Jeffrey Epstein victim ‘forced into sex with Prince Andrew’
An explosive new documentary claims to lift the lid on Prince Andrew’s former friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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An explosive new documentary claims to lift the lid on Prince Andrew’s former friendship with convicted financier and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, with allegations from an ex-model that her friend was forced into sex with the royal.
The new A&E documentary, titled Secrets of Prince Andrew, has done a deep dive into the mysterious friendship between the younger brother of King Charles and the disgraced Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, The New York Post reports.
The Duke of York met Epstein after being introduced by heiress Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted of sex trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
“(Andrew and Epstein) became extremely close,” royal biographer Andrew Lownie claimed in the documentary.
“You know, real best buddies. There were seven different numbers for Andrew in Epstein’s little black book.”
The New York Post reported claims by Mr Lownie in the documentary that Epstein allegedly “had the most intimate details of Andrew’s life”.
Former model Lisa Phillips claimed in the documentary that she met Epstein and Prince Andrew when she was on a modelling shoot in 2000 in the West Indies not far from Epstein’s private island, Little St James, the New York Post reports.
Ms Phillips claimed she went with a friend, who has never been named, to a party at Epstein's residence when she heard the financier did “amazing things for models” and was reportedly “a really great guy.”
“The island was like a fortress that very little people knew about so if any information got to the outside world, that would be very bad for Epstein,” she said.
While she was there, Philips met Prince Andrew during dinner, she alleged.
Ms Phillips claimed Epstein later persuaded her to stay on the island, because he didn’t want her to tell people that she had spotted Prince Andrew, The New York Post reported.
Ms Phillips said one evening, her friend came to her sobbing and told her Epstein had allegedly instructed her to have sex with Prince Andrew in a private room.
She told the documentary: “It was traumatic for her and after that, she was not the same. Her life went completely out of control.”
Ms Phillips said she asked Epstein why he allegedly encouraged her unnamed friend to have sex with Prince Andrew, and she claimed Epstein answered, “It’s good to have things on people.”
“He had a lot of secrets on high-powered men,” Ms Phillips told the documentary.
Royal biographer Lownie told the documentary how Epstein and Maxwell were welcomed into Prince Andrew’s royal life.
“They stayed at Balmoral. They were at Sandringham. They were invited to personal birthday parties at Windsor. They met other members of the royal family,” he said.
“Epstein and Ghislaine were invited to the heart of the British monarchy.”
Dickie Arbiter, who served as a Buckingham Palace press secretary, claimed in the documentary that “Andrew would’ve sought permission from the queen to invite him” to “private events.”
“The Queen would believe her children,” he said, claiming that “Andrew fell under his spell. (Epstein) could provide exotic holidays. He could provide yachts, provide girls.”
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