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Prince Andrew needs to be fully investigated, Giuffre family says

LONDON  -  The family of Virginia Giuffre has told the BBC that the Duke of York needs to be fully investigated over allegations he sexually abused her.

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Giuffre was one of the most prominent victims of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In 2001, at the age of 17, she said Epstein introduced her to Prince Andrew, who she said sexually abused her three times. The prince, who has denied all claims against him, reached an out-of-court settlement with her in 2022 which contained no admission of liability or apology.

Sky Roberts, Giuffre's brother, made the comments about the prince on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme. Elsewhere in the exclusive interview, he said Lord Mandelson, who was sacked this week over Epstein links, should never have been appointed as UK ambassador to the US. Prince Andrew, who has been approached for a comment, stepped back from royal duties in 2019 because of the Epstein scandal and after growing backlash from a BBC Newsnight interview about his friendship with the convicted paedophile.

But a visibly emotional Mr Roberts told the BBC that he felt the prince "had not gotten enough from this". "It doesn't matter if it's a Royal Family member or president or prince... every single person deserves to be held to the fullest extent of the law," he said. "Of course, he's been stripped of... all of these different things and publicly shamed in certain ways, but that's not enough," Mr Roberts added. "The fact that he's still out there, that he's still living in a palace or a castle is not enough.  "It's time we put every single person, whether you're a royal, Prince Andrew, you need to be fully investigated, and if it is found that you had any participation, you need to be put behind bars for the rest of your life." Speaking alongside his wife, Amanda Roberts, they said that the Royal Family had not reached out to them. (BBC/ Getty Images)

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