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.

Virginia Giuffre, who alleged Epstein sexually trafficked her to Britain's Prince Andrew, was in an accident involving a school bus in Australia, her family said.