Virginia Giuffre‘s family say it is not enough for Andrew to be stripped of his Prince title and that he ‘needs to be behind bars’.
Last night, King Charles sensationally removed his brother’s titles and is throwing him out of the Royal Lodge after paying ‘a peppercorn rent’ for decades – effectively banishing the disgraced ex-duke from royal life for good.
Today, the ex-Duke of York wakes up as commoner Andrew Mountbatten Windsor – and with his name officially struck off the roll of the peerage.
But Sky Roberts, the brother of Ms Giuffre – who claimed to have been trafficked to Andrew for sex as a teenager – has warned there could be more trouble in store for the former royal, insisting his family’s fight for justice ‘was not over yet’.
He told BBC Newsnight: ‘It’s not enough – we have to have some kind of investigation that goes further into this. He’s still walking around a free man.
‘I commend the King – I think he’s doing an amazing job as a world leader setting a precedent – but we need to take it one more step further: he (Andrew) needs to be behind bars.’
He further praised the King for yesterday’s Buckingham Palace statement which offered ‘thoughts and utmost sympathies’ to ‘victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse’.
Amanda Roberts, Virginia’s sister-in-law, also told Newsnight that she supported the notion of a joint US-UK investigation.
Sky and Amanda Roberts, Virginia Giuffre’s brother and sister, pictured, say it is not enough for Andrew to be stripped of his Prince title and that he ‘needs to be behind bars’
Last night, Andrew sensationally had his titles removed and is being throwing out of the Royal Lodge
‘I think both countries need to look at collaborating here – the US government hold the key to the larger scope of the Jeffrey Epstein case,’ she said.
‘The UK is setting an example for what the US should be doing right now. And I would ask that your leaders put that pressure on our leaders to do the right thing.’
Yesterday, Ms Guiffre’s family spoke out after the announcement, proudly stating how ‘an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family, brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage’.
‘Virginia Roberts Giuffre, our sister, a child when she was sexually assaulted by Andrew, never stopped fighting for accountability for what had happened to her and to countless other survivors like her,’ they said.
‘Today, she declares victory. We, her family, along with her survivor sisters, continue Virginia’s battle and will not rest until the same accountability applies to all of her abusers and abetters, connected to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.’
When contacted by the Daily Mail, the Metropolitan Police did not rule out a possible prosecution.
Yesterday in a bombshell statement, Buckingham Palace confirmed the 65-year-old would no longer be a Prince – with immediate effect – and would also be leaving the 30-bed Royal Lodge nestled on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
The Palace said the ‘censures [were] deemed necessary’ amid the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal – the paedophile financer who Andrew lied about cutting ties with.
Andrew, Ms Giuffre and sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in a photo reportedly taken in 2001, when Ms Giuffre was 17 years old
Andrew pictured with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in New York’s Central Park in December 2010
It comes after the Mail on Sunday exclusively revealed scandalous correspondence where the shunned prince told Epstein ‘we are in this together’ a day after the infamous picture of the royal with his alleged then-teenage sex victim Ms Giuffre was released.
As Andrew’s links to the disgraced financier continued to bring shame on the royals, last night he finally agreed to surrender his Windsor lease where he resided with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson for over two decades, paying ‘peppercorn rent’.
Sources revealed the former Duchess of York, who has also been embroiled in scandal relating to sex-offender Epstein, ‘will make her own arrangements’ when it comes to her future.
It is understood the King is in the process of sending royal warrants to the Lord Chancellor to remove his brother’s titles and honours, to which Andrew has not objected.
His Majesty’s younger brother will now be banished to a private property on the monarch’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, but no further details have been shared. It is understood Prince William and the Royal Family fully support the King’s decision.
While Andrew has been all but cast out from royal life – with no titles, peerages or even the right to call himself a ‘prince’ – royal expert Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty Magazine, questioned why he remains eighth in line to the throne.
He said this morning: ‘I’m sure at some point quite soon, somebody will ask, if they’ve not already done so, why he hasn’t been moved from the line of succession.
‘Clearly it would take quite a catastrophe for him to become king given all those that are ahead of him. So might it not have been tidier to withdraw him from the line of succession?’
Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Andrew’s former home. He will now be moving to a private residence on the monarch’s Sandringham estate
The Royal Family released a public statement announcing Andrew would no longer be a prince
Andrew is a counsellor of state – who can effectively stand in for the King – but this role has previously been described as ‘inactive’. Mr Little suggested it may have been ‘tidier’ to remove that role from Andrew’s portfolio too.
Yesterday, the anti-monarchy campaign group Republic said it had instructed lawyers to investigate the prince and, if appropriate, press ahead with legal proceedings in a private prosecution.
The Daily Mail understands the allegations it is focusing on relate to accusations he sexually assaulted Ms Giuffre, that he asked a royal protection officer to look into her background and impropriety when he served as an official UK trade envoy.
Republic said it is mounting its own bid to take him to court because the legal and political response to the claims has been ‘weak and inadequate’ to date.
It said it has made a ‘powerful, principled argument for justice to be done for the victims of sexual abuse, and for those who corrupt public office to be held accountable’.
‘If not us, then who?’ asked Graham Smith, the group’s CEO. ‘It’s a devastating indictment on the UK’s criminal justice system, police and politicians – not to mention the king and heir – that we must resort to a private prosecution.
‘I firmly believe there is strong enough evidence to justify a serious investigation.’
Last night the group said that Andrew’s punishment was ‘nowhere near enough’, adding: ‘He’s lost a bunch of pointless titles and been relocated to another mansion. Dodging any actual punishment, as always.
Email exchanges Between Andrew, Ed Perkins and Epstein
‘He will never be an ‘ordinary person’ – ordinary people don’t get away with being accused of sexual abuse.’
Last week, the row over the Royal Lodge continued to grow amid damning revelations in a posthumous memoir from Andrew’s sex abuse accuser Ms Giuffre, who took her own life this year, aged 41.
Ms Giuffre’s explosive book Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice was released in this month, with the manuscript having been completed before she died.
Inside, she detailed her years spent as a sex slave to Epstein and his British madam Maxwell, amid claims she had been trafficked to the ex-duke three times, and whom she called ‘entitled’ and viewed sex as his ‘birthright‘.
Within the 400-page autobiography, she also alleged the ex-duke said ‘thank you’ in a ‘clipped British accent’ after their alleged first encounter when she was 17.
She also recalled how Maxwell praised her following the encounter, saying, ‘You did well, the prince had fun’.
Andrew denied ever meeting Ms Giuffre. In 2022, he settled a US civil case she lodged for a reported £12million, reportedly receiving money from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to help meet the costs.
The settlement came with no admission of liability.
