'I dated Andrew - I know the truth about Epstein but no one wants to hear it'

Lady Victoria Hervey was in a relationship with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the late 1990s, and she's been one of his most vocal supporters. In recent weeks, she's been interviewed on various programmes about the former Duke of York and the Jeffrey Epstein Files.

The 49-year-old even claimed "you were a bit of a loser" if your name didn't appear in the convicted sex offender's Files during a controversial appearance on LBC last month. The former model was speaking to LBC's Tom Swarbrick amid the US Department of Justice releasing over three million pages of documents related to Epstein.

Multiple images released were of Andrew, including one where he is kneeling over a woman whose face was redacted, with his hand on her stomach.

In another, Andrew is wearing a bathrobe with former Labour peer Peter Mandelson sitting on wooden decking with Epstein. Andrew has long denied any of the allegations made against him and continues to maintain his innocence.

Lady Victoria has now taken to social media to share a cryptic post about disgraced financier Epstein, who was found dead in his New York prison cell in 2019, as well as his victim, the late Virginia Giuffre.

Taking to her Instagram Stories today, the socialite said: "I witnessed first-hand the biggest stories in the media of this decade. Weinstein, Puff Daddy and Epstein. The latter of which has taken up a lot of energy as the media won't write the real story."

She added in another Story: "When you actually dig into all these stories, it comes down to one thing. How much can the lawyers extort?"

Lady Victoria, who has continually criticised Epstein's sex accuser Virginia, then took aim at her in another post.

She wrote: "Important to note. I never received any legal letters when I called Virginia out on her lies for years. Bear in mind, she had her lawyers around the clock. She knew I was telling the truth. Good night."

Virginia, who died by suicide last April, brought a defamation case against Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015, alleging that she sex-trafficked her for Epstein when she was just 16 years old in 2000.

The American claimed she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three occasions when she was 17 – in New York, London, and the US Virgin Islands.

The former Duke of York has repeatedly denied the claims, but settled a lawsuit with her in 2022 without accepting any liability for an undisclosed amount.