<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A photo of the former Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual assault, appears to be real, suggests an email released in the latest batch of Epstein files.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former royal, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has steadfastly denied meeting Giuffre and questioned whether the photo was real.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But an email, apparently from Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell, appears to confirm the photo was not fake, the </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgp2xx7gxjo" rel="" target="_blank" title="BBC "><span>BBC</span></a><span> reports.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/former-prince-andrew-moves-to-king-charles-iiis-private-estate-after-epstein-document-uproar/b8462928-6e66-4f55-a710-156f3d47b0ea" rel="" target="_blank" title="The former Prince Andrew moves to King Charles III's private estate after Epstein document uproar"><strong><span>The former Prince Andrew moves to King Charles III's private estate after Epstein document uproar</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Released by the US Justice Department, it is headed "draft statement", sent by a "G Maxwell" to Epstein in 2015.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In 2001 I was in London when (redacted) met a number of friends of mine including Prince Andrew. A photograph was taken as I imagine she wanted to show it to friends and family," she wrote.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Giuffre died last April at her family home in Western Australia.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/epstein-files-photo-confirms-former-prince-andrew-and-virginia-giuffre-photo-real/020b4708-d90c-4518-abd0-bf2ce50ab2fe" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her family says that the email showed Giuffre had been "vindicated".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It truly does vindicate Virginia... she was not lying this entire time", Guiffre's brother, Sky Roberts, said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's a moment where we're really proud of our sister", he added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/nancy-guthrie-disappearance-sheriff-probes-possible-ransom-notes-while-pacemaker-data-could-speak-to-timeline/d55d98d8-ee9a-4c93-8aaf-d6b382e6e4bf"><strong><span>Sheriff probes possible ransom notes in disappearance of US TV host's mum</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US officials redacted the person's name from the released version of the statement, but the details point to Maxwell , who was convicted of recruiting young girls into sex trafficking, discussing Giuffre.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During a 2019 interview with the BBC, Mountbatten-Windsor denied meeting Giuffre and suggested the photo may have been faked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said at the time: "Nobody can prove whether or not that photograph has been doctored but I don't recollect that photograph ever being taken."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also famously claimed he was not at Maxwell's house but at a pizza restaurant in the town of Woking, south-west of London.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former Prince Andrew has moved out of his longtime home on crown-owned land near Windsor Castle earlier than expected after the latest release of the Epstein files.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 65-year-old brother of King Charles III, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, left the Royal Lodge in Windsor on Monday and is now living on the king's Sandringham estate in eastern England, Britain's Press Association reported.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>If you or someone you know is in need of support contact</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.lifeline.org.au/"><strong><span>Lifeline on 13 11 14</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>or</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support?gclid=CjwKCAjwhdWkBhBZEiwA1ibLmE_d75aGcdvef85BF-aDGDYIaJ7TaBT9qWNr07TUVKKbfR3z8UM-jBoCtcYQAvD_BwE"><strong><span>Beyond Blue</span></strong></a><strong><span>. 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