US EditionVirginia Giuffre's family urges King Charles to meet Epstein survivors during US visit
Virginia Giuffre’s relatives say a meeting would let survivors give firsthand accounts and could spur British action against Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators.
- Buckingham Palace announced on Saturday that King Charles and Queen Camilla will not meet Jeffrey Epstein survivors during their April 27–30 U.S. state visit, citing ongoing investigations into sexual abuse by Epstein and his circle.
- Sky and Amanda Roberts, the brother and sister-in-law of the late Virginia Giuffre, urged the King to meet survivors, noting the visit coincides with the one-year anniversary of her suicide last year.
- U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, a co-sponsor of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, wrote to the King earlier this week urging a meeting, warning many Americans are "suspicious of the British monarchy."
- The high-profile trip, marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, aims to steady relations with President Donald Trump amid Iran war tensions, though critics argue it risks being overshadowed by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor controversy.
- Lawyer Brad Edwards criticized the Palace's previous expressions of sympathy as "performative" and "window dressing," stating the Palace refused engagement while Mountbatten-Windsor faces February misconduct charges related to Epstein.
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King warned against walking into Epstein trap
Increased pressure on the King to meet survivors of Jeffrey Epstein risks overshadowing the monarch’s upcoming state visit to the US. Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Washington to meet Donald Trump and the First Lady, Melania, at a crucial and tense time for UK-US relations. The King and Queen, who have publicly expressed solidarity with sex abuse victims, have no plans to meet survivors of Epstein’s sex trafficking while they are in th…
King urged to meet Epstein survivors
LONDON — The family of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre on Saturday urged Britain's King Charles to meet with survivors during his state visit to the United States this month, saying the trip coincides with the anniversary of her death.
Giuffre accused Epstein of having sex with her for King Charles' younger brother, Andrew, when she was 17.
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