Friends of Prince Andrew have said the prince and his family are “completely unsurprised” that his sex accuser, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, made a string of questionable claims about being in a high speed bus crash that had brought her to death’s door.

Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser who alleged Prince Andrew abused her, said in an Instagram post she got into a car accident with a school bus and was now in hospital.

Cheryl Sassela, 71, was behind the wheel of a Toyota Highlander when her passenger Virginia Giuffre claimed she had a "minor collision" with a school bus in Perth that left her with 'days to live'

Giuffre, the American woman who accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault, faces growing scrutiny over claims she was involved in a near-fatal car accident in Australia, where she now lives.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who won a $14m settlement from Prince Andrew over sex abuse claims, was reportedly due in court in Australia, accused of breaching a family violence restraining order, ten days before she falsely said she was so badly injured in a bus crash that she had just four days to live.

Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser, Virginia Giuffre, allegedly breached a family violence restraining order in Western Australia in early February, almost two months befor