Virginia Giuffre died earlier this year in Australia, leaving an estate that should include multi‑million‑dollar settlements from Jeffrey Epstein's estate and from Prince Andrew, but her estate's value is a fraction of what her family expected.
Various news outlets have reported that she was found "unresponsive" at her farm in Neergabby, a rural area north of Perth, on April 25, 2025. According to the police, there were no signs of foul play, and her death at the age of 41 has been deemed "not suspicious."
Her family (especially her father and two sons) now say they cannot find most of that money and are asking, "Where are her missing millions?" in UK and tabloid coverage.
Press reports estimate her total earnings from settlements and book/TV deals at £16–18 million (roughly $20–22 million).
Giuffre alleged in court documents that she was procured by Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell, as a teenage "sex slave" for Epstein.
In 2019, Virginia Roberts revealed that she had sex with Prince Andrew in a bathroom when she was only 17, after a night where he had allegedly been plying her with vodka in a London club, where Jeffrey Epstein brought her. Andrew would've been about 41 years old at that time, the same age Giuffre was when she died.
On February 15, 2022, it was announced that Prince Andrew had settled the lawsuit, sparing him a public court battle, almost certainly under pressure from the royal family.
Virginia was also paid around £375,000 by Prince Andrew's pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein back in 2009, in an out‑of‑court settlement.
Andrew has consistently denied any allegations of wrongdoing, despite the incriminating photo and other evidence, and settled the case financially, with no admission of liability. An innocent man would not have had to pay; the only thing worth debating in his case is whether you call it "hush money" or a settlement.
Court documents filed in a legal battle over her fortune in Australia value her estate at just £233,000 (a little over $310,000).
Her sons have applied to take control of her estate. They are questioning where the Prince Andrew settlement and other Epstein‑related payouts went, since those sums were never publicly disclosed and are believed to have been confidential.
They are also determined to prevent her estranged husband, Robert Giuffre, from getting a single penny from the fortune. Robert remains her next of kin despite the couple's bitter split after 22 years of marriage.
Virginia allegedly emailed an "implied will" to an accountant, indicating that her money should be distributed among her three children, as well as certain relatives and friends.
Family members have told reporters that they fear the money might have been "siphoned off" or "hidden" through trusts, advisers, or third parties. Some speculation has also suggested that Giuffre may have redirected funds to charities, lawyers, or offshore accounts before her death.
The same system that protected Epstein's network for years may now have swallowed or obscured a victim's fortune, leaving her family scrambling.
Some outlets float a political angle, suggesting that if parts of her fortune are in structures linked to Epstein‑adjacent figures, legal discovery over the estate could expose who paid what, when, and under what terms.
As of now, her two sons have petitioned to be administrators and executors, and to get a full accounting of assets, including confidential settlement sums.
Lawyers are reportedly looking into bank records, trusts, property, and any agreements related to the Epstein estate and Prince Andrew to determine what is actually there.
So far, there is no formal finding of fraud or theft; the "missing millions" line is coming from the family and the press, based on an apparent mismatch between expected and declared wealth.
British tabloids are leaning heavily on the mystery of the Prince Andrew payout. At the same time, more "respectable" outlets have been careful to stress that no wrongdoing has yet been proven.
But the fact remains: the numbers do not add up.