Prince Andrew is locked in a seeming stalemate with U.S. federal prosecutors over his participation in the investigation into Epstein and Maxwell. “If Epstein had a prince on his knees, imagine the power he had over others.”. According to the paper, Halperin says: “Most women painted Andrew as a perfect gent and said it was consensual. “Most of the girls didn’t speak about what happened with Prince Andrew, but I had one very good friend who confided in me about her experience with him,” says Phillips in the series. “As for allegations in regard to the nature of Duke’s relationship with Epstein, these unsubstantiated and lurid tales seem designed to sell books.”. The claims come in the book Sex, Lies And Dirty Money By The World's Powerful Elite, due to be published on Thursday. — Exposing the Fall of CBS Showrunner Peter Lenkov— How Sarah Cooper Trumped Donald Trump—Without Saying a Word— An Exclusive First Look at the TV Drama That Will Enrage Trump— Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking Only Scratches the Surface of a Big Problem— How Olivia de Havilland Learned Hattie McDaniel Defeated Her at the 1940 Oscars— See Ryan Murphy and Sarah Paulson’s Ode to an Iconic Villain: Nurse Ratched— From the Archive: Inside Olivia de Havilland’s Notorious Lifelong Feud With Sister Joan Fontaine. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Halperin says he has found no evidence that Andrew had sex with underage women. “He didn’t want to talk about it a lot,” Phillips says, recalling that Epstein was discreet about his royal friend—though he did offer one clue about the nature of their relationship: “He just mentioned that he needs to have something on people.”, The docuseries then cuts to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Barbara Ziv, who explains, “Once [Epstein] gets someone to accept to have sex with an underage kid, it gives him some power over the individual when the individual accepts…[Epstein] thought of these girls as commodities. She is currently in jail awaiting trial and denies the charges against her. She told me, ‘Jeffrey isn’t really who he says he is.’”. From the awards race to the box office, with everything in between: get the entertainment industry's must-read newsletter. His friend Ghislaine Maxwell, 58, has been charged with child grooming connected to Epstein’s sex trafficking ring in the FBI probe. Phillips says that she later asked Epstein point-blank about his relationship with Prince Andrew. Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the new book. Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Halperin’s six-volume book is described by publishers as “the rollicking, scandalous, untold story behind the power, greed and corruption by the world's most powerful elite”. All products featured on Vanity Fair are independently selected by our editors. “Andrew deserves to be outed. But he adds: “There is no doubt that Epstein provided girls to Andrew, and that was the reason they were friends. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. Looking for more? In an interview on US radio, he said: “It's going to shed a lot of light. “And that part of Jeffrey’s ability to manipulate was that he had this video of powerful men having sex with underage girls. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. PLAYBOY Prince Andrew is "obsessed" with redheads and was introduced to a string of new lovers by Jeffrey Epstein, a bombshell book claims. Publicity blurb claims Halperin “goes for royal blood” in volume one, offering up details of Prince Andrew as well as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘Megxit’ separation from the Royal Family. Geoffrey Berman, then the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, responded by accusing the prince of “falsely portray[ing] himself to the public as eager and willing to cooperate” while repeatedly declining interview requests. And one allegedly willing to accept criminal sex with underage women proffered by Jeffrey Epstein, even if the act put him—and, by extension, the integrity of the British royal family—in an incredibly vulnerable position. Canadian filmmaker and author Halperin promises to tell the "real story" of Andrew's friendship with Epstein. The Duke, who visited Epstein's luxury homes during their friendship, denies he was aware of any wrongdoing by the billionaire financier. He gave them out like he’d give out a good bottle of wine or a trip on his boat or a flight to somewhere…They were nothing more than objects to him.”.