Virginia Giuffre’s ‘£12m’ Prince Andrew settlement FROZEN amid bitter inheritance battle between her husband & family

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

Virginia Giuffre, pictured with a photo of herself as a teen, died last month at the age of 41Virginia sued Prince Andrew in 2021, claiming she was trafficked and forced to have sex with the Duke on three occasionsVirginia claimed billionaire Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficked her to the Duke of York on three separate occasions

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.