Giuffre family urges King Charles to meet Epstein survivors during Washington visit

Virginia Giuffre’s family turned a memorial vigil in Washington, DC, into a public appeal for King Charles to meet Epstein survivors as he arrives in the United States for a state visit tied to the 250th anniversary of American independence. The timing was deliberate: the royal trip to Washington, scheduled for April 27-30, 2026, comes just two days after the first anniversary of Giuffre’s death.

At the vigil on April 25, held with the White House in the background, family members, friends and supporters gathered to mark the first year since Giuffre took her own life. Sky Roberts said his sister had turned “pain into purpose,” capturing the way her family now frames her legacy as both personal loss and public activism. Sigrid McCawley, Giuffre’s lawyer, repeated the call for Charles to sit down with survivors and said it was a “missed opportunity” if he did not.

Giuffre first went public in 2010 with allegations that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell groomed and trafficked her when she was a teenager. She also accused Epstein of trafficking her to Prince Andrew when she was 17. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor denied the allegations and later settled a civil case with Giuffre in 2022 without admitting wrongdoing.

The family has sought to keep the focus on accountability, not only for Giuffre’s case but for the wider network around Epstein. Earlier in April, Sky Roberts and Amanda Roberts thanked Charles for stripping Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his princely title and said they hoped a meeting with survivors could lead to further action against Epstein’s co-conspirators.

Epstein died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, and medical examiners ruled his death a suicide. That history continues to shadow the royal family, especially as Charles travels to Washington for a visit meant to underscore the long alliance between the United States and Britain. For Giuffre’s family, the moment is less about ceremony than responsibility: they want the monarchy to hear survivors directly and confront the damage that still remains.