Giuffre Family Urges King Charles to Meet Epstein Survivors During U.S. Visit

Virginia Giuffre's family made a direct appeal to King Charles III on Saturday, calling on the British monarch to meet survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking network during his scheduled state visit to the United States, framing the four-day diplomatic trip as a rare opportunity for royal accountability to move beyond condolence language.

Sky Roberts, Giuffre's brother, and Amanda Roberts, her sister-in-law, released the statement to Reuters. "We strongly urge King Charles to meet with us and survivors and hear what we have to say," they wrote. The visit runs from April 27 to April 30, beginning two days after the first anniversary of Virginia Giuffre's death. Giuffre, widely considered the most prominent public accuser of Epstein's network, died by suicide in April 2025.

The Roberts family explicitly credited the king for prior action on their sister's behalf. "We are thankful to him for heeding our sister's allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and for his decisive action in stripping his brother from his position as a prince," they wrote. Andrew lost his military titles and royal patronages in January 2022 as scrutiny tied to Giuffre's allegations against him intensified. He has denied those allegations.

Virginia Giuffre first publicly accused Epstein of grooming and trafficking her as a teenager in 2010. Epstein died in August 2019 in a Manhattan federal detention facility while awaiting trial on federal child-sex-trafficking charges; his death was ruled a suicide. His associate Ghislaine Maxwell was subsequently convicted of sex trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.

Sky and Amanda Roberts said they hoped direct dialogue between the king and survivors could compel the British government to act against individuals alleged to have been complicit in Epstein's network. Congressional passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the subsequent release of millions of related Justice Department documents have sustained pressure on figures connected to the operation across multiple countries, producing resignations, civil settlements, and additional criminal investigations.

Buckingham Palace did not respond to a request for comment. Palace officials have previously said the king could not become involved while investigations connected to Epstein-related abuse remain active, and have stated that the royal family's "thoughts and utmost sympathies" are with victims. For survivors and their advocates, that position amounts to deflection at a moment when the documentary record of abuse has never been more extensive.

The ask now sits at the intersection of protocol and politics. A state visit provides ceremony, access, and global media attention; any response to the Roberts family's request, or the absence of one, will register as a statement of its own.