{"id":2280075,"date":"2026-02-13T07:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2280075"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:04:43","slug":"andrew-borrowed-millions-from-late-queen-philip-and-charles-to-settle-with-virginia-giuffre-and-hasnt-repaid-a-penny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/andrew-borrowed-millions-from-late-queen-philip-and-charles-to-settle-with-virginia-giuffre-and-hasnt-repaid-a-penny\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew borrowed millions from late Queen, Philip and Charles to settle with Virginia Giuffre &#8211; and &#8216;hasn&#8217;t repaid a penny&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has reportedly \u201cnot paid back a penny\u201d of millions of pounds borrowed from members of the Royal Family to settle with his accuser <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/virginia-giuffre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Virginia Giuffre;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Virginia Giuffre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Andrew, who has been stripped of his titles amid fallout over his friendship with convicted sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/jeffrey-epstein\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jeffrey Epstein;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, is understood to have turned to his parents for help following a lawsuit filed in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A costly out-of-court settlement following the sexual abuse case <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-reach-162124406.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:was agreed to in February 2022;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">was agreed to in February 2022<\/a>, which the late <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/queen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Queen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Queen<\/a> is thought to have contributed \u00a37million towards, with a further \u00a33million believed to have come from Prince <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/philip\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Philip<\/a>\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other royals are said to have also chipped in around \u00a31.5million, according to The Sun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAs far as anyone knows, he still has not repaid a single penny of the millions he borrowed,\u201d an insider told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Andrew and Virginia Giuffre pictured in 2001 (PA Media)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe money from the Royal Family bought her silence but denied Virginia her day in court and the chance to openly challenge his account of what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the time, Ms Giuffre was seeking unspecified damages as she sued Andrew for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager. Andrew has always denied the claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The source added: \u201cThey bankrolled his pay-off to his accuser Virginia Giuffre. They bought his lies and helped him try and make the problem go away. His own mother, the late Queen, was left heartbroken by the \u00adscandal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ms Giuffre died in 2025, with a coroner ruling that her cause of death was suicide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Andrew has fallen from favour as the extent of his ties to Epstein continues to emerge. Most recently, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/lies-ahead-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-185246298.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Andrew left the Royal Lodge at Windsor and moved onto the secluded Sandringham Estate;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Andrew left the Royal Lodge at Windsor and moved onto the secluded Sandringham Estate<\/a>, amid reported efforts to keep him out of the public eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The recent tranche of newly-released Epstein files has also suggested that the image of Mountbatten-Windsor with his hand around Giuffre is authentic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new release also includes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/epstein-files-show-andrew-crouched-082947981.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:picture of Andrew on all fours, hunched over an unidentified woman lying on the floor.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">picture of Andrew on all fours, hunched over an unidentified woman lying on the floor.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Wednesday, Democrats introduced proposed \u201cVirginia\u2019s law\u201d legislation that will end the statute of limitations and restrictions that may protect abusers in civil sexual abuse cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt takes years for victims of abuse to feel safe enough to come forward,\u201d said Leger Fern\u00e1ndez, chair of the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus, \u201cand time should never be a weapon in the abuser\u2019s arsenal.\u201d<\/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 uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has reportedly \u201cnot paid back a penny\u201d of millions of pounds borrowed from members of the Royal Family to settle with his accuser Virginia Giuffre. 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