Beautiful house in the mountains of Verbier (VS) has been for sale for over two years. As long as Prince Andrew (62) agrees out of court with Virginia Roberts (39) about 14 million francs in silence money. This threw King Charles III’s brother. (73) claimed that he sexually abused her in 2001 when she was 17. The prince was mediated by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (1953-2019).
Chalet Helora has seven bedrooms and Prince Andrew bought it with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson (63). Right after the deal with Virginia Roberts in 2020, Helora was to be sold quickly, but that was not possible because the scandalous royal still owed money to the sellers. The Duke of York should have paid six million francs by 2019, but he did not. The selling couple also sued Rouvre, Andrew and Sarah Ferguson for eight million francs, and the court slowed the sale of the chalet.
“He’s a complete idiot”
Now all debts must be paid and the house must finally come under the hammer. A spokesperson for Prince Andrew told British news site “The Telegraph” that a British family is now looking forward to their new holiday home in the Swiss mountains.
Isabella de Rouvre (75), who sold the house to the Yorks at the time, is already feeling sorry for the new buyers. “I don’t understand how he’s still able to do business. I feel so sorry for the people who do business with him,” she says. “He’s a complete idiot and I don’t understand how he runs his life.”
A source said of the chalet: “One of the best properties in Verbier.” An insider also stressed: “The attention to detail is meticulous.” This includes, among other things, an expensive seat in the indoor pool. It cost about 7,000 francs. (grb)