Prince Andrew's connection to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been called into question again, as a photo of Epstein's alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell sitting alongside Kevin Spacey on thrones at Buckingham Palace emerged.
British newspaper The Telegraph released the shot on July 4, two days after Maxwell was arrested "for her role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein."
The image from 2002 shows Maxwell and Spacey, who has been accused of sexual assault by multiple people — he pleaded not guilty and the criminal case against him was ultimately dropped — laughing as they sit on the thrones of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during a tour of Buckingham Palace. The tour of the palace is believed to have been arranged by Prince Andrew, the monarch's son, though it's unclear who took the image or if Andrew was in the Throne Room at the time.
"You don't see this hardly ever, if ever," PEOPLE Senior Editor Michelle Tauber explains in this week's episode of The Royal Report.
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Prince Andrew formally stepped back from royal duties following his disastrous BBC interview about his ties to Epstein in November.
In the interview, Andrew discussed his years-long friendship with Epstein and the sexual abuse allegations of Virginia Roberts (now Virginia Giuffre). Giuffre’s accusations, which the prince denies. Giuffre says she was trafficked by Epstein to have sex with the royal three times between 1999 and 2002 in London, New York and on a private Caribbean island owned by Epstein, starting when she was just 17 years old.
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