PRINCE Andrew’s multi-million-pound settlement paid to his sex abuse accuser has been frozen in the wake of her suicide, The Sun can reveal.
The outcast Duke of York in an out-of-court deal in 2022, which is now part of a
Her estranged husband, Robert Giuffre, remains her next of kin despite the couple’s bitter split after 22 years’ marriage.
But her US-based family are determined to prevent him from getting a single penny and are preparing a legal challenge to contest his claim.
In a statement, they said: “Virginia was able to amass , but through this tragedy, funds and estates can take years to settle.”;
Ms Giuffre, 41, was also paid £375,000 by Prince Andrew’s paedophile pal in a 2009 out-of-court settlement.
She claimed billionaire sex trafficked her to the Duke of York on three separate occasions — twice when she was 17.
Andrew denied the allegations but paid out to avoid a battle.
at home last month.
