The bombshell photograph of the then Duke of York and then teenage Virginia Giuffre — taken on a disposable camera by Jeffrey Epstein — is genuine, it has now been confirmed
Jeffrey Epstein made a honest admission to a journalist about the infamous photograph of the then Duke of York and then teenage Virginia Giuffre, it has emerged.
And the confession now confirms the snap of the then Prince Andrew and Virginia — taken on a disposable camera by Jeffrey Epstein — is indeed genuine. There had been allegations the image was fake but these have been rubbished now, following the emergence of Epstwin’s remark to a journalist.
He told the reporter: “Yes she (Virginia) was on my plane, and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew, as many of my employees have.” This exchange is in an email, leaked today which also shows Donald Trump “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with one of the disgraced financier’s alleged victims.
The messages were sent in 2011, the same year Andrew posed for the snap with Virginia, who was then aged 17. She later claimed she slept with the then prince during a stay in London, claims 65-year-old Andrew has vehemently denied.
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Virginia, who took her own life in April, said Epstein took the photograph on a disposable camera before the group, along with socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, headed out for dinner and then to a nightclub.
Allies of now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor have, over the years, alleged the image was fake. However, the release of the emails will come as a fresh, devastating blow to the embattled ex-prince. Andrew lost his royal titles and honours last month after controversy about Virginia continued to swirl. The dad of two has effectively been banished from royal life.
Thousands of documents were unsealed from Epstein’s estate last night. These, published by the US House Oversight Committee, include the email in which Epstwin’s admission to the reporter was captured.
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They also lay bare a 2011 exchange between Andrew, Epstein and convicted sex trafficker Maxwell — months after the former duke said he broke off all contact with the convicted paedophile. Andrew emailed Epstein and Maxwell begging them to clear his name, saying: “I can’t take any more of this.”
It emerged at the start of the week that Andrew’s name may change again — to include a hypen — at a request from the late Queen. It is understood the former prince’s family name should, according to decades of royal precedent, be written as Mountbatten-Windsor. This touches directly on the legacy of the late Queen and her 1960 Privy Council declaration, which officially established the family surname for those descendants who are not princes or princesses.
