A commemoration was held to mark the one-year anniversary of Virginia Giuffre’s passing.
Over 100 attendees, including family members and supporters, gathered near the Washington Monument in the U.S. capital to honor the memory of the mother of three. Giuffre tragically took her own life on April 25 of the previous year at her home in Western Australia.
Sky Roberts delivered a heartfelt speech, highlighting how his sister—who gained international attention for accusing Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking her as a teenager—channeled her struggles into advocacy for victims.
The family used the occasion to reiterate their request for King Charles to meet with them during his upcoming state visit to the U.S., as a gesture of solidarity with survivors.
Earlier this month, Sky Roberts, along with Amanda Roberts, Giuffre’s sister-in-law, had emphatically encouraged Charles to engage with them.
King Charles and the Queen are scheduled to arrive in the U.S. on Monday for a four-day visit, where they are slated to meet with President Donald Trump.
They will also be guests of honour at a White House banquet, and Charles has been invited to address a joint meeting of the US Congress.
‘We need the King of England to stand up and show his unity with survivors,’ Sky Roberts, speaking to BBC Newsnight on Friday evening, said.
(L-R) Lanette Wilson, Danny Wilson, Sky Roberts, and Amanda Roberts speak during Remembering Virginia Roberts Giuffre: A Butterfly Vigil on April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC
Giuffre was one of the most prominent accusers of Jeffrey Epstein
‘We will be 10 minutes from him. We will be lobbying that same day in the same buildings that he will be entering in and out of.
‘And all we ask is for a 10-minute meeting with the King to show him that we’re real people, with real feelings.’
On Friday it was also revealed Epstein continued to house women in London flats for years after the Metropolitan Police decided not to investigate Ms Giuffre’s original allegation in 2015.
‘This has been systematic failure from not only the FBI, but the Metropolitan Police there in the UK,’ Mr Roberts said.
‘I mean if they would have listened to Virginia and took her claim seriously the first time, it could have avoided so many other years of abuse that had occurred right under the noses of these officers.’
Mr and Mrs Roberts also vowed to join Lisa Phillips – another Epstein survivor – in her call for a public inquiry into allegations made by women in the UK against the paedophile financier.
‘We would 100 per cent call for an inquiry,’ Amanda Roberts said.
‘Clearly, there is more things to be investigated and there’s more evidence sitting there, especially if it was just discovered that, you know, he (Epstein) had been having flats years after the first reports came forward.’
Another Epstein survivor Lara Blume-McGee attends to flowers at the vigil
Lanette Wilson – Giuffre’s sister-in-law – speaks at the vigil
Earlier this week, controversy erupted in Congress following reports that some Republican members of an influential committee investigating Epstein were open to Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, being granted clemency in return for her giving evidence before them.
This has been seized on by Democrat opponents, who have condemned it as ‘sick’ and branded Maxwell a ‘monster’.
The British socialite is serving a 20-year prison sentence in the US for luring young girls for the paedophile financier to sexually abuse.
Asked if a pardon for Maxwell in exchange for evidence is something they could support, Ms Roberts replied: ‘Never’.
US congressman Ro Khanna has also made repeated calls for Charles and Camilla to meet with Epstein survivors.
But royal sources have previously said the legal implications of Charles and Camilla having contact with any of Epstein’s survivors, and the King’s constitutional position, would make a meeting impossible while there are ongoing UK police investigations into the matters.
