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The photo of Prince Andrew with a minor is ” a fake “says Ghislaine Maxwell in an interview made from her prison in the United States to TalkTV, a British television.
According to an article Paris Match France of the editorial staff
Ghislaine Maxwell, sentenced in June in New York to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking of underage girls on behalf of the deceased American financier Jeffrey Epstein, claims in an interview that a photo showing Prince Andrew with a 17-year-old girl is ” a fake “. The former British socialite gave an interview from her prison in the United States to TalkTV, a British television. This will be broadcast on Monday evening but extracts were published on Sunday.
In this interview is mentioned the photo, which had been widely circulated in the media, showing Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles III, and Virginia Giuffre who are held by the waist, all smiles, with Ghislaine Maxwell in the background.
‘IT’S A FAKE’: Ghislaine Maxwell makes stunning claim regarding infamous Prince Andrew photo with Virginia Giuffre during jailhouse interview. https://t.co/w3vTWliMpt pic.twitter.com/hNr2dZwvPE
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American Virginia Giuffre accuses the prince of sexually assaulting her
American Virginia Giuffre accuses the prince of sexually assaulting her three times in 2001, when she was 17, in London, New York and the US Virgin Islands. She claimed to have met him through Epstein. Andrew, friend of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, sealed an amicable agreement with her in February 2022, paying millions of dollars, which allowed him to avoid a civil lawsuit in New York, which would have been extremely embarrassing for the British royal family.
Prince Andrew has fallen out of favor
But the prince, who fell out of favor following these accusations of sexual assault, has always disputed the accusations and even claimed to have never met Virginia Giuffre. The photo is “a fake”, says Ghislaine Maxwell in the interview excerpt. “I don’t believe for a second that she’s real, in fact I’m sure she isn’t”she adds. “There was never an original and there is no photograph. I have only ever seen a photocopy of it”she said once more.
In an interview with the BBC in 2019, Prince Andrew had already questioned the authenticity of the photo showing him with the young girl. Additionally, according to The Sun on Sunday and Mail on Sunday newspapers, Andrew is exploring legal options to try to overturn the deal with Virginia Giuffre. andrew ‘will seek to overturn multi-million pound deal with sex accuser following her trial once morest high-profile US lawyer fails’, writes the tabloid The Sun. The Duke of York is said to be in contact with his American lawyers.
“He hopes to obtain a retraction, or even an apology, which might allow him to resume his royal duties”, writes the newspaper. According to an unnamed source quoted in the tabloid, Andrew “never wanted to make a deal and always maintained his innocence”. Andrew, the third child of Elizabeth II, was banned from any official public appearance and deprived of his military titles following this affair. He is the most unpopular member of the royal family: according to a December YouGov poll, 86% of Britons have a negative opinion of him.
