Virginia Giuffre’s household have fun Andrew’s ‘prince’ title being stripped

The household of the late Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, have celebrated his title of ‘prince’ being stripped from him as a victory which is “unprecedented in history”.

“This normal girl from a normal family has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her,” Sky Roberts, Giuffre’s brother, instructed BBC Newsnight by way of tears.

But Mr Roberts instructed the BBC eradicating his title was “not enough” and known as for an investigation into Andrew, including that he “needs to be behind bars”. Andrew has denied all claims in opposition to him.

Giuffre took her personal life earlier this 12 months. The publication of her posthumous memoirs this month intensified strain on the Royal Family over Andrew’s friendship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday that King Charles III had initiated a proper course of to “remove the style, titles and honours” of Prince Andrew, now referred to as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Asked how Giuffre may need responded to that call, her brother stated: “She is celebrating from the heavens now saying ‘I did it’.”

“She’d be so proud. He’s just Andrew.”

In her memoir, Giuffre – a outstanding accuser of Jeffrey Epstein – alleged Andrew had intercourse along with her thrice as a youngster and that he “believed that having sex with me was his birthright.”

Andrew, who has denied the allegations, reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre in 2022 which contained no admission of legal responsibility or apology.

“It truly is a moment for her and all survivors,” Giuffre’s sister-in-law Amanda Roberts stated.

“Everything she fought for was not in vain,” she added, noting that she “broke down” when she heard the information at work.

While the pair celebrated what they described as a second of “victory”, Giuffre’s brother additionally harassed it was “not enough”.

“We have to have some sort of investigation that goes further into this,” he stated.

“[Andrew is] still walking around a free man. He needs to be behind bars.”

Earlier this month, Andrew voluntarily gave up a number of royal titles together with the Duke of York, saying “we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family.”

The King’s resolution to strip Andrew of his title of ‘prince’ follows the emergence this month of emails from 2011 that confirmed Andrew had maintained contact with Epstein, regardless of claiming in any other case.

Giuffre’s household additionally addressed the implications of the King’s resolution for the US, the place calls have grown for the discharge of paperwork associated to Epstein. Partial data have been launched that named Andrew as a passenger on a flight with Epstein.

“The US government hold the key to the larger scope of the Jeffrey Epstein case,” Mr Roberts stated.

“The UK is setting an example for what the US should be doing right now.”

“There’s many more of them, I promise you.”