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What specific dates did Virginia Giuffre claim her encounters with Prince Andrew took place?
Executive summary
Virginia Giuffre’s public accounts say she was trafficked to Prince Andrew and alleges three sexual encounters: at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London home when she was 17, about a month later at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York townhouse, and a third time on Epstein’s island, Little Saint James [1] [2] [3]. The reporting and book extracts repeatedly describe locations and relative timing (for example “about a month later” for the second meeting) but do not provide a single explicit set of calendar dates across the sources provided here [4] [2] [3].
1. What Giuffre’s accounts say — number, places and relative timing
Giuffre’s posthumous memoir and media extracts allege three encounters with Prince Andrew: first at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house when she was 17; a second encounter “about a month later” at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse; and a third on Little Saint James, Epstein’s private island [1] [4] [3]. USAToday’s coverage echoes the “about a month later” phrasing for the New York townhouse meeting [4]. The Guardian and other outlets summarize the three locations without giving precise calendar dates in the excerpts they published [1] [5] [6].
2. Specific dates mentioned in reporting — what exists and what is missing
Several outlets cite scene-setting details (ages, locations, a one‑hour‑photo date for an image) but none of the provided snippets supply exact calendar dates tying each alleged encounter to a day, month and year. For example, ABC Australia reports a photo was developed with a March 13, 2001 date, discussed in Giuffre’s memoir, but the sources here do not explicitly map that date to each alleged encounter in full [7]. The widely cited phrase “about a month later” for the second encounter is a relative timing reference rather than a precise date [4]. Therefore, available sources do not mention a clear list of specific calendar dates for all three alleged encounters [4] [2] [1].
3. Documentary traces and corroboration reported so far
Reporting points to documentary traces that journalists and investigators have discussed: a photograph said to show Giuffre with Prince Andrew and Maxwell (with a development stamp discussed by ABC Australia), and newly disclosed Epstein emails and court records that have been published and partially cited by outlets such as The New York Times and The Guardian [7] [8] [6]. These materials have been used to corroborate elements of Giuffre’s narrative — for example the photo and emails — but the snippets provided do not show a public, source‑cited chronology that assigns specific dates to each alleged sexual encounter [8] [7] [6].
4. Prince Andrew’s response and the evidentiary dispute
Prince Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegations and disputed details of Giuffre’s accounts; press coverage notes his denials and actions such as stepping back from duties in 2019 and legal settlement activity in 2022, but those items are separate from the precise dating of alleged meetings [4] [9]. Reporting also records that Andrew’s legal team contested aspects of her story and that he denied meeting her, while other documents (emails, photos) have been cited in reporting as raising questions about those denials — a clear point of dispute between parties [8] [7].
5. Why reporters may not publish precise dates — sources, sensitivity, legal context
Journalists rely on available documents, legal filings and memoir extracts; when those sources use relative phrasing (“about a month later”, ages like “17” or “around 18”) or when evidence is partial, reporters flag allegations without asserting definitive calendar-day claims [4] [2] [3]. Litigation, settlements, sealed materials and ongoing police or document releases (for example newly released Epstein emails) often shape what can be published; the sources here show ongoing disclosures but do not, in the quoted passages, supply an authoritative day/month/year timeline for each encounter [6] [8].
6. What to look for next if you need precise dates
To establish specific calendar dates you would need either: (a) direct language in Giuffre’s full memoir specifying day/month/year for each encounter (not present in the excerpts here), (b) unambiguous documentary evidence such as dated photographs, travel logs, flight manifests or contemporaneous emails that tie a date to a meeting (some documents are being released, but the provided sources do not show a complete dating chain), or (c) court filings or investigative reports that publish precise dates — none of which appear in the supplied snippets as complete date lists [7] [8] [6].
Limitations and final note: The sources provided summarize Giuffre’s allegations, locations and relative timing but do not present a definitive calendar-date list for each encounter; available sources do not mention a consolidated set of specific dates across all three alleged meetings [4] [2] [1]. If you want, I can search for direct quotes from the full memoir text, court filings, or released documents that might supply explicit dates.