Epstein Survivor's Family Declares 'Victory' After Prince Andrew Is Stripped Of Royal Title
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Virginia Giuffre's loved ones called the announcement an act of justice in an emotional statement to People.
The family of Virginia Giuffre has released an emotional statement after news one of her alleged abusers, Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom, has been stripped of his royal title.
On Thursday, Buckingham Palace announced that Andrew, who publicly relinquished his royal duties in 2019 over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will no longer be known as “Prince,” “His Royal Highness” or the “Duke of York.” He will go by the name Andrew Mountbatten Windsor from now on.
Giuffre, who died at the age of 41 earlier this year, was one of Epstein’s earliest and most prominent public accusers. She also accused the disgraced financier and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, of forcing her to have sex with Windsor on multiple occasions, first when she was just 17 years old.
Reacting to the news in a statement to People magazine, Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts, and his wife, Amanda Roberts, said, “Today, 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,” the statement went on. “Today, she declares victory.”
