when did prince andrew meet virginia giuffre

Prince Andrew first met Virginia Giuffre in March 2001, according to her posthumous memoir excerpts and subsequent reporting. Giuffre describes being taken to a London residence where Ghislaine Maxwell introduced her to the prince, and she recounts that they met for the first time that evening when she was 17 years old. The details surrounding that initial encounter and the subsequent events in 2001 have been widely covered as part of Giuffre’s narrative about her experiences with Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell.