Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was reportedly loaned £12 million by his parents and brother to pay off sex accuser Virginia Giuffre – and has yet to pay any of it back. The disgraced former prince was handed £7 million from the late Queen Elizabeth II to settle the sexual abuse case in 2022, with a further £3 million coming from Prince Philip’s estate and £1.5 million from then-Prince Charles, sources have claimed.
Ms Giuffre, who died by suicide last year, alleged she was forced to have sex three times with Andrew, including when she was 17, which he vehemently denies.
The former Duke of York paid millions to settle the civil sex case despite insisting he had never met her, and reportedly only scraped together the funds by relying on family help.
A source told The Sun: “Andrew’s not paid back a penny.”
They added: “As far as anyone knows, he still has not repaid a single penny of the millions he borrowed.
“The money from the Royal Family bought her silence, but denied Virginia Giuffre her day in court and the chance to openly challenge his account of what happened.”
It was previously suggested that the firm had rallied around Andrew in a bid to draw a line under the Epstein scandal before the Platinum Jubileee of February 2022.
The furore surrounding the late Queen’s second son has only grown in volume in the years since, however, with the most recent batch of Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice triggering a police investigation into the former prince’s relationship with the convicted paedophile.
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Thames Valley Police confirmed this week that discussions had been held with specialists from the Crown Prosecution Service about allegations that Andrew shared confidential reports from his role as the UK’s trade envoy with Epstein.
The force said: “While we cannot provide timescales over when a decision as to whether a criminal investigation will be opened, we can assure you that Thames Valley Police is making progress as quickly as possible.”
Following years of protection from his mother, Andrew was effectively made a commoner by King Charles last year after he was stripped of his right to be a prince and his dukedom over his ties to Epstein.
Buckingham Palace said on Monday it would “stand ready to support” the police if approached over the claims.