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BumRushDaShow

(162,524 posts)
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:27 AM Oct 19

London police look into reports Prince Andrew sought information on accuser

Source: NBC News

Oct. 19, 2025, 9:06 AM EDT


LONDON — Britain’s Metropolitan Police are “actively looking into” reports that Prince Andrew tried to obtain personal information about his accuser Virginia Giuffre, a spokesperson for the force told NBC News on Sunday.

Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at the age of 41, had alleged that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein trafficked her to his powerful friends, including Andrew, against whom she filed a lawsuit in 2021 alleging that he sexually abused her when she was 17.

British newspaper the Mail on Sunday reported that Andrew asked his police protection officer to investigate Giuffre before a photo was published in February 2011, showing Andrew with his arm around Giuffre. The newspaper cited an email reportedly containing a request from Andrew, not seen by NBC News.

Britain’s Sunday Telegraph also claimed that Andrew “sought to dig up dirt” on Giuffre. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said the force is “actively looking into the claims made.”

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/prince-andrew-police-looking-into-virginia-giuffre-rcna238426



ETA - this is the 2011 pic being referenced (and the NYT did a book review on her book 10/16/25 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3549188) -

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London police look into reports Prince Andrew sought information on accuser (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 19 OP
Andrew should be prosecuted but it won't happen. Irish_Dem Oct 19 #1
I wonder if he threatened her, which led to her suicide. yardwork Oct 19 #2
I remember back when the whole 'Randy Andy' thing started back in the '80's. Aristus Oct 19 #3
I remember he had affairs with very young actresses. yardwork Oct 19 #4
Good grief. That picture! PSPS Oct 19 #5

Irish_Dem

(77,043 posts)
1. Andrew should be prosecuted but it won't happen.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:49 AM
Oct 19

Rank has its privileges.
Rich, powerful, white males skate as per usual.

yardwork

(68,434 posts)
2. I wonder if he threatened her, which led to her suicide.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:16 AM
Oct 19

I have a feeling we know only a tiny bit about what Andrew has done. I think he's a very evil man.

Aristus

(71,212 posts)
3. I remember back when the whole 'Randy Andy' thing started back in the '80's.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:57 AM
Oct 19

Even then, I found his creepy, lecherous grin revolting.

yardwork

(68,434 posts)
4. I remember he had affairs with very young actresses.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:59 AM
Oct 19

Then he married Sarah Ferguson. I wonder if that was arranged. She wasn't his type. He likes very young slender girls.

He's sick.

PSPS

(15,078 posts)
5. Good grief. That picture!
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 01:15 PM
Oct 19

There's the madam leaning on the door frame with a john, his arm around his choice for the night. This sort of thing ruined randy andy and led to his recent expulsion from "existence" as far as the royal family goes.

This is a mere glimpse of what's in the epstein files and why trump is obsessed with keeping them covered up to the point of keeping the government shut down, and his never-ending stream of distractions that the media slavishly chases.

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