Virginia Giuffre crash riddle doesn’t let Andrew off the hook – he can’t ever come back from scandal, Royal expert says

PRINCE Andrew will never be able to make a comeback in the eyes of the public regardless of Virginia Giuffre's car crash claims, an expert has said.

Virginia, 41, said she was earlier this week as she shared pictures of her badly marked face and claimed to have just .

Ever since Virginia, who was sex trafficked by, posted her injuries a number of contradictory statements have been made.

Australian said the crash, which involved Virginia's car and a bus, was only logged as with no one left injured.

Parents of the kids on the bus have since .

As driver Ross Munns said the accident had been “blown out of proportion”.

This has casted huge doubt over Virginia's claims and how severe the crash actually was.

Phil Dampier, a top royal commentator who has covered the for almost four decades, spoke on the debate on Flying Eze's Royal Exclusive episode.

He told Sun man Matt Wilkinson that regardless of if Virginia was honest about the cause of her injuries or not it shouldn't discredit her accusations against Andrew.

In 2001, a 17-year-old Virginia claimed that the and younger brother of the King .

The alleged incident took place at the home of convicted sex offender , according to Virginia.

During this time Andrew was pictured meeting up with and appearing to grow close to Maxwell as well as serial sex trafficker Epstein.

Twenty years later, Virginia would file a civil lawsuit accusing Andrew of sexual assault.

The case was as Andrew agreed to settle for an undisclosed sum.

Phil made his feelings on the long-standing accusations clear as he said no matter what Virginia does or says her claims should still be taken seriously.

He said on the Royal Exclusive show: “She's clearly very upset.

“A lot of people, of course, are latching on to this and saying, ‘well, if she's going to make up the fact that she's going to die in four days and it's not true and she's fantasising about a crash, then what does that mean about the allegations she made against Prince Andrew?'”

But his personal opinion is that the two claims shouldn't be viewed as “mutually exclusive”.

Phil does admit that Virginia's car crash situation has become very messy due to the conflicting reports.

But her personal issues, which have come decades after the original accusations were made, shouldn't let the prince “off the hook”.

The Royal expert continued: “I mean, she might be saying a few things now that she doesn't necessarily mean or aren't true.

“That doesn't necessarily mean she lied about .

“So I don't think this lets him off the hook and I don't think this means that he can suddenly start using this to sort of make some sort of comeback and say, ‘look at that, I was telling you all along I was innocent. I'm going to be able to come back.'

“So I don't think that's going to happen. And I don't think the course of public opinion would allow that.”

Andrew making a comeback will always be “really difficult”, Phil added because he will always be fearing the worst.

CRASH RIDDLE

Virginia claimed she had “four days to live” after a horror 110kmph bus smash in Perth, Western .

In an emotional post she begged to see her kids “one last time” as shes haredbruised and grazed in hospital.

added that it was a “very bad situation” soon after her post.

Police, emergency officials and those who claimed to have been on the bus at the time of the crash shared vastly different stories as Virginia's story was left riddled with confusion.

The mystery deepened when it was revealed that Virginia was a family violence restraining order just days before the crash.

She entered no plea at the Joondalup Magistrates for the alleged breach on March 14 – ten days before the crash.

She is due to appear in court again on April 9 for the next hearing.

Her husband Robert Giuffre has also been charged with inadequate storage of guns in February of this year, as well as reckless driving for exceeding the speed limit by 27mph in September last year.