The new allegations against Prince Andrew are of “very serious and grave concern”, a Buckingham Palace source has said.
According to Sky News, the palace source said the royal family felt action needed to be taken because of “what lies at the heart of this, the broader allegations and the issues highlighted”.
They added that the new accusations are of “very serious and grave concern” and “should be examined in the proper and fullest ways”.
He faces further questions this week with the imminent publication of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, which is due to be released on Tuesday.
An early copy of the autobiography obtained by The Independent has 88 references to Andrew across 400 pages.
Giuffre alleged, which Andrew vehemently denies, that she was forced to have sex with the prince on three occasions, including when she was 17, after being trafficked by paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
He paid millions to Giuffre to settle a civil sexual assault case, despite claiming never to have met her.
How could parliament strip Andrew’s titles?Andrew relinquished his use of the Duke of York title amid the long-running fallout of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and the publication of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoirs.
The titles and honours Andrew will no longer use include his wedding day titles – Duke of York, the Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh, his knighthood as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) and his Garter role as a Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
However, formally stripping him of the title would require an Act of Parliament.
Legislation has been used before to strip titles, notably descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who were on the German side in the First World War.
The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 was used two years later to strip the titles from Leopold Charles, Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow; Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh; Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; and Henry, Viscount Taaffe of Corren and Baron of Ballymote.
The law remains in force but as it refers specifically to the First World War, its provisions are unlikely to be relevant today.
(Getty Images)Athena Stavrou20 October 2025 18:00
Comment: The questions MPs should ask about Prince Andrew and the rest of the royalsAthena Stavrou20 October 2025 17:40
MPs call for law to strip Prince Andrew of his dukedomThe King and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are facing calls to introduce a law to strip Prince Andrew of his dukedom.
Formally stripping him of the title would require an Act of Parliament but Charles is believed to view the largely symbolic move as a waste of parliamentary time and the Government has said it will be guided by the royal family’s views.
But the Westminster leaders of the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru are among MPs calling for legislation.
The SNP’s Stephen Flynn said he would “not sit silent” while the family of Virginia Giuffre, and the British public, are “angry and aghast”.
Plaid Cymru’s Liz Saville-Roberts said: “Public funds, police protection and royal privilege have long buffered Prince Andrew from the consequences of his actions. And we’ve paid for all this.
“I will support any efforts to hold royals to the same standards and laws as everyone else – Parliament must have the power to remove privileges from abusers of position.”
(PA Wire)Athena Stavrou20 October 2025 17:18
Virginia Giuffre wanted to use ‘Crown’s money’ to do good after Andrew payoutPrince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Giuffre described looking forward to using the “Crown’s money to do some good” after receiving millions from the late Queen’s son in a settlement.
In her book Nobody’s Girl, which is being published on Tuesday amid growing pressure for Andrew to be officially stripped of his titles, Ms Giuffre wrote that, after receiving the money from the prince, she began developing her Speak Out, Act, Reclaim (Soar) foundation to combat human trafficking.
“I look forward to disseminating some of the Crown’s money to do some good,” she said.
She added: “Now that my settlement from Prince Andrew has come through, I have begun the slow process of turning my fledgling foundation, Soar, into a professionally run organisation.
“My goal is for Soar to combat human trafficking by supporting organisations that focus on prosecution, protection, and prevention.”
Copies of Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Giuffre, which will be published on Tuesday (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire)Athena Stavrou20 October 2025 16:56
Virginia Giuffre: Nobody’s Girl Memoir excerpts and book coverVirginia Giuffre: Nobody’s Girl Memoir excerpts and book coverAthena Stavrou20 October 2025 16:33
Trump asked Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre to babysit in first encounter at Mar-a-Lago, memoir saysDonald Trump asked Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre if she could babysit during their first encounter at his Mar-a-Lago club, according to her posthumous memoir.
In a copy obtained by The Independent, Giuffre wrote that she was introduced to Trump by her father after she was hired as a locker room attendant in the summer of 2000. She said that within days of starting, her father, then a maintenance man at Mar-a-Lago, introduced her to Trump in his office.
“Trump couldn’t have been friendlier, telling me it was fantastic that I was there,” she wrote. “‘Do you like kids?’ he asked. ‘Do you babysit at all?’”
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Athena Stavrou20 October 2025 16:03
New allegations of ‘grave concern’, palace source saysA palace source has said the new allegations against Prince Andrew are of a “grave concern” and that they “should be examined in the proper and fullest ways”.
According to Sky News, a source at Buckingham Palace said the royal family felt action needed to be taken because of “what lies at the heart of this, the broader allegations and the issues highlighted”.
They added that the “new allegations that have been brought up” are of “very serious and grave concern” and “should be examined in the proper and fullest ways”.
(PA Archive)Athena Stavrou20 October 2025 15:43
Downing Street: Prince Andrew title decision ‘matter for the Palace’Downing Street would not be drawn on whether Parliament should pass legislation to strip Prince Andrew of his titles.
The prime minister’s official spokesman said the question of legislation was “a matter for the Palace in the first instance” and the ministers “support the judgment of the King” regarding Andrew’s titles.
He added: “The prime minister’s thoughts are very much with the victims and survivors of Jeffrey Epstein who suffered and continue to suffer.”
(PA Wire)Athena Stavrou20 October 2025 15:33
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