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New witness ‘saw Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre’ in Tramp Nightclub

A new witness “vividly” remembers seeing Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre in London, a high-profile lawyer claims.

Virginia Giuffre: Sex slave's explosive interview on Prince Andrew and Epstein

A new witness has come forward claiming she saw Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre at a nightclub in London on the night the pair allegedly had sex, US lawyer Lisa Bloom says.

Ms Bloom, who is representing several of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged victims, told ITV This Morning the witness “vividly” remembered seeing the pair at Tramp Nightclub in Mayfair.

“I am representing a witness who says she was there that night in 2001, she saw Prince Andrew with Virginia,” she said.

“She remembers it vividly because she was told this is a member of the royal family, this was a very big thing to her.

“She was shocked and so I’m going to take her to the FBI, they can investigate her claims and I call on other witnesses to come forward.”

Lisa Bloom spoke to ITV This Morning on Tuesday. Picture: ITV
Lisa Bloom spoke to ITV This Morning on Tuesday. Picture: ITV

Ms Giuffre alleges she was trafficked as a sex slave by Epstein, a convicted paedophile, and made to have sex with the Duke of York three times in 2001 and 2002 when she was just 17 years old.

The now 36-year-old claims she met the Duke during a two-day visit to London in March 2001 and the pair danced together at the club.

“He is the most hideous dancer I’d ever seen in my life,” she told the BBC’s Panorama program in her first interview on British television on Monday.

“His sweat was like it was raining basically everywhere”.

Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre (then Roberts) aged 17 at Ghislaine Maxwell's townhouse in London. Picture: US District Court Southern District of Florida
Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre (then Roberts) aged 17 at Ghislaine Maxwell's townhouse in London. Picture: US District Court Southern District of Florida

She also described her alleged sexual encounter with the Duke later that night in great detail, saying it began in the bath and then moved to another part of the house.

“It didn’t last very long, the whole entire procedure,” she avid.

“It was disgusting … He wasn’t mean or anything, but he got up and he said ‘thanks’ and walked out.”

Ms Giuffre claims Prince Andrew “knows what happened”. Picture: HO/BBC/AFP
Ms Giuffre claims Prince Andrew “knows what happened”. Picture: HO/BBC/AFP
She told Panorama that people
She told Panorama that people "should not accept this as being OK”. Picture: AP/BBC Panorama

Ms Giuffre thanked her followers for the “beautiful support” she had received following the interview.

“It makes me so grateful to know that there is so much public outcry for the world to change,” she tweeted.

“It needs to change and we have to band together to do that!! All my love.”

Buckingham Palace has previously denied the claims, labelling them “false” and “without foundation”.

But the Duke of York was last month forced to step down from his royal duties after the scandal became a “major disruption” to his family’s work.

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In response to the Panorama interview, a spokesman said the Duke “unequivocally regrets his ill-judged association with Jeffrey Epstein” and “deeply sympathises with those affected who want some form of closure”.

Mr Trump says he doesn’t know Prince Andrew personally. Picture: AP/Evan Vucci
Mr Trump says he doesn’t know Prince Andrew personally. Picture: AP/Evan Vucci

The TV interview came just hours ahead of a royal reception for NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) leaders and their partners, including US President Donald Trump, at Buckingham Palace.

The Queen, Prince Charles and several other high-ranking members of the royal family are expected to attend, though Prince Andrew has been notably left off the guest list.

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Speaking at a press conference ahead of the summit on Tuesday morning (British time), Mr Trump was asked by reporters what he thought of the Duke’s decision to step down.

“I don’t know Prince Andrew, but it’s a tough story,” he said.

“It’s a tough story – I don’t know.”

Ms Giuffre alleges Ghislaine Maxwell (L) was Epstein’s “madam”. Pictures:
Ms Giuffre alleges Ghislaine Maxwell (L) was Epstein’s “madam”. Pictures:

Ms Giuffre alleges she was working at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in 2001 when she was first approached by Epstein’s girlfriend, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.

She said she was asked to give Epstein a massage, and that he and Ms Maxwell had seemed like “nice people” so she had opened up about her childhood abuse.

“I told them I’ve had a really hard time,” she said.

“That was the worst thing I could have told them because now they knew how vulnerable I was — it was like a gift for them.”

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