Ghislaine Maxwell and the Duke of York will have dated, buddies have said, because the pair had an “simple warmth” round one another.
Euan Rellie, a banker who befriended Maxwell all over their university years, socialised with the heiress, her disgraced ex-boyfriend Jeffery Epstein, and the Duke.
Mr Rellie, who went to Eton earlier than going on to study at Cambridge College, recalled being invited to a dinner party in Epstein’s New York townhouse by means of Maxwell, which she stated was “for my friend Prince Andrew”.
“She described Andrew as being her family member, not Jeffery’s,” Mr Rellie informed a brand new ITV documentary.
“I got the sense that Prince Andrew and Ghislaine had more than likely been girlfriend and boyfriend in the past. they had a very simple heat round each other.”
The revelation is made in a new documentary, Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile, as a result of air on ITV at 9pm on Tuesday.
It follows Maxwell’s contemporary trial during which she was found accountable of charges including intercourse trafficking underaged women for Epstein to abuse. She is looking forward to sentencing and faces as much as 65 years in jail.
Following the verdict, Damian Williams, U.s.a. Attorney for the Southern District of Ny, mentioned the jury found Maxwell “to blame of one of the worst crimes imaginable – facilitating and collaborating within the sexual abuse of kids”.
Ghislaine Maxwell as her to blame verdict was introduced Credit Score: Reuters/Jane Rosenberg
The documentary pays shut attention to Maxwell’s courting with the Duke, who closing week was once stripped of his royal patronages within the wake of a civil suit being pursued through Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 38, who has accused him sexual abuse while she used to be 17.
She claims the abuse happened at convicted sex offender Epstein’s Ny house, on his personal Caribbean island and on the London house of Maxwell.
The Duke denies the allegations and has said he has “no recollection of ever assembly her”.
Within The documentary, Ranvir Singh, the presenter, speaks to Paul Page, former Royal coverage officer, who additionally speculated concerning the Duke’s courting with Maxwell.
Mr Web Page, who was convicted of a fraud scam in 2009, said: “I first met Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001. From the way in which she was allowed to enter and go out the palace at will, we realised and suspected that she may have had an intimate courting with Prince Andrew.
“A colleague of mine remembered her coming in 4 instances in a single day. She saved coming in and out, in and out.”
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Web Page, who worked within the Royalty and Professional Coverage Command between 1998 and 2004, also recalled the Duke’s “50 or 60 filled toys” collection situated on his mattress.
“there has been a card the inspector showed us in a drawer and it used to be a picture of these bears all in situ at the bed,” Page advised the programme.
“the reason for the laminated image used to be that if the ones bears weren’t positioned back in the right order via the maids, he may shout and scream and turn into very abusive.”
It comes as Robert Olney, the Duke of York’s former equerry, has been known as to present evidence in the US civil trial by which Ms Giuffre has accused the Duke of sexual attack. Legal Professionals have “reason why to consider” Mr Olney has “relevant information”.
Robert Olney, the Duke of York’s former equerry, has been referred to as to give evidence within the US civil trial Credit: Fiona Hanson
ITV mentioned Tuesday’s documentary “unravels the story of ways an entitled daughter of a billionaire sank into disgrace and disgrace through her friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein”.
It introduced: “Maxwell’s trial shone a spotlight on the lifestyle of her, Epstein and their circle, including non-public jets, Big Apple mansions and comfort unique islands.
“Ranvir explores Maxwell and Epstein’s extensive network of rich, robust and well-known pals, talking with some of those of their ‘little black book’ of contacts and analyzing proof from the trial including flight logs from Epstein’s non-public planes record well-known passengers.”
The Duke declined to remark.
