Prince Andrew welcomed Jeffrey Epstein to Royal box with the Queen

The revelation that the condemned sex offender got involved in the monarch throws a fresh shadow over the royal family, deepening the scandal surrounding Andrew’s ties with Epstein

Prince Andrew welcomed his pedophile boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein in the Royal Box of Ascot – alongside His Majesty the Queen and the Queen Mother.

The discovery that the sex offender was in the company of the monarch and his beloved mother poured an even greater humiliation on the royal family than what was understood for the first time. A photo of Epstein, alongside Andrew and the teenage sex trafficker condemned Ghislaine Maxwell, while inside the very protected royal enclosure, took the place of the pedophile “horrors’ chamber”.

The image, taken the day of women on June 22, 2000, shows the Duke of York alongside the American financier and the British worldly in disgrace in an area only reserved for members of the monarchy and their guests. The photograph was discovered during a search in the Manhattan manor at 60 million pounds sterling in Epstein, where the minor girls were victims and mistreated. This comes after Prince Harry is taken “missing” to Meghan in a private moment exposed by the lip reader.

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He was placed in the main corridor of the residence, surrounded by Epstein images with other high -level characters, including the Pope, Fidel Castro, Sir Richard Branson and Mick Jagger. But sources say that Epstein has treated Prince Andrew’s photo – taken in one of the most prestigious royal events in Great Britain – as a personal legitimacy and protection badge.

“It was not an accident,” said a source. “This image was positioned to be seen. It was a clear declaration of the access and influence that Jeff had cultivated. He had placed it before images with some of the most powerful and richest men in the world; This is what his friendship with Andrew meant. Jeff wanted everyone and anyone knowing that he was connected to the Royals. He joined Andrew the day the Queen and his mother were there.

The property of Manhattan, where the image was displayed, was not only the main residence of Epstein, but also where Andrew stayed during the visit to New York. The court documents, the testimony of witnesses and the Royal’s own words place the Duke inside the house several times.

This is also where the accuser of Andrew’s Sex Abuse, Virginia Giuffre, said that she had sex with the Royal at the request of Epstein. The prince has denied his claims several times.

In 2019, Giuffre, the former “sex slave for adolescents” of Epstein, continued the Royal for the sexual abuses she said that she endured in Manhattan. Faced with a civil trial in New York, Andrew chose to settle amicably in early 2022, would have paid Giuffre 12 million pounds sterling. Payment came without any admission of responsibility, but this led to the abolition of Andrew of royal patronages and military titles.

Epstein’s house is also the place where Johanna Sjberg alleges that Andrew groped her chest in 2001 while she was sitting on a sofa next to a puppet of the Duke directed by Spitting Image. Sjberg was at the start of the twenties at the time and said that Epstein and Maxwell organized the meeting. Andrew denied all allegations of sexual misconduct.

The emergence of the royal image of ASCOT raises new questions about the nature and extent of Andrew’s ties with Epstein. The event, deeply associated with the monarchy, is closely controlled and access to the royal enclosure is very limited.

However, this is not the first time that Epstein has been taken to the royal lap. Andrew shame the royal family ashamed after inviting them several times in the houses of the monarch. In 1999, he was photographed by relaxing with Maxwell at the Queen’s Balmoral residence, when the prince invited the couple to stay in the Scottish field.

In June 2000, the pedophile attended the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Duke of York at the castle of Windsor, an official rally organized by Queen Elizabeth II. The event brought Epstein to the very heart of the British monarchy with Andrew later admitting that the disgrace financier was there to his personal invitation.

During his interview with Newsnight 2019 with Emily Maitlis, the prince was directly challenged by the presence of Epstein during the royal event. Masitlis said: “He was also your guest in 2000. Epstein was invited to the castle of Windsor and Sandringham. He was brought directly to the heart of the royal family to your invitation.”

Andrew replied: “Certainly to my invitation, not at the invitation of the royal family. But remember that it was her girlfriend [Ghislaine Maxwell] It was the key element in this area. He was the, so to speak, more one, to a certain extent in this aspect. »»

The Rassemblement du Château de Windsor was not the only royal event that Epstein would have attended that year. In December 2000, Prince Andrew organized a private weekend in Sandringham, the Norfolk Estate du Monarch, in honor of Maxwell’s birthday. Epstein was again on the guest list.

Questioned by Newsnight about this second rally, Andrew denied that it was a birthday celebration, insisting: “It was just a simple filming weekend.” The revelation that Epstein was present not one but now three high -level royal family events, all as a guest of Andrew, raises other concerns about the extent of the relationship between the Duke and the deceased American financial, which was then found guilty of sexual offenses involving minors.

Balmoral, the castle of Windsor and Sandringham are private royal residences which are generally not open to foreigners without an explicit invitation.

Epstein’s access to such places, in particular that organized by the Queen herself, illustrated the level of confidence and social acceptance which he appreciated in the interior circle of Andrew at the time.

That the pedophile, then a private financier without official role, obtained the entry by a higher member of the royal family underlines how closely the two men were linked at the time.

Epstein was recognized for the first time for buying a minor for prostitution in 2008, but remained socially active among the elite for years. Investigators have long believed that he has used his links to protect themselves from examination and prosecution.

He was arrested in 2019 and charged charges of children’s trafficking, but committed suicide while waiting for the trial.

The mirror approached Andrew to comment.