Seeking to put a lid on a scandal showing little sign of abating, the Duke of York coyly referred yesterday to his ‘former association or friendship’ with Jeffrey Epstein.
Those who attended a glittering party in the Duke’s honour on December 2, 2010, in New York might be surprised at his choice of words.
Not least because it was thrown by convicted paedophile Epstein himself at his Upper East Side mansion, variously dubbed the House of Horror and the House of Depravity by the banker’s young victims.
As The Mail on Sunday revealed last weekend, it was at this mansion where Andrew came to the door to wave goodbye to Katherine Keating, daughter of former
Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, on the afternoon of December 6.
The couple leave Epstein’s house midway through the Prince’s visit, at 11.30am on December 5
But his visit is understood to have begun four days earlier with the party attended by a Who’s Who of Manhattan’s media and showbusiness elite, including controversial film director Woody Allen, 83, and his wife Soon-Yi, 48.
The couple caused an outcry when they married in 1997 because Soon-Yi was adopted by Allen’s previous romantic partner, the actress Mia Farrow. Allen has spent decades vehemently denying accusations made by another stepdaughter, Dylan Farrow, that he molested her as a child.
Allen and his wife visited the mansion on more than one occasion during Andrew’s trip.
Our exclusive picture shows them leaving Epstein’s house midway through the Prince’s visit, at 11.30am on December 5.
Epstein’s brass-embossed ‘JE’ initials are clearly visible on the doorway behind them.
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