince. 

She said the pair had a bath together but “didn’t stay there long because the prince was eager to get to the bed”.

“He seemed in a rush to have intercourse. 

“Afterward, he said ‘thank you’ in his clipped British accent.”

Who is Virginia Giuffre?

Virginia Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, was a key figure in the campaign to bring Epstein to justice.

She was instrumental in making accusations of paedophilia, sex abuse and sex trafficking about the late financier public. 

She had been vocal with her accusations of being sexually abused by Epstein as a teenager and trafficked to his wealthy, influential friends. 

Among those, she alleged, was Prince Andrew. 

In February 2011, UK newspaper The Mail on Sunday published a photo of Prince Andrew with his arm around Ms Giuffre alongside Epstein’s girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.

The photo ran with a lengthy article in which Ms Giuffre detailed being trafficked by Epstein and being prepared to testify against him in the case that saw him convicted as a sex offender but handed a light sentence. 

The online version of the 2011 article is careful not to accuse Prince Andrew of sexual misconduct, but raises questions about his associations with Epstein. 

What was the allegation against Prince Andrew?

An allegation that Prince Andrew engaged in underage sex was made public in January 2015, after court documents in a civil case accusing Epstein of trafficking were revealed.

At the time, Buckingham Palace issued a strongly worded statement saying, “For the avoidance of doubt, any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue.”

A few days later, The Daily Mail published a story identifying Ms Giuffre as the person described as Jane Doe #3 in the case, which was eventually settled. 

In the article, Ms Giuffre spoke in greater detail about her encounters with Prince Andrew than she did in 2011. 

She told the paper she was paid about $US15,000 ($23,000) by Epstein as a reward for sleeping with the prince.

Prince Andrew denied allegation in BBC interview

The years that followed led to the arrest of Epstein on sex trafficking charges in July 2019 — he was found dead in his jail cell a month later. 

The intense media attention on the Epstein charges spread to his associates, bringing the allegations against Prince Andrew back into the spotlight.

Prince Andrew gave an extraordinary interview on BBC Newsnight in November 2019. 

During the now infamous interview, he “categorically” denied having sex with Ms Giuffre and questioned the legitimacy of the photo from 2001. 

He told the BBC he had “no recollection of ever meeting this lady” and could not have been at the nightclub because he had taken his daughter to a Pizza Express restaurant that night. 

He also refuted Ms Giuffre’s claims that he was sweating profusely while dancing with her because he had a “peculiar medical condition” that affected his ability to sweat. 

“I didn’t sweat at the time because I had suffered what I would describe as an overdose of adrenaline in the Falklands War when I was shot at and I simply … it was almost impossible for me to sweat,” he told the BBC.

A few days after the interview aired, he retired from public duties after agreeing to cooperate with investigations into Epstein’s alleged crimes.

UK police reviewed evidence relating to sex crime allegations against the prince, but announced they were taking no further action in 2021. 

In January 2022, he was stripped of his military titles while defending a civil sex abuse case Ms Giuffre brought against him.

A month later, he reached a settlement with Ms Giuffre, reportedly making a substantial donation to Ms Giuffre’s charity in support of victims’ rights.

The ABC has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment. 

Giuffre adamant about publishing book before death

Ms Giuffre, who resettled in Australia, died at a property in Neergabby, about 80 kilometres north of Perth, in April. 

She had worked with journalist Amy Wallace to complete the manuscript for her 400-page book. 

Before she died, Ms Giuffre told Wallace it was her “heartfelt wish” the memoir be released “regardless” of her circumstances.

“The content of this book is crucial, as it aims to shed light on the systemic failures that allow the trafficking of vulnerable individuals across borders,” the email reads.

“It is imperative that the truth is understood and that the issues surrounding this topic are addressed, both for the sake of justice and awareness.”