BREAKING NEWS Prince Andrew's ex Lady Victoria Hervey sparks fury with controversial Virginia Giuffre statement
Prince Andrew's ex-girlfriend has sparked fury after claiming 'lies catch up to you' as she responded to Virginia Giuffre 's suicide.
The vile social media post was shared to Lady Victoria Hervey 's followers alongside a screenshot of the news that the 41-year-old trafficking victim had died.
Giuffre was one of the most prominent accusers of convicted sex offenders Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who she said kept her as a sex slave while flying her around the world and offering to their powerful associates 'like a platter of fruit'.
She alleged they trafficked her to the Duke of York when she was 17 and was three times sexually assaulted by him - a claim which Prince Andrew has denied. The prince reached an out-of-court settlement with her in 2022.
Lady Hervey, who had a brief fling with the Prince, reacted to the news saying: 'When lies catch up to you there's no way out.'
A second story, two hours later, added: 'I have taken the decision to pause my posts on Virginia Giuffre at this time.
'Irrespective of the circumstances, suicide in anyone at any time is tragic, and in a young mother who has children, even more so.'
But she is yet to delete her initial statement - which has now been live on her page for seven hours.
Lady Hervey was perhaps best known for a brief fling with Prince Andrew before quitting the UK for Hollywood, where she secured a small part in a Tom Hanks movie.
The socialite has since made a name for herself as a cheerleader for Donald Trump and a public defender of her royal ex.
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Lady Victoria Hervey was perhaps best known for a brief fling with Prince Andrew before quitting the UK for Hollywood where she secured a small part in a Tom Hanks movie
Claiming she is a 'truth warrior', she has been branded a conspiracy theorist for claiming Covid vaccines were part of a plot orchestrated by Bill Gates to 'depopulate the world'.
She also has other theories about 9/11, JFK's assassination and the moon landings.
Reacting with fury after her post, social media users branded her a 'sick', while another said it was 'despicable'.
Lady Hervey claims Prince Andrew was 'set up' after an 'organised attack on the Royal family', and launched a social media attack on Giuffre, who won a multi-million pound settlement from Prince Andrew following claims she had been forced to have sex with him three times at the age of 17 when she was trafficked by his friend Epstein.
She insisted Giuffre's credibility had been 'destroyed' after she was released from hospital following a dramatic claim that she had only 'four days' to live after a car crash in Australia.
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