Prince Andrew should share what he saw of Epstein abuse, co-author tells BBC

Prince Andrew should share everything he knows about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the co-writer of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir has told the BBC.

The book, Nobody's Girl, officially released in the UK on Tuesday, gives more details of Ms Giuffre's allegations about Prince Andrew - which he has always denied.

Ahead of the release, co-author Amy Wallace told BBC Newsnight there was a period when Prince Andrew "indicated he was willing to help investigators in the US" but he was "never available, for some reason".

"That's something he could still do," Ms Wallace - who spent four years writing the book with Ms Giuffre - added.

Ms Wallace said: "He could say, as he has repeatedly, 'I still deny that I was involved... however, I was in these houses and I was on that island and I was on the jet and I saw things, and I know how much these women have suffered and I would like to share what I saw'."

Senior politicians - including government minister Peter Kyle - also said on Tuesday that Prince Andrew should speak to US authorities about Epstein's crimes.

In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick said Andrew should give evidence to US authorities "about what he knew and what his involvement was" in the Epstein scandal.

Ms Giuffre - who took her own life earlier this year - says in her book that she had sex with Prince Andrew on three separate occasions, which he denies.

She says the third occasion was on Epstein's island as part of what Ms Giuffre called "an orgy" with Epstein and approximately eight other young women.

Prince Andrew, who reached a financial settlement with Ms Giuffre in 2022, announced on Friday that he was voluntarily deciding not to use his titles including the Duke of York, an honour received from his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.

He is also giving up membership of the Order of the Garter - the oldest and most senior order of chivalry in Britain.

But there are still calls for them to be formally removed.

Ms Wallace said: "I can speak for Virginia; I know that she would view it as a victory that he was forced, by whatever means, to voluntarily give them up."

She called it a "symbolic gesture" which has made "modern history in terms of the royal era", describing it as "a step in the right direction".

"Virginia wanted all the men who she had been trafficked to, against her will, to be held to account, and this is just one of the men.

"Even though he [Andrew] continues to deny it, his life is being eroded because of his past behaviour, as it should be," Ms Wallace said.

Ms Wallace said the private jets used by Epstein "had been remodelled in order to afford many bedrooms - they were designed as flying trafficking agents, they were there to use girls in".

She added: "Prince Andrew was on at least one of those jets that I know of, if not more.

"He has to take sort of the measure of his own moral compass - he said in his settlement with Virginia that he now acknowledges the pain that these women and young girls had suffered. If you really feel it, do something about it."

Speaking about Ms Giuffre, Ms Wallace said: "I'm sad and I'm honoured to be able to speak at least a little bit on her behalf to stand up for her.

"She wrote this book to try to help other people, to make the world a better place.

"She deserves all credit for whatever role she played in forcing Prince Andrew to relinquish a few more of his titles but she deserves all credit even more than that for being brave enough to stand up to say 'this isn't right'."

The memoir, which the BBC bought from a book store in central London days before its official release, paints a picture of a web of rich and powerful people abusing young women.

At the centre of the abuse was Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of sex-trafficking offences.

Ms Giuffre says that even decades later, she remembers how much she feared them both.

Epstein was convicted in Florida in 2008 for soliciting prostitution from a person under the age of 18. He died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Cabinet minister Kyle said that the victims must be put first and at the centre of further discussions.

"I think anybody that has any information that could bring justice and information to victims of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes should be fully engaging with any of the authorities that are seeking to deliver that information and justice for the victims," Kyle told ITV's Good Morning Britain.

"So of course, anybody, anywhere that has information that can deliver that justice should be sharing it openly.

"I believe that Andrew, in the past, has said that he would co-operate, and I urge him to stick to his word on that."

Conservative MP Jenrick also said Prince Andrew should "leave public life forever" and "lead an entirely private life".

"He has to make his own decisions as to what he feels he should do, but I think that he has behaved disgracefully," Jenrick told the BBC.

"The public are sick of Prince Andrew and the damage that he's done to the reputation of our Royal Family and this country."