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Andrew ers have agonised over how best to admitted he had seen Maxwell last protect the integrity of the monarchy year. The meeting, he said, was before from the fall-out of the Epstein affair, Epstein's arrest on sex-trafficking there may be some slim consolation. charges last July and that they did The charges brought by the FBI not discuss the billionaire. He said: against Maxwell relate to a period in 'There wasn't anything to discuss the mid-1990s — before Prince Andrew because he wasn't in the news.' Epstein and Maxwell met in New had ever met the sleazy Epstein. Perhaps more significantly, the deci- York, where she had set up home folsion to strip Andrew of all royal duties lowing the death other father, who fell and force him to step down from offi- from his yacht and drowned in 1991. cial engagements looks even more of a She was a pivotal figure on the New wise move. York social scene. 'Great flan, always With the benefit of hindsight, the was, still is,' said a friend. 'I'm not at prompt action — brokered by Prince all surprised that Prince Andrew likes Charles and Prince William — has her. She is Dill of energy, Rill of plans. been the only moment when the royals 'She would ring and say: "Ten of us Close: Prince Andrew with Ghislaine at Ascot in 2000 are going to a restaurant then a club. Do come, it will be fun." she was persuasive, too, and Andrew loved that.' By 2000 Maxwell and Andrew, who were introduced by the Duchess when she was a regular fixture on the New York party circuit, were very close. But they were not a couple. She would even introduce him frihnds. such as hey were often public. The pair caused a minor stir when they made an appearance at a Ralph Lauren launch in the city. One source observed: 'They certainly seemed to have a good time together' Andrew was also a regular guest at the dinner parties she would hold at the home of Epstein, who was by then her ex-boyfriend, on the Upper East Side. Such was the importance of the role Maxwell played in Andrew's life that it was even claimed he once asked the Queen's permission to take her on an official work trip. This was refined. Andrew was widely criticised after he appeared with Maxwell at a 'pimps and prostitutes' theme party thrown by the model Heidi Klum. lb his exwife, such behaviour was beginning to damage his reputation. She was also concerned at the effect it would have on their daughters. In 2001, when Andrew was about to take up his role as Britain's trade envoy, a Mend of the Duchess told the Mail on Sunday: 'Fergie and a lot of other people who love Andrew believe his friendship with Ghislalne Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein has become really dangerous. They're using him Just for his name and access and he Ls so innocent he doesn't realise.' How prophetic those words were to become. Among courtiers there is considerable anxiety about what Maxwell's arrest means for the Duke of York. They believe that such is her intimate knowledge of Epstein, she could damn Andrew or clear him. Far Andrew, his reputation is gone — but for the Queen at 94, this latest twist to one of the most unpalatable episodes of her reign can only be troubling. TT EFTA00083224
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EFTA00083222 | EFTA00083224 Page 4 Daily Mail. Friday. July 3.2020 MAXWELL ARREST Daily Mall, Friday. July 3. 2020 Pd.:IL 5 Agonising question for Queen and Palace... 711 lc . by Richard Ka) EDITOR AT LARGE A IT'S CALLED 'TUCKED AWAY a Last photo? Maxwell. outside an LA restaurant in a now-discredited shot From Tom Leonard In Bradford, New Hampshire GHISLAINE Maxwell was secretly living a life of luxury in a house named 'Tuckedaway' in a sleepy American town before the authorities came calling yesterday She paid more than SI million (£800,000) cash in December for the timber framehouse - advertised as perfect for someone who 'wants total privacy' - after finding it through upmarket international estate agents Four Seasons Sotheby's. The agent who sold it to Maxwell told the Daily Mall she hadn't known who she was when she bought it. Maxwell reportedly shielded her name by buying the property through a limited liability company called Granite LLC. Set deep in woodland, the small town of Bradford, New Hampshire, is a quiet, unassuming place. Even local estate agents admit that 'out of the way' doesn't begin to describe the sleepy location. Indeed, it may seem like a perfect place for hiding out - and its 1,600 residents could surely have had no idea that one of the most Paid for anonymously in cash, the house where Maxwell hid, deep in woods of New Hampshire 'She continued to live a life of privilege' wanted women in the world had 'slathered' into their midst. Fbllowing her arrest, the FBI's Bill Sweeney said last night: 'We have been discreetly keeping tabs on Maxwell's whereabouts as we work this investigation and more recently we learned she had slithered away to a gorgeous property in New Hampshire, continuing to live a life of privilege while her victims live with the trauma inflicted upon them years ago.' The 4,365 sq ft house, set on 156 acres of fields and woodland with sweeping views, was built in 2002 and sits on a secluded road south of Bradford. With four bedrooms and four bathrooms, it is described as 'stunning and - handily for a fugitive criminal suspect who reinvented herself as an environmental activist -'an amazing retreat for the nature lover who wants total privacy'. Rooms have views of the beautiful Mt Sunapee foothills to the west. Inside, a 'great room' has a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, 'cathedral ceiling', and a chandelier. Billed as an 'open concept home', it has a ground-floor master bedroom with a walk-in closet, stone fireplace, window seat and a Main picture: The New Hampshire house was an ideal hideout. Above: The Interior with its large en suite bathroom. The 'gourmet' kitchen has cherry wood stunning views. Right: The property (circled) offered Maxwell the seclusion she sought cabinets, an expensive Viking 6 burner stove, two Wolf ovens, a Sub Zero fridge and a breakfast one of half a dozen different coun- Maxwell had travelled interna- lawyer acting f ban Large windows look out over tries where she either has a home, tionally at least 15 times in the alleged victim or rich and powerful friends. past three years, including trips to said: 'We heard gardens and a waterfall. Even her own lawyers were said the UK, Japan and Qatar. Na, the South of France, Israel, Maxwell's exact whereabouts She also has about 15 bank the UK... we have not been able to had been a mystery for nearly four not to know precisely where she years. There have been reports was because they communicated accounts, holding up to £18 mil- establish any credible evidence of and theories that the Duke of with her only via email. lion, the documents said. where she actually is: York's Mend might have been in Court papers last night revealed Earlier this year David Boles, a Last month, the latest reported sighting of the 58-year-old was that she had been hiding out in a secret luxury bolthole in Paris linked to a millionaire business contact. Prior to that, in August 2019 - a few days after Epstein killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges - she was said to have been photographed at a restaurant in Los Angeles. But the photographs were later discredited as Photoshopped fakes. Maxwell owns a E3.7milllon mews house in Belgravia, London, scene of the noton. ous 2001 photo of Prince Andrew placing an arm around the midriff of Epstein's then 17-year-old victim, Miss But neighbours Maxwell there for almost a decade. So will she clear Prince or damn him? HERE is never a good time for the proverbial 'bad penny' to turn up, so imagine how the Queen received news of the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell and her appearance in court on sex-trafficking charges. Maxwell was once a welcome visitor to royal homes, an overnight guest at Sandringham as well as being invited to one of the starriest parties ever thrown at Windsor Castle, the so-called Dance of the Decades in the summer of 2000. Nor was that her only invitation to royal glamour at Windsor. In 2006 she was a guest at Princess Beatrice's lavish costume ball to mark her 18th birthday. On another occasion the vivacious socialite was photographed at Prince Andrew's side in the Royal Enclosure at Ascot, where admission is at 'Her Majesty's discretion'. Yesterday, with the Queen still in lockdown with Prince Philip at Windsor, there must have been the iciest of feelings at the news that the daughter of disgraced media tycoon Robert Maxwell had been taken into custody. Asa mother, Her Majesty will, of course, be anxious about what Maxwell's arrest and her knowledge of the alleged activities of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein mean for her son. And as monarch there will be anger at the prospect of the good name of the Royal Family being dragged through the mud once again. No family matter has concerned her more than w the shadow hanging over r Andrew. To her, it is infinitely more serious than the selfish trivialities of the exiled Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex. Fbr more than seven months it has been an ongoing crisis, with every sordid revelation lapping that bit closer to Buckingham Palace. Ever since that Newsnight interview in which Andrew spectacularly failed to offer any sympathy for Epstein's victims and showed no remorse over his friendship with the billionaire sex offender, fears about the implications for the Prince have multiplied. Maxwell's arrest changes everything. She, remember, is in have been on the front foot. Andrew's the famous photo of Andrew with his stubborn failure to sever contacts arm around the bare midriff of teen- with Epstein after he was first accused aggeer a picture of of under-age sex offences, was the whicTS-DEFD— ATZTTerrk has no recol- major contributor to his own lection — which was taken by Epstein downfall. in Maxwell's Belgravia home. He did, belatedly, end up cutting ties Does she really believe Andrew's with him — but only after he was insinuations that the photo was photographed walldng with the finandoctored or manipulated? cier in Central Park, New York. Then there is tivi lidamaging Yet he continued to keep up his claim of all from who says friendship with Ghislalne, the woman that, aged 17, she an n rew had sex who brought them together and who three times. The Prince denies It. was described as 'Jeffrey's pimp'. If anyone knows the truth it must be Maxwell, whom Andrew befriended during visits to New York after his divorce from the Duchess of York. LTHOUGH the relationship between the two was said to It was through Maxwell that Andrew be platonic, their lives were was introduced to Epstein, who was so intertwined that Fergie found dead in his New York prison cell a year ago. And on all those social was reported to have become conoccasions — including Beatrice's party cerned that Maxwell was exerting an — where Ghislaine was a guest of unhealthy influence on him. Even so, Andrew, so, too, was Epstein. the two remained Mends. As the Royal Family and their advisIn the Newsnight interview,
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