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Andrew and Ghislaine were ‘in some sort of relationship’

Ghislaine Maxwell had “unrestricted access” at Buckingham Palace, and a former royal policeman claims he and other colleagues thought she and Prince Andrew had an “intimate relationship” that went beyond friendship

Paul Page, who served the royal family as an armed protection officer between 1998 and 2004, told Sun Online that Maxwell “was allowed to enter and exit the Palace night and day at will. Myself and my other colleagues formed the opinion they were in some sort of relationship.”

Ghislaine Said the Infamous Prince Andrew Photo Looked ‘Real.’ Did That Sink Him?

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in jail earlier this week for trafficking underage girls for Epstein, becoming his first and only accomplice to be convicted and sent to prison for facilitating his underage sex ring. (Maxwell denied the charges against her.) One of those young women was Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claimed Andrew raped her while she was underage on three separate occasions. Andrew emphatically denies this, but settled a civil case with Giuffre out of court—thought to have cost him, and the queen, £12 million ($14.5 million).