Prince Andrew should share everything he knows about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the co-writer of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir has told the BBC.
The book, Nobody’s Girl, officially released in the UK on Tuesday, gives more details of Ms Giuffre’s allegations about Prince Andrew – which he has always denied.
Ahead of the release, co-author Amy Wallace told BBC Newsnight there was a period when Prince Andrew “indicated he was willing to help investigators in the US” but he was “never available, for some reason”.
“That’s something he could still do,” Ms Wallace – who spent four years writing the book with Ms Giuffre – added.
Ms Wallace said: “He could say, as he has repeatedly, ‘I still deny that I was involved… however, I was in these houses and I was on that island and I was on the jet and I saw things, and I know how much these women have suffered and I would like to share what I saw’.”
Senior politicians – including government minister Peter Kyle – also said on Tuesday that Prince Andrew should speak to US authorities about Epstein’s crimes.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick said Andrew should give evidence to US authorities “about what he knew and what his involvement was” in the Epstein scandal.
Ms Giuffre – who took her own life earlier this year – says in her book that she had sex with Prince Andrew on three separate occasions, which he denies.
She says the third occasion was on Epstein’s island as part of what Ms Giuffre called “an orgy” with Epstein and approximately eight other young women.
Prince Andrew, who reached a financial settlement with Ms Giuffre in 2022, announced on Friday that he was voluntarily deciding not to use his titles including the Duke of York, an honour received from his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
He is also giving up membership of the Order of the Garter – the oldest and most senior order of chivalry in Britain.
But there are still calls for them to be formally removed.
Ms Wallace said: “I can speak for Virginia; I know that she would view it as a victory that he was forced, by whatever means, to voluntarily give them up.”
