What if Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew had been lovers?

Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the pedophile

: this is the title of the new documentary produced by ITV, which will be broadcast this Tuesday, January 18 on the British channel.

The program, devoted to the links between Ghislaine Maxwell, the Duke of York and Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sexual assault on minors and who died in August 2019 in his prison cell, promises to be as explosive as its name.

Among the hypotheses put forward in the documentary, there is one that particularly intrigued the

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What if Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell had been in a relationship?

At least that's what Paul Page, former bodyguard of the Queen's youngest son, suspects.

On video, Andrew, the prince who embarrassed the Crown

"Intimate" and "warm"

“I met Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001, he says in the film. Seeing how much she was allowed in and out of the palace at will, we wondered if she had an intimate relationship with Prince Andrew. She kept coming and going." According to the former officer, imprisoned in 2009 for fraud, the heiress would have visited the Duke of York at the time up to four times a day. Former associates of Ghislaine Maxwell have expressed the same doubts as to a possible affair between the prince and the heiress.

They in turn confided, in the ITV documentary, that Prince Andrew and the daughter of Robert Maxwell, whose meeting would have taken place when she was at Oxford University, had often appeared “intimate” and “warm " Hello.

“She described Andrew as her friend, not Jeffrey's (

), confirmed Euan Rellie, a banker and longtime friend of the socialite.

I had the impression that Prince Andrew and Ghislaine had been in a relationship in the past.

A Ball at Windsor

In 2000, Prince Andrew had also organized a party at Sandringham, in honor of the 39th birthday of Ghislaine Maxwell. The same year, he had invited the heiress and her companion, Jeffrey Epstein, to a ball organized by Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Two decades later, Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of having had an active role in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual exploitation ring, was found guilty of sex crimes and faces up to 65 years in prison.

For his part, Prince Andrew is being sued by Virginia Giuffre, who accuses him of having sexually assaulted her when she was 17 years old. He has also just been stripped of his military titles and royal patronage, with the agreement of Queen Elizabeth II. A decision supported by princes Charles and William.

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