Five more women claim Prince Andrew witnessed Jeffrey Epstein abusing them

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FIVE more Jeffrey Epstein victims say Prince Andrew witnessed the US paedos sordid behaviour.

The claims came in Monday night’s BBC Panorama special, which also showed Virginia Giuffre sobbing as she repeated she had sex with Andrew at 17 and called on the British public to stand beside her.

Virginia claims she felt sick after being made to have sex with Prince Andrew
Andrew was seen at the wheel of a Range Rover at Windsor Castle on Monday
The Duke of York says he ‘cannot remember’ ever meeting Virginia Roberts

The Duke of York is facing calls to give evidence in court by the five other women. Panorama revealed he has been named in legal testimony for all their cases.

Pre-trial witness subpoenas have also been prepared, which could be served on the Queens son if he returns to the US. That would compel him to give evidence on what he saw while staying at Epsteins home.

Lawyers representing the five women said Andrew could have important information about Epsteins sex trafficking operation.

The legal team said they had written twice to the Prince requesting an interview but had not received a response from him.

THE woman who accuses Prince Andrew of having sex with her when she was 17 gave more lurid details last night.

Virginia Giuffre spoke in a bombshell BBC Panorama special about the alleged encounter and the Duke of Yorks links to his US paedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein.

Ms Giuffre claims she was among girls forced to operate as sex slaves for Epstein and his friends by the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.

And Ms Giuffre, now 35, said Maxwell told her that I have to do for Andrew what I do for Jeffrey and that just made me sick.

Panorama also revealed the Queens son is facing calls to give evidence in court by five more Jeffrey Epstein victims who claim the royal witnessed the US pervs sordid behaviour.

Ms Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, was shown sobbing as she repeated her claims.

DETAILED TESTIMONY

In graphic and detailed testimony, she repeated her account of a night out with Andrew in 2001 when they attended Londons Tramp nightclub after which she claims the pair had sex.

She explained: We went into the VIP section. There was no waiting in the lines obviously you were with a Prince.

Andrew asked me what I wanted to drink and I said, Oh, you know, something from the bar.

He had something clear. I know mine was vodka, and then he asked me to dance. He is the most hideous dancer Ive ever seen in my life.

I mean it was horrible and this guy was sweating all over me, like his sweat was like it was raining basically everywhere I was just like grossed out from it but I knew I had to keep
him happy because thats what Jeffrey and Ghislaine would have expected from me.

Claiming that they returned to Maxwells home in nearby Belgravia and she had sex with the royal, Ms Giuffre explained: In the car Ghislaine tells me that I have to do for Andrew what I do
for Jeffrey and that just made me sick.

Visibly emotional, she later added: I implore the people in the UK to stand up beside me, to help me fight this fight, to not accept this as being OK.

This is not some sordid sex story. This is a story of being trafficked, This is a story of abuse and this is a story of your guys royalty.

In the striking new footage, she calls on the British public to stand beside her. And she dismisses allegations that the photograph of her, top left, alongside Andrew taken in 2001 at
Maxwells house has been digitally altered to show his arm around her waist.

She says she gave the original image to the FBI in 2011.

‘RIDICULOUS EXCUSES’

And she tells the programme: I think the world is getting sick of these ridiculous excuses. Its a real photo. Ive given it to the FBI for their investigation and its an authentic photo.
Theres a date on the back of it from when it was printed.

The interview was recorded before the Prince appeared on last months Newsnight special and firmly denied having sex with her.

He admitted a grave error of judgement in remaining friends with Epstein after the billionaire was first convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prosecution.

But he reiterated claims he did not recall the now infamous photograph of himself with Ms Giuffre being taken, telling Newsnight: You cant prove whether or not that photograph is faked because its a photograph of a photograph of a photograph.

Its very difficult to be able to prove it but I dont remember that photograph being taken. Thats me but whether thats my hand I have simply no recollection of the photograph ever being taken.

However, after after viewing the Dukes interview, Ms Giuffre told Panorama she stood by every word she has said.

She went on The people on the inside are going to keep coming up with these ridiculous excuses like his arm was elongated or the photo was doctored.

I mean Im calling BS on this. He knows what happened, I know what happened. And theres only one of us telling the truth.

The programme also spoke to freelance photographer Michael Thomas, who first copied the image in 2011 and insisted he is convinced of its legitimacy.

He said: It wasnt like she pulled the photo of Prince Andrew out, it was just in amongst the rest of them.

These were 5×7 photos that looked like they had come from Boots the chemist, nothing more complicated than that. They were just typical teenage snaps. Theres no way that photo is fake.

The programme also appeared to find support for Ms Giuffres claim that she had handed the original image to the FBI because redacted court paperwork confirms she gave 20 snaps to officials
in 2011 which were scanned.

‘SEX-TRAFFICKING’

Only 19 of the images appeared in the public documents and sequential reference numbers assigned by the FBI are also missing, allegedly to protect the Dukes privacy.

Maxwell could not be reached for comment by producers, but has previously denied any involvement in or knowledge of abuse by Epstein, who wass found hanged in a New York jail in August while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawyer David Boies, who is representing the five other women who have come forward, told the documentary: One of the things that we have tried is to interview Prince Andrew and to try to get
what his explanation is.

He was a frequent visitor. They ought to submit to an interview. They ought to talk about it.

Panoramas makers also say the Prince declined to answer detailed questions.

But in a statement to the programme, a royal spokesman said: The Duke of York unequivocally regrets his ill-judged association with Jeffrey Epstein.

Epsteins suicide left many unanswered questions, particularly for his victims. The Duke deeply sympathises with those affected who want some form of closure. It is his hope that, in time, they will be able to rebuild their lives.

The Duke is willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required.

The Duke has already stated that he did not see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to Jeffrey Epsteins arrest and conviction.

He deplores the exploitation of any human being and would not condone, participate in, or encourage any such behaviour.

The spokesman added: It is emphatically denied that The Duke of York had any form of sexual contact or relationship with Virginia Roberts.

Any claim to the contrary is false and without foundation.

Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘sex slave’ has called on the British public to ‘stand beside her’
Prince Andrew spent four days at the convicted paedophile’s New York mansion in 2010
Pre-trial witness subpoenas have been prepared, which could be served on the Queens son if he returns to the US
Virginia Roberts says she was made to have sex with Prince Andrew at Ghislaine Maxwell’s Belgravia home
Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell were pictured walking together at the Royal Ascot in 2000
Andrew and Ghislaine were also joined by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, seen on the far right