The amicable agreement signed in 2022 between Andrew
Mountbatten et Virginia Giuffre continues to produce its shock waves. Accused by this American of sexual assault when she was a minor, the youngest son of Elizabeth II then obtained a financial agreement rather than a civil trial in the United States. Three years later, it is no longer just the nature of the accusations that raises questions, but the money used to buy judicial peace.
Because according to several revelations relayed in the United Kingdom, the former Duke of York would not have financed this agreement alone, estimated at around 12 million pounds sterling. His mother Elizabeth II, the estate of Prince Philip and Charles III are said to have taken action to avoid a public scandal as the platinum jubilee approaches. There remains a simple and explosive question: has this enormous family loan ever been repaid?
A royal loan of 12 million never returned by Andrew Mountbatten
The amounts advanced converge: to settle the agreement with
Virginia Giuffrewho ended his life in 2025, in March 2022 Andrew would have needed around 12 million pounds. According to information from the British press, Elizabeth II would have contributed 7 million, 3 million would come from the inheritance of her husband Prince Philip, and around 1.5 million would have been paid by Charles, then Prince of Wales, alongside other members of the family.
This arrangement was to be provisional: Andrew had undertaken to repay after the sale of his luxurious chalet in Verbier, Switzerland. Except that, according to a relative cited by the British tabloid
The Sun, “Andrew hasn’t paid back a single cent.”. The same source insists on the fact that the ex-prince is incapable today of facing this debt contracted with his family.
The sale of the Verbier chalet, hope of reimbursement quickly dashed
To honor this loan, Andrew Mountbatten counted on his ski chalet located in Verbier, valued at around 19 million pounds. He ended up parting with it, but the property was encumbered by a heavy mortgage. Result: the sale would have generated very little, if any, real profit, far from the sum necessary to pay off the family debt linked to the agreement with Virginia Giuffre.
According to several testimonies reported by the British press, Andrew does not actually have the money necessary to repay this enormous loan. Dismissed from royal public life in 2022 then stripped of his titles and honors by Charles III in the fall of 2025, he now lives in seclusion in a residence in Sandringham, with the backdrop of this massive debt born from his amicable agreement with Virginia Giuffre. He was also arrested, before being released, in February 2026.
