THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY IS ONCE AGAIN UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY AS A MEMOIR BY VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN ACCUSERS OF PRINCE ANDREW AND JEFFERY EPSTEIN, HIT BOOKSTORES.
THE BOOK, “NOBODY’S GIRL,” IS BEING PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY SIX MONTHS AFTER GIUFFRE DIED BY SUICIDE IN APRIL.
FOR YEARS, SHE ACCUSED ANDREW OF SEXUALLY ABUSING HER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHEN SHE WAS UNDER 18-YEARS-OLD.
THE BOOK HAS THROWN FUEL ON A SERIES OF NEW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ANDREW.
LAST WEEK HE SAID HE HE WILL STOP USING HIS TITLES, INCLUDING DUKE OF YORK, BUT REITERATED THAT HE “VIGOROUSLY” DENIES GIUFFRE’S CLAIMS.
THE CO-WRITER OF GIUFFRE’S MEMOIR SAYS SHE HAS “NO DOUBT” ABOUT THE TRUTH OF THE ALLEGATIONS AND WELCOMED PRINCE ANDREW'S DECISION TO STOP USING HIS TITLES.
SOUNDBITE (English) Amy Wallace, co-writer of "Nobody's Girl":
"Two more titles may to many seem like a symbolic gesture. But what it actually means is that somebody said to him, somebody said to Prince Andrew, enough is enough. And that's a step in the right direction."
SHE HAS SAID ANDREW SHOULD AGREE TO TESTIFY IN THE U.S. ABOUT WHAT HE KNEW OF EPSTEIN’S CRIMES.
GIUFFRE'S BROTHER HAS ALSO CALLED FOR THE PRINCE TO DO MORE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sky Roberts, brother of Virginia Giuffre:
"Do I think it's enough? No, absolutely not. I think we have a lot of work to do. I can hear my sister saying that. She would not stop here."
GIUFFRE'S BOOK LEAPT TO NO. 1 ON AMAZON'S BESTSELLER LIST ON MONDAY, THE DAY BEFORE ITS PUBLICATION.