Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein: The Full Public Record
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Prince Andrew, Duke of York, appears 455 times in the House Oversight Committee's Epstein document release. He is one of only a handful of individuals named in the archive who became the direct subject of civil litigation related to Epstein's network.
The Documented Relationship
The public record on Prince Andrew and Epstein is extensive and spans over two decades:
- Early 1990s: Andrew met Ghislaine Maxwell, who became one of his closest friends. Through Maxwell, he was introduced to Epstein.
- The photograph: A widely circulated photograph shows Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Roberts (Giuffre), alongside Ghislaine Maxwell, taken in 2001 at Maxwell's London townhouse. This photograph appears in legal filings and news coverage throughout the archive.
- 2001 — Documented trips: Giuffre's depositions, filed in civil court and included in the archive, state she was trafficked to Prince Andrew on three occasions when she was 17 years old.
- 2011 — New York visit: Andrew was photographed walking in Central Park with Epstein in 2011 — after Epstein had already served his sentence as a registered sex offender. Andrew later called this a visit to "break off the relationship," though critics noted the public nature of the meeting undermined that explanation.
The BBC Interview
In November 2019 — three months after Epstein's death — Prince Andrew gave an interview to the BBC's Newsnight program. He denied ever meeting Giuffre, denied the photograph was authentic, and claimed he had a medical condition that prevented him from sweating (relevant to Giuffre's account of him sweating on a dance floor). The interview was widely criticized as a catastrophic communications failure and led to his withdrawal from public duties.
The Civil Lawsuit
In August 2021, Virginia Giuffre filed a civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew in the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit alleged he sexually abused her when she was 17. Andrew denied all allegations.
In February 2022, before trial, the case was settled. The financial terms were not publicly disclosed, though reports estimated the settlement at approximately £12 million. The settlement included no admission of liability.
In the Documents
The Epstein archive's 455 Andrew mentions span legal depositions, news coverage, books about the case, and email correspondence. The depositions of Virginia Giuffre — some of which appear in the archive — are among the most detailed first-person accounts in the entire document release.
Ghislaine Maxwell's name appears 704 times; in many of those documents, Andrew's name appears in proximity, reflecting the documented fact that Maxwell was the social bridge between Andrew and Epstein.
The Institutional Response
Following the BBC interview, Andrew stepped back from royal duties. His HRH titles were subsequently removed. In 2023, King Charles III stripped him of his remaining patronages. As of 2026, he has not returned to public royal life.
No criminal charges have been filed against Prince Andrew in the UK or US.
The public record is what it is. Settlement without admission of liability. Photographs that exist. Depositions that are part of the federal record. A royal who chose to maintain his friendship with a convicted sex offender long after the conviction.
The Eps Tees Archive Series is built on documents like these. Public record. Permanent memory.
Sources: House Oversight Committee Epstein document release (November 2025); Southern District of New York civil court records; BBC Newsnight interview (November 2019).