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Virginia Giuffre’s sudden death will forever remind the public of Prince Andrew’s ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The 41-year-old, who accused the British royal and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by the American financier, took her life on Friday at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed.

VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND PRINCE ANDREW ACCUSER, DEAD AT 41 BY SUICIDE: REPORT

Virginia Giuffre wearing a white turtleneck and holding a younger photo of herself

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, with a photo of herself as a teen, when she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, among others. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"The death of Virginia Giuffre is a massive shock… and has created further negativity for Prince Andrew," royal expert Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital. 

"No doubt her funeral and the people delivering the eulogies will be a lasting reminder of how they think about the besieged prince and how their message will potentially blacken his tarnished reputation even more."

A close-up of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson arriving in church.

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attend the Easter Sunday Service at St George's Chapel on April 20, 2025 in Windsor, England. (Karwai Tang/WireImage)

"This could be a summer of discontent for the royal family as they try to distance themselves any further from scandals," Turner added.

Prince Andrew outside a church wearing a blue suit.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends the traditional Easter Sunday Service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on April 20, 2025 in Windsor, England. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to Andrew’s attorney for comment. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital they do not speak for the Duke of York as he is no longer a working royal. The 65-year-old stepped back as a senior royal in 2019.

Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital there is no turning back for Andrew, who was known as Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite son. He described how it is unlikely that Andrew will ever win over the public again.

Prince Andrew in his pilot uniform

Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, on board HMS Invincible during the Falklands War, in which he served as a helicopter pilot. (Photo by ? Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

"Giuffre's tragic suicide adds another chapter to the evil legacy of the deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein," Fitzwilliams explained. 

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Jeffrey Epstein sitting at a dinner table and wearing a black polo shirt

American financier Jeffrey Epstein was connected with several prominent people, including politicians, actors and academics. (Rick Friedman/Corbis/Getty Images)

"… King Charles has unsuccessfully been trying to evict [Prince Andrew] from Royal Lodge where he has a 75-year lease. Further emails have surfaced showing he was in contact with Epstein longer than he admitted. He joined the royal family for the Easter Service but has no royal role or public support."

"Virginia Giuffre was ultimately a tragic victim of a brutal pedophile," he shared. "Any hope Andrew may have had of casting doubt on her evidence… no longer exists. Unless he helps the FBI or takes on some sort of role running the royal estates, or does some charitable work, he doesn’t seem to have a future."

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew photographed together.

Prince Andrew was known as Queen Elizabeth II's favorite son. England's longest-reigning monarch died in 2022 at age 96. (Max Mumby via Getty Images)

Giufree, born Virginia Roberts in Sacramento, California, once told interviewers that her childhood was shattered when she was sexually abused as a grade schooler by a man her family knew. She later ran away from home and endured more abuse, she said.

Jeffrey Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite, was Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend and later employee. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

In subsequent lawsuits, Giuffre said she was approached by Epstein’s girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, in 2000. She said Maxwell hired her as a masseuse for Epstein, but the couple made her a sexual servant, pressuring her into gratifying not only Epstein, but his friends and associates. 

Giuffre said she was flown around the world for assignations with men, including Andrew, when she was 17 and 18.

Mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein mugshot from 2019 after federal authorities filed trafficking charges against him. (Kypros/Getty Images)

The men denied it and assailed Giuffre’s credibility. She acknowledged changing some key details of her account, including the age at which she first met Epstein. However, many parts of her story were supported by documents, witness testimony and photos — including one of her and Andrew, with his arm around her bare midriff, in Maxwell’s London townhouse.

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Giuffre said in one of her lawsuits that she had sex with Andrew three times: in London during her 2001 trip, at Epstein’s New York mansion when she was 17, and in the Virgin Islands when she was 18. She said she met her now-husband in 2002 while taking massage training in Thailand at Epstein’s behest. She married, moved to Australia and had a family.

Epstein killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on U.S. federal sex trafficking charges involving dozens of teenage girls and young women, some as young as 14. The charges came 14 years after police in Palm Beach, Florida, first began investigating allegations that he sexually abused underage girls who were hired to give him massages.

Epstein house Virgin Islands

Jeffrey Epstein's former home on the island of Little Saint James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Giuffre came forward publicly after the initial investigation ended in an 18-month Florida jail term for Epstein, who made a secret deal to avoid federal prosecution by pleading guilty instead to relatively minor state-level charges of soliciting prostitution. He was released in 2009. She went on to become an advocate for sex trafficking survivors and a central figure in Epstein’s prolonged downfall.

Virginia Giuffre arrives at court with other Jeffrey Epstein accusers

David Boies, representing several of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims, center, arrives with Annie Farmer, second right, and Virginia?Giuffre, in federal court in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Andrew categorically rejected Giuffre’s allegations and said he did not recall having met her. However, his denials blew up in his face during a nuclear November 2019 BBC interview. Viewers saw a prince who proffered curious rebuttals — such as disputing Giuffre’s recollection of sweaty dancing by saying he was medically incapable of perspiring — and showed no empathy for the women who said Epstein abused them.

Within days of the interview, Andrew stepped down from his royal duties. He settled with Giuffre in 2022 for an undisclosed sum, agreeing to make a "substantial donation" to her survivors’ organization. A statement filed in court said that the prince acknowledged Epstein was a sex trafficker and Giuffre "an established victim of abuse."

Prince Andrew shaking hands with a priest outside a church.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, left, shakes hands with the Dean of Windsor, Christopher Cocksworth, as he leaves after attending the Easter Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on April 20, 2025 in Windsor, England. (Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Maxwell was convicted in 2021 on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison.  

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Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein in formal wear outdoors with matching top hats

Jeffrey Epstein, right, is seen at the Royal Ascot with Prince Andrew. (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

Giuffre separated from her husband and children this year. She had been charged with breaching a family violence restraining order over an incident in February and was set to appear in court in June in the city of Perth, where her estranged husband and children live. She had yet to enter a plea to the charge. A conviction would have carried a potential maximum sentence of two years in prison. 

Most recently, Giuffre’s publicist said she was hospitalized after a serious accident.

Ghislaine Maxwell wearing a plaid blazer and walking away from photographers.

Ghislaine Maxwell is serving time behind bars. (Mathieu Polak/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

Giuffre is survived by her three children.

Giuffre leaves court

Virginia?Giuffre is survived by her three children. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"Giuffre’s death delivers an irrevocable end to the royal scandal cementing Prince Andrew’s public downfall," said British royal expert Hilary Fordwich. 

"His denials, disastrous BBC interview, combined with the outpouring of public sympathy for her, caused irremediable damage and disgrace for him. His actions solidified the public’s perception of him as unlikely to ever rehabilitate his image or return to public duties."

Prince Andrew looks directly back at the camera in a long coat while Kate Middleton walks inside in a green hat and coat

According to royal experts, Prince Andrew, with no royal role, spends his time riding horses and tending to his garden. (DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

"Her death does not exonerate him, but merely closes the matter. The stigma, though, remains with unresolved questions persisting in the public consciousness," Fordwich noted. 

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"What would have been prudent and the only way to, in some way repair, at least to a limited extent, his public image, would have been to have served extremely quietly in some way. Instead, he has spent his time riding around Windsor grounds."

It is believed that Andrew first met Epstein in 1999. Andrew claimed he cut ties with Epstein shortly after the pair were photographed taking a stroll through Central Park.

Prince Andrew looking downcast

Prince Andrew reportedly refuses to leave his extravagant Royal Lodge home. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP, File)

"Prince Andrew was once a brave pilot in the Falklands War and seemed at home in his 22 years in the navy," said Fitzwilliams. "The rest of his career has been a catalog of disasters which have been well chronicled. He no longer carries out royal engagements and does not use his HRH, having been stripped of his patronages. He also cannot wear a military uniform."

A mural depicting Prince Andrew

A mural of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is seen in Shoreditch on July 1, 2020 in London. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

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Andrew has been attempting to keep a low profile at his palatial Royal Lodge home. He's reportedly picked up gardening in hopes of pinching a few pennies.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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