Royal Family News: Prince Andrew And Ghislaine Maxwell “Knew Each Other Well” Despite His Claims

British royal family news reveals that Prince Andrew has tried to distance himself from convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell ahead of his upcoming sexual assault trial. But the Telegraph, “has obtained an exclusive photograph of Andrew the Duke of York in Buckingham Palace in 2002, showing him in the Queen’s official residence with Maxwell, who is facing 40 years in jail after being convicted of sex offenses.”

It is the second eyebrow raising picture of Andrew with Maxwell. The other widely circulated picture shows the two of them together, along with Andrew’s accuser Virginia Giuffre, with his arm around her bare waist. Andrew’s friends have claimed the picture is a fake Photoshop job. His friends have not yet revealed what they think of Andrew’s latest picture.

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According to the outlet, “VIPs given a tour of Buckingham Palace by the Duke of York were told that Ghislaine Maxwell was accompanying them because she was his ex-girlfriend.”

The picture also shows former US President Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey, “the Oscar-winning actor whose reputation has since been shredded over allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment.”

The outlet reports that during the tour, “Maxwell and Spacey sat on thrones and pretended to be the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.”

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A source and member of the tour party said, “Ghislaine Maxwell was the one who led us into Buckingham Palace. We walked in the main gates and Ghislaine showed us where we needed to be. She knew her way around this area of the palace. Ghislaine was described to me [as] an ex-girlfriend of Prince Andrew’s.” This news may disturb Andrew’s lawyers as he has tried to explain that Maxwell was merely an acquaintance and nothing more, despite a former palace security guard saying that the staff believed they were indeed in a relationship.

The source added, “The tour was for Clinton and Spacey – they were Prince Andrew’s guests. But Ghislaine seemed to be leading the charge. The impression we all had was that there was some relationship there between Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell. They clearly knew each other very well. She was very friendly and cheery.”

But, sources close to Andrew have said that he had, “no recollection of,” being there at the time of the tour. That does not jibe with a picture which shows him together with Maxwell and Clinton with the two thrones in the background.

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