The FBI years ago seized the infamous photo showing Prince Andrew smiling alongside Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, according to a new report.
The picture, which was taken sometime in early 2001 at Epstein’s gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell’s London home, was among 20 images seized by the feds during an interview with Giuffre in 2011, the Telegraph reported.
Giuffre has claimed she had sex with the royal after being recruited as Epstein’s alleged sex slave as a teenager.
A source close to Prince Andrew insisted that the photo appears doctored — pointing to the Duke of York’s fingers, which are wrapped around Giuffre’s waist.
“Andrew’s fingers appear quite slender, like a girl’s fingers,” the pal said. “They are also a strange shade of red. His real fingers are actually much chubbier, quite small and chubby.”
The picture is now believed to be part of the criminal probe into Epstein’s co-conspirators and will be scrutinized for authenticity.
“That has to have an explanation,” Giuffre’s lawyer David Boies told Sky News on Thursday about the photo. “He can’t say he didn’t know her. He can’t say he wasn’t friendly with her. I think it’s hard to look at that picture and say that you had no idea that she was young.”
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