{"id":2159139,"date":"2025-11-15T20:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2159139"},"modified":"2025-11-15T20:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:37:17","slug":"the-infamous-photo-former-prince-andrew-cant-outrun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-infamous-photo-former-prince-andrew-cant-outrun\/","title":{"rendered":"The infamous photo former prince Andrew can&#8217;t outrun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor says he has &#8220;no recollection&#8221; of the photo, or the girl in it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He&#8217;s repeatedly suggested it might be a fake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">But 24 years after it was purportedly taken, this simple film image continues to haunt the former prince.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"106009570\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/106009570\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:0.9622857142857143\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The photo shows former prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>AFP: US District Court \u2014 Southern District of New York<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Allegedly snapped in 2001 by deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, it shows a younger Mountbatten-Windsor with his arm around a girl&#8217;s waist.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" title=\"Teaser: Sexual assault helplines\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/105859108\">\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_sizeDesktop20___6qCS Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop24__Fh_y5 Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">Sexual assault\u00a0support lines:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">1800 Respect National Helpline<\/a>: 1800 737 732<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Lifeline<\/a> (24-hour crisis line): 131 114<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/fullstop.org.au\/get-help\/our-services\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full Stop Australia<\/a>: 1800 385 578<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravehearts.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Bravehearts<\/a>: counselling and support for survivors of child sexual abuse: 1800\u00a0272\u00a0831<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childwise.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Child Wise<\/a>: counselling provider: 1800\u00a0991\u00a0099<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Epstein&#8217;s associate, convicted child sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell, stands grinning to the side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The girl, then-17-year-old Virginia Roberts Giuffre, would years later allege she had sex with the former prince three times after being trafficked by Epstein and Maxwell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied the allegations, reaching an out-of-court settlement with Roberts Giuffre in 2022, which contained neither an admission of liability nor an apology.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"106011668\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/106011668\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Andrew.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/ccef4671bc6be03037895bcd78674e29?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=481&amp;cropW=720&amp;xPos=69&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor says he has &#8220;no recollection&#8221; of the photo.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>AP: Steve Parsons\/Pool\/File photo<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">But a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-11-14\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-photo-virginia-giuffre-emails\/106008442\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106008442\">newly released email from Epstein<\/a> appears to contradict the former prince&#8217;s repeated denials he was ever photographed with Roberts Giuffre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Yes, she was on my plane, and yes, she had her picture taken with Andrew, as many of my employees have,&#8221; reads Epstein&#8217;s email, written in July 2011 after the photo was first published.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Here is a closer look at the infamous photo Mountbatten-Windsor can&#8217;t outrun.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile20__NUDn4 Typography_sizeDesktop32__LR_G6 Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop40__BuoRf Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">&#8216;I was going to meet a handsome prince!&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Roberts Giuffre, who took her own life earlier this year, wrote in her <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-21\/virginia-giuffre-epstein-prince-andrew-nobodys-girl-memoir\/105911280\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105911280\">posthumous memoir, Nobody&#8217;s Girl,<\/a> about the day the photo was allegedly taken.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" title=\"helpline box epstein\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/106003666\">\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_sizeDesktop20___6qCS Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop24__Fh_y5 Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">If you or anyone you know needs help:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">1800 Respect National Helpline<\/a>: 1800 737 732<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"http:\/\/mrs.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Men&#8217;s Referral Service<\/a>: 1300 766 491<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Lifeline<\/a> (24-hour crisis line): 13 11 14<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au\/the-crime\/get-help#:~:text=Call%20the%20Victims%20of%20Crime,for%20an%20interpreter%20to%20call.\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victims of Crime Helpline<\/a>: 1800 819 817<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/fullstop.org.au\/get-help\/our-services\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full Stop Australia<\/a>: 1800 385 578<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravehearts.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Bravehearts<\/a>: counselling and support for survivors of child sexual abuse: 1800\u00a0272\u00a0831<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childwise.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Child Wise<\/a>: counselling provider: 1800\u00a0991\u00a0099<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It was March 2001 and she was woken by Maxwell, who declared in a sing-song voice that &#8220;just like Cinderella, I was going to meet a handsome prince!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Introduced to the royal that evening in the entry way of Maxwell&#8217;s London home, she said she knew she had to capture the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;My mom would never forgive me if I met someone as famous as Prince Andrew and didn&#8217;t pose for a picture,&#8221; she wrote in her memoir.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Roberts Giuffre said she ran to get a disposable camera from her room and handed it to Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;I remember the prince putting his arm around my waist as Maxwell grinned beside me. Epstein snapped the photo,&#8221; she recalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Roberts Giuffre said she later took the camera to a one-hour photo developer near her Florida home, which branded the print with the date it was developed: March 13, 2001.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"106011692\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/106011692\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Virginia Giuffre with her therapy dog Juno, a French bulldog, in Cairns in Far North Queensland.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/851dd25b11cc0b0a03b236f4e51c0555?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=752&amp;cropW=1130&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Virginia Roberts Giuffre detailed the moment the photo was taken in her posthumous memoir.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>ABC News: Brendan Mounter<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She showed the four-by-six image to her then-boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We had no idea what a commotion this photo would later cause,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile20__NUDn4 Typography_sizeDesktop32__LR_G6 Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop40__BuoRf Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">&#8216;The duke has quite chubby fingers&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The photo was first published by The Mail on Sunday in 2011 after the publication tracked down Roberts Giuffre in Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">They paid a combined $US160,000 ($245,154) for the photo and two interviews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It has since been recirculated in countless media reports, becoming an infamous symbol of Roberts Giuffre&#8217;s allegations against the former prince.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"106011708\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/106011708\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Andrew sits on a chair opposite Emily Maitlis with a film crew in the background.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/1cd202681389ee2035bb99192acbbd45?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=360&amp;cropW=539&amp;xPos=50&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was interviewed by the BBC&#8217;s Emily Maitlis in 2019.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>BBC<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In a disastrous 2019 interview with BBC Newsnight&#8217;s Emily Maitlis, Mountbatten-Windsor dismissed the image, saying he had &#8220;no recollection&#8221; of then or ever meeting Roberts Giuffre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He also claimed the image might have been doctored.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105916956\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-11-18\/prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-interview-devoid-of-self-awareness\/11712686\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Prince Andrew&#8217;s disastrous BBC interview<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Prince Andrew&#8217;s BBC interview over his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein may be a decision the Royals will regret, writes Bridget Brennan.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;From the investigations that we&#8217;ve done, you can&#8217;t prove whether or not that photograph is faked or not because it is a photograph of a photograph of a photograph,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The then-prince claimed he had &#8220;never seen Epstein with a camera&#8221; in his life, and questioned whether the photo was taken in London because in it, he was wearing &#8220;travelling clothes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;When I go out in London, I wear a suit and a tie,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He also questioned whether the hand around Roberts Giuffre&#8217;s waist was his.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"106011614\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/106011614\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"woman with white blonde hair and wearing a navy suit looks down the camera\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/292db0bf46a5cc418bf07ab8863243f0?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=866&amp;cropW=1299&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=41&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Virginia Roberts Giuffre died by suicide in April.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>Reuters: Shannon Stapleton<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">This claim was repeated in a 2019 story by the London Evening Standard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Look at his fingers in the photo,&#8221; an unnamed source said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;The duke has quite chubby fingers, they don&#8217;t look right and nor does the height of the duke and the girl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile20__NUDn4 Typography_sizeDesktop32__LR_G6 Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop40__BuoRf Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">Where is the photo now?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/7010864-Virginia-Giuffre-Maxwell-Deposition\/?q=nerf&amp;mode=document#document\/p55\" data-component=\"Link\">2016 deposition<\/a> as part of a defamation lawsuit she filed against Maxwell, Roberts Giuffre said she briefly lent the photo to the FBI in 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She claimed she last saw it before packing up to move to Australia, adding it may have been at her then-home in Cairns or in storage boxes at her in-laws&#8217; house in Sydney.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105688972\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-04-26\/virginia-giuffre-death-interviews-advocacy-sex-abuse-victims\/105219436\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Virginia Giuffre, in her own words<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">She exposed the elite and broke her silence \u2014 now she&#8217;s gone, but her story refuses to die.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s legal team reportedly <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/prince-andrews-lawyers-request-original-copy-of-photo-of-him-with-virginia-giuffre-1456635\" data-component=\"Link\">asked for access to the original picture<\/a> in 2022 so its authenticity could be verified by experts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">But the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/epstein-victim-virginia-roberts-giuffre-lost-her-famous-photo-of-prince-andrew\/\" data-component=\"Link\">photo had been lost<\/a>, according to The Daily Beast, with Roberts Giuffre&#8217;s lawyers saying they didn&#8217;t know where it was and had never seen the original.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s lawyers argued that this strengthened the former prince&#8217;s claims the image was doctored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">But Epstein&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-11-14\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-photo-virginia-giuffre-emails\/106008442\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106008442\">newly released email<\/a>, which appears to confirm Mountbatten-Windsor was in fact photographed with Roberts Giuffre, pours cold water on these claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It is among more than 20,000 pages of fresh Epstein correspondence published this week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"105900838\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/105900838\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Andrew, in a black suit, looks to the side \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/81f6efee9441fa01e4982ae88c1a3761?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=3333&amp;cropW=5000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied Virginia Roberts Giuffre&#8217;s allegations.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>Reuters<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Among the trove was a separate email in which the late disgraced financier cast doubt on Roberts Giuffre&#8217;s credibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;he [sic] girl who accused Prince Andrew can easily be proven a liar,&#8221; he wrote to his publicist Peggy Siegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;I think Buckingham Palace would love it. You should task someone to investigate the girl, that has caused the Queens son all this agro.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-31\/prince-andrew-to-leave-royal-lodge-lose-title\/105955534\" data-component=\"Link\">Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his prince title by his brother King Charles<\/a> late last month and ordered to leave Royal Lodge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He continues to deny the allegations made by Roberts Giuffre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.abc.net.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor says he has &#8220;no recollection&#8221; of the photo, or the girl in it. He&#8217;s repeatedly suggested it might be a fake. But 24 years after it was purportedly taken, this simple film image continues to haunt the former prince. The photo shows former prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell. 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