Photograph of Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell

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Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell were photographed in 2001 by Jeffrey Epstein at Maxwell's home in the Belgravia district of London. It was published for the first time in a cropped version in 2011 by the Mail on Sunday; the newspaper subsequently published the full image in 2019. In 2021, Giuffre filed a civil lawsuit against Andrew alleging she was forced into sexual encounters with him as a teenager after being trafficked by Epstein. Andrew denied the allegations before entering into an out-of-court settlement in 2022. The image is one of the best-known images associated with Giuffre's allegations, with one reporter calling it "a prequel and postscript of the saga". Its authenticity has been disputed by Andrew and Maxwell. Maxwell's later statements appeared to conflict with an email apparently written by her and released as part of the Epstein files. A 2011 email from Epstein, published by Democratic members of the U.S. House Oversight Committee, appeared to support...

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