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Prince Andrew Announces He’s Giving Up Royal Titles Ahead of the Publication of Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir

HeadlineOct 20, 2025

Prince Andrew has announced he is giving up his royal titles ahead of the publication of an explosive book by Jeffrey Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre. In her book, “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice,” Giuffre details how she was forced to have sex with Andrew beginning when she was 17. Giuffre also said she was beaten and raped by a “well-known prime minister.” In the book, Giuffre also details how she was recruited to work for Epstein by Ghislaine Maxwell, who met her at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort, where both Giuffre and her father worked. The Metropolitan Police in London are investigating claims that Prince Andrew tried to ask his bodyguard to obtain personal information about Giuffre before a photo of the two of them, including Maxwell, was released to the public. A British government minister said that leaked emails show Prince Andrew had passed on Giuffre’s date of birth and Social Security number to his bodyguard. Virginia Giuffre died reportedly by suicide earlier this year in Australia.

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