The lawyers for Prince Andrew apparently have doubts about the authenticity of the picture showing the accused with the plaintiff Virginia Roberts, who was a minor at the time.
London – The question of the whereabouts of the original photo is likely to concern many people at the moment. Prince Andrew’s (61) lawyers have asked his accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre (38) to hand them over the original footage showing the two together at Ghislaine Maxwell’s (60) home.
It may have been tampered with.*
The Duke of York*’s legal team is said to have commissioned experts to analyze the photo and the original. The picture shows the second eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II* (95) on the day of the alleged first abuse. Smiling, Andrew has his arm around Robert’s waist, Maxwell is pictured in the background.
The image, which first appeared in the media in 2011, has become synonymous with the allegations, the ongoing legal battle and questions surrounding Andrew’s relationship with the late pedophile billionaire Jefferey Epstein (66, † 2019).
Roberts, who now goes by her married name Giuffre, revealed the photo’s whereabouts in 2016, explaining at the time that it may be in moving boxes at her in-laws’ home in Sydney, Australia, full of “nerf guns, children’s toys and photos.” be”.
Doubts about the authenticity of the photo were expressed earlier this month by Lady Victoria Hervey (45), a British socialite and ex-girlfriend Prince Andrew. Harvey claimed the image was composited from a photo taken at Naomi Campbell’s (51) birthday party on board a yacht in St Tropez in May 2001. Virginia was there in the same white tank top with brightly colored patterned jeans.
Asked about the photo in a BBC Newsnight interview in November 2019, Prince Andrew said: “Oh that’s definitely me, I mean that’s a picture of me. I don’t think it’s a picture of me in London because when I go out in London I wear a suit and tie.” Also, public displays of affection are not something he would do. * 24royal.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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