Prince Andrew was 'most hideous dancer' and 'raining sweat', accuser Virginia Giuffre tells Panorama

Katy Clifton3 December 2019

Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Giuffre has claimed he was the "most hideous dancer" and was raining with sweat during an alleged meeting inside a London nightclub.

Ms Giuffre claims she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and forced to have sex with the Duke of York when she was a teenager, which he categorically denies.

During an interview with BBC Panorama, she described Andrew as "the most hideous dancer I've ever seen in my life", adding that "his sweat was... raining everywhere basically".

In clips released ahead of the screening, Ms Guiffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, alleged how she was brought to London by Epstein in 2001, introduced to Andrew and taken to Tramp nightclub, and asked by the duke to dance.

Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Giuffre will appear on Panorama
BBC

She told Panorama reporter Darragh Macintyre: “He is the most hideous dancer I’ve ever seen in my life.

“It was horrible and this guy was sweating all over me, 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 that’s what Jeffrey and Ghislaine would have expected from me.”

In his recent Newsnight interview, Andrew claimed he had a medical condition in 2001, after suffering an overdose of adrenaline in the Falklands War when he was shot at, which meant he did not sweat.

Prince Andrew on Newsnight
BBC

When they had left the club, Ms Giuffre said the socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s then-girlfriend, gave her instructions.

Ms Giuffre said: “In the car Ghislaine tells me that I have to do for Andrew what I do for Jeffrey and that just made me sick.”

She said that later that evening she had sex with Andrew upstairs at Maxwell’s house in Belgravia.

The duke has denied meeting Ms Giuffre, then called Virginia Roberts, saying: “I can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened.

"I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady, none whatsoever.”

Prince Andrew speaking about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein on BBC Newsnight
PA

In the interview, she also implored the British public to "stand up beside me to help me fight this fight".

She said: “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.”

The duke has been pictured with his arm around Ms Giuffre’s waist at Ghislaine Maxwell’s house.

He said he had no memory of the photo being taken and questioned whether it was his own hand in the image.

Ms Giuffre told Panorama: “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, or he came to New York to break up with Jeffrey Epstein. I mean, come on, I’m calling BS on this, because that’s what it is.

“He knows what happened. I know what happened and there’s only one of us telling the truth, and I know that’s me."

Buckingham Palace has branded the allegations “false and without any foundation”, stating: “Any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” by the duke was “categorically untrue”.

The hour-long investigative programme entitled The Prince and the Epstein Scandal is being broadcast on BBC One on Monday at 9pm.

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