Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and King Charles reportedly loaned Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor the large sum of money, so he could pay off sex accuser Virginia Giuffre
22:52, 11 Feb 2026Updated 23:00, 11 Feb 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was loaned £12million, it is said(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was loaned £12million by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the-then Prince Charles to pay off sex accuser Virginia Giuffre, it is reported.
The late Queen is believed to have stumped up £7million for the 2022 with another £3million reportedly coming from Prince Philip’s estate — a year after his death. According to reports, some £1.5million was paid by the-then Prince Charles with other royals also chipping in to stop Ms Giuffre’s sexual abuse case.
A source said: “The money from the Royal Family bought her silence but denied Virginia her day in court and the chance to openly challenge his account of what happened.”
The Sun reports The Windsors agreed to fund the settlement believing it would help draw a line under the scandal ahead of the Platinum Jubilee in February 2022.
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Queen Elizabeth II, pictured in 2021, reportedly stumped up £7million(Image: Karen Newman/PA)
The source continued: “They bankrolled his pay-off to his accuser Virginia Giuffre. They bought his lies and helped him try and make the problem go away. His own mother, the late Queen, was left heartbroken by the scandal.
“She could not face banishing Andrew, who was still her beloved son. She knew this was a problem that his brother Charles would tackle once she was gone — it only pushed the scandal down the road.”
Virginia alleged that she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and forced to have sex with then-Prince Andrew on three occasions, the first when she was 17.
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Her supporters pointed to a photograph showing Andrew with his arm around her at the London home of Ghislaine Maxwell — Epstein’s associate, who is now serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking — as evidence supporting her claims.
Andrew has consistently denied any wrongdoing. In March 2022, he reached an out-of-court settlement with Virginia reportedly worth £12 million.
Virginia died by suicide in April last year at the age of 41. The settlement, reportedly agreed after encouragement from King Charles and other senior royals, meant Andrew did not have to testify in a US court.
There were concerns within the monarchy about the potential impact of a trial, particularly following Andrew’s widely criticised 2019 Newsnight interview, during which he denied the allegations and said he had been at a Pizza Express in Woking on the date in question.
The settlement served to silence Virginia for a year from talking in public. She later wrote a book detailing her abuse, which was published after her death. A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace declined to comment when approached by the Mirror. Andrew continues to deny any wrongdoing.