A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre accuses the Duke of York of being entitled - as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright, according to extracts published in the Guardian newspaper.
The book, Nobody's Girl, written by the prominent accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is due to be published next week, almost six months after Ms Giuffre took her own life.
Her book, which calls Epstein a master manipulator, describes three occasions where she alleges Prince Andrew had sex with her, including at Ghislaine Maxwell's house in London. It's further embarrassment for Prince Andrew, who reached a financial settlement with Ms Giuffre in 2022, and has always denied any wrongdoing.
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice is the testimony of Ms Giuffre, who died by suicide in Australia in April, in a book co-written with author Amy Wallace. Ms Giuffre, who met Jeffrey Epstein through Ghislaine Maxwell, claimed that she was one of many vulnerable girls and young women who had been sexually exploited by Epstein and his circle of wealthy connections.
The powerful friends were claimed to include Prince Andrew and the extract published in the Guardian gives her account of when they met in London in March 2001, when she was aged 17. She says the day began by being woken by Ghislaine Maxwell: It was going to be a special day, she said. Just like Cinderella, I was going to meet a handsome prince!
When Andrew arrived later she claims that he was asked to guess her age. The Duke of York, who was then 41, guessed correctly: 17. 'My daughters are just a little younger than you,' he told me, explaining his accuracy. As usual, Maxwell was quick with a joke: 'I guess we will have to trade her in soon.'
Like Epstein, she said she called him Andy. The book also reports two other occasions on which she alleges she had sex with Andrew - in Epstein's townhouse in New York and on Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands. All three of the claimed meetings with Andrew have been reported in detail before, but this brings them together and provides her own perspective.
Don't be fooled by those in Epstein's circle who say they didn't know what he was doing. Epstein not only didn't hide what was happening, he took a certain glee in making people watch, she writes.
The book also reveals that she was taking tranquilisers to cope with her life working for Epstein. Sometimes, when I was really struggling, I took as many as eight Xanax a day, she writes.
After leaving Epstein, Ms Giuffre had settled in Australia where she lived with her husband and three children. She took her own life at the age of 41.
Prince Andrew made a financial payment to Ms Giuffre in an out-of-court settlement, after she had brought a civil case against him, and he denies all the accusations made against him. He refutes Ms Giuffre's claims about having sex with him at the three locations: I can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened, Andrew stated in his previous interviews. Various accounts of Andrew's links with Epstein continue to generate scrutiny and controversy.
