'JAMES BOND CHARACTER'
Epstein ‘madam’ Ghislaine Maxwell is ‘James Bond character who will NEVER be found’ claims Prince Andrew’s ex
SOCIALITE Ghislaine Maxwell is a "James Bond" character who will never be found, Prince Andrew's ex claimed today.
Lady Victoria Hervey said she was in "disbelief" that Ghislaine Maxwell had been accused of finding victims for the prince’s paedo pal Jeffrey Epstein.
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But speaking today, the former It girl said she did not believe the daughter of the late newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell would be seen again.
She told Good Morning Britain: "Ghislaine is like a James Bond character - she is quite a unique person.
"I just don't believe anyone is going to find her."
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Ghislaine, who has consistently denied the allegations against her, was last seen at a Los Angeles burger restaurant in August - reading a book about spies.
It has since been speculated the photograph was staged, with suggestions that advertisements in the background did not match the time the photograph was purportedly taken at In-N-Out.
It was further claimed the metadata on the photograph was linked to Meadowgate Media Investments, a company owned by Maxwell’s friend and attorney Leah Saffian.
Even a dog in the photograph appeared to have similarities to the pet owned by Saffian.
'SHE'S GONE FAR AWAY'
It comes as just this week, Maria Farmer alleged Maxwell and Epstein assaulted her in 1996.
But Lady Victoria said she had last seen Ghislaine Maxwell in September last year at a baby shower, guessing: "She's gone far away."
It was through Ghislaine that Lady Victoria met Prince Andrew in 1999 with the pair going on a date.
While romance failed to blossom between the two, the socialite became part of his inner circle of powerful pals.
Ghislaine is like a James Bond character
Lady Victoria Hervey
And the 43-year-old today said she did not believe Prince Andrew was guilty of Virginia Roberts' claims they had sex when she was 17.
She said: "I think the public already made their decision a long time ago and thought he (Prince Andrew) was guilty.
"Him going on television, he didn't give the public what they wanted in having any remorse for these girls, that's why there has been a backlash.
"I think he didn't do it - there's no way he would go onto television and put himself in that position."
DINNERS WITH EPSTEIN
The Duke of York's sitdown interview with BBC's Newsnight backfired after the prince failed to sympathise with the victims of his one-time friend Epstein.
And he boggled viewers when he claimed he had been staying at Epstein's home to dump him after the financier's conviction.
Lady Victoria today revealed how she had visited the New York home for a dinner party once in 2000, that included Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and now US President Donald Trump.
She said: "It was a very intimate dinner, and very relaxed.
"I guess I was there to look pretty."
Describing Epstein as having a "close bond" with many socialites, she added: "Everyone was very very pally with him.
"He was a very well-liked guy, you could see that.
"There was chemistry between him and all these powerful people."
Lady Victoria Hervey says she 'felt like she was being watched' so cut short her stay at Jeffrey Epstein's apartment in New York
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Lady Victoria added: "Jeffrey was a very charismatic man.
"He would walk into a room and people would take notice.
"With him and Ghislaine, it was like teamwork. He had the finance, she had the black book.
"They were a great pair together - together, they were taking over the world."
She also doubled down on claims she felt there were hidden cameras watching her while staying at Epstein's nearby apartment.
She said she even decided to leave the flat after ten days - choosing to go stay with a friend instead.
She said: "I actually didn't come across any of the other girls staying at the apartments but I felt uncomfortable staying there.
"I cut my trip short and felt I was being watched, there were hidden cameras and I left after about 10 days and moved in with a friend of mine.
"But even before I knew anything that's come since out, I felt it."
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell?
Ghislaine Maxwell was born in 1961, in Maisons Laffitte, France.
She is the youngest child of disgraced media tycoon and British publisher Robert Maxwell.
She moved to New York in 1991 after her father's death and reportedly socialised with Ivana Trump.
In 1992 she had a romantic relationship with American financier Jeffrey Epstein and remained closely associated with Epstein for decades afterwards.
The 57-year-old has been accused of acting like a "madam" for Jeffrey Epstein, US court documents reveal.
Almost 2,000 pages of a lawsuit were released in a defamation case involving Virginia Giuffre (then Roberts), who in 2015 claimed Prince Andrew slept with her three times, and Epstein’s ex-lover Maxwell.
Ms Giuffre also claimed that Ms Maxwell had acted as a “madame”, documents say.
A manuscript by Ms Giuffre, also released with the court papers, claims Epstein and Maxwell invited the Duke of York to meet her in the capital to help him get over the “fresh wounds still lingering on” after his divorce from Sarah Ferguson.
Ms Giuffre also alleges she was recruited by Maxwell in 1999 where she was introduced to Epstein.
Buckingham Palace strongly denied the allegation in 2015 saying "any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors" by the Duke was "categorically untrue".
Earlier this year it added: "It is emphatically denied that the Duke of York had any form of sexual contact with Virginia Roberts. Any claim to the contrary is false and without foundation."
Maxwell has repeatedly denied any involvement in Epstein's crimes.
In a 2015 statement, Maxwell rejected allegations that she has acted as a procurer for Epstein.
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