Epstein and Weinstein were among the guests at Princess Beatrice’s (front left) 18th birthday.
But the media debate has intensified around Andrew with last Wednesday’s release of a memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has written a detailed account of having sex with Andrew on three occasions, starting when she was 17. Andrew has denied the allegations and has said in the past that they had never met.
The photograph highlights the access to the royal estate that Epstein and Maxwell enjoyed through their friendship with the prince.
The pair were photographed at Balmoral, the Scottish estate that was a favoured retreat for Queen Elizabeth, during a visit thought to have taken place in 1999.
Epstein and Maxwell were also photographed at Sandringham in 2000, when they went pheasant-shooting at the royal estate.
Entries in the infamous birthday book given to Epstein in 2003, when he turned 50, also suggest that he and his friends went to Buckingham Palace. The birthday book included a greeting from US President Donald Trump, then a property developer and television personality.
Ghislaine Maxwell with Jeffrey Epstein at the Queen’s Balmoral cabin in 1999. Credit: US District Attorney’s Office
One of Epstein’s assistants at the time, a young woman photographed in a bikini, wrote in the birthday book about meeting Prince Andrew and visiting Buckingham Palace.
“Before Jeffrey, I was a 22-year-old divorcee working as a hostess in a hotel,” she wrote.
“Now I live in New York.
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“I have met Prince Andrew, President Clinton, Sultan of Brunei, Donald Trump, Antonio [sic] Verglas, Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour, Peter Brant, Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
“I have flown on the Concorde, gone skydiving, taken a flying lesson, been scuba-diving, parasailing, attended a Victoria’s Secret fashion show, seen the private quarters of Buckingham Palace, sat on the Queen of England’s throne, rode on a racetrack with Max Papis, learnt countless skills.”
The assistant included photographs of herself, but her face and name were redacted before the US Congress released the book.
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