Sarah Ferguson’s longtime aide Antonia Marshall enjoys a Caribbean getaway with loyal Prince Andrew supporter Lady Victoria Hervey – as the socialite continues to claim Virgina Giuffre’s infamous photo with the royal family was ‘fake’
Sarah Ferguson’s longtime aide has shared photos from her holiday with longtime Prince Andrew supporter Lady Victoria Hervey – as the socialite continues to claim Virgina Giuffre’s infamous photo with the royal family was ‘fake’.
Antonia Marshall – who has worked for the Duchess of York for the past 13 years – traveled to Barbados with the socialite to celebrate the New Year.
On Sunday, the Duchess’s long-time collaborator posted a series of photos from the trip with her close friend, including one of the two women enjoying a boat trip.
The image shows a bikini-clad Lady Victoria – who had a brief relationship with Prince Andrew in 1999 – at the front of the boat, while Antonia sits to the side.
The pair posed for a black and white smiley selfie during their outing and were also pictured on a balcony enjoying the island views.
Pictured: Lady Victoria Hervey poses with Sarah Ferguson’s assistant Antonia Marshall during their outing in Barbados
Alongside some images of the Caribbean sea, sky and sunsets, Antonia simply captioned the post: ‘Island life.’
Although Antonia has never publicly responded to the sexual abuse allegations against Prince Andrew, her close friend has publicly defended the royal family on numerous occasions.
During the trip, Lady Victoria, 47, once again jumped to Prince Andrew’s defense following the release of documents detailing sexual abuse allegations against the royal family.
Lady Victoria posed in a T-shirt with the infamous photo of the disgraced royal standing with his arm around Virginia Giuffre, with the word ‘faked’ engraved on it.
The socialite echoed her ex-boyfriend Prince Andrew’s claims in his Newsnight interview in 2019 that the image of him and Virginia with Ghislaine Maxwell in the background had been tampered with.
Virginia claims she was trafficked by the late Jeffrey Epstein and the now-jailed Ghislaine, and forced to have sex with the royal family three times when she was 17, Prince Andrew strongly claims.
Papers released by a New York court last week brought the Duke of York’s relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein back into the spotlight with claims the prince committed “acts of sexual abuse” and took part in an “underage orgy.” Andrew has vehemently and repeatedly denied all allegations against him.
Explosive court documents revealed how Maxwell’s lawyers, under orders from a US court, were ordered to search all her electronic devices for any mention of the Prince, other acquaintances of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and a string of vile words.
A bikini-clad Lady Victoria – who had a brief relationship with Prince Andrew in 1999 – is seen at the front of the boat, while Antonia sits to the side
Sarah Ferguson’s assistant Antonia Marshall (left) pictured with the Duchess of York and TV producer David Ellender at an event in Beverly Hills
The couple were also pictured posing on a balcony as they enjoyed the island views during their getaway
These include ‘Prince’, ‘Andrew’, ‘Duke’, York’, ‘Royal’, ‘minor’, ‘massage’, ‘slave’, ‘sex’, ‘nipple’ and ‘dildo’, according to the damning legal papers .
As Antonia and Victoria’s getaway came to an end, the socialite shared a post about the “quiet and peaceful vacation” and told her 548,000 Instagram followers that it was “time to return to reality.”
Victoria captioned her Instagram post: “Current news updates on the absurd will be on my story. It is time for the backgrounds of the accusers to be revealed and exposed.
“We shouldn’t continue with one side of the story.”
In February 2023, Lady Victoria appeared on Good Morning Britain to debate whether charity work would restore Andrew’s image.
During the debate, the socialite sensationally labeled Virgina Giuffre a “con artist” and tried to “make a bet” on air that she was “right” about the accusations – prompting host Susanna Reid to stop the interview.
Lady Victoria Hervey, 47, has posed in a T-shirt with the infamous photo of Prince Andrew standing with his arm around Virginia Giuffre, with the word ‘faked’ written across it
Virginia (center) claims she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and jailed Ghislaine (right), and forced to have sex with the royal family (left) three times when she was 17, claims Prince Andrew strongly denies
Lady Victoria Hervey (looking at camera) stands next to Prince Andrew (left) at a party in London in January 2002
She was joined by lawyer and equality campaigner Dr Charlotte Proudman in the segment, who argued that it is ‘not the role of charities to rehabilitate princes’.
But the debate became heated when Lady Victoria continued to interrupt to defend the Duke of York, saying: ‘He’s never met her anyway.’
In a particularly brief exchange, Dr. Proudman insisted that Mrs. Giuffre was “a victim of sex trafficking,” but Lady Victoria intervened: “That’s not true, she’s a liar.”
She continued, “I think so [charities] I’m going to work with him because a lot is coming out about her that she’s a real fraudster.’
She then added, “Can we make a bet right now? Can we bet live that I’m right?’
GMB presenter quickly ended the interview saying: ‘I’m going to end this interview because you can’t smear victims of sex trafficking who have already been through hell.’
Prince Andrew told BBC Newsnight in 2019: ‘You can’t prove whether or not that photo is fake because it’s a photo of a photo of a photo.
‘It’s very difficult to prove it, but I don’t remember that photo ever being taken… That’s me, but whether that’s my hand… I simply can’t remember that photo ever being taken. ‘
The royal also said he believed he had never been upstairs to his friend Ghislaine Maxwell’s home, where the photo appears to have been taken.
But Virginia told BBC Panorama in 2019 that the photo is real and she gave the original to the FBI in 2011.