The Duke is wanted in the US for questioning over his friendship with the American financier, who committed suicide in prison in August US court papers have alleged the Duke of York touched a woman while on his lap as she played with a Spitting Image puppet of him. Another document describes an alleged sexual encounter between Ms Giuffre, now 35, and Andrew in a bathtub. The Duke of York was pictured with his arm around the then year-old's waist at the home of Maxwell in London in - but the Prince strongly denies the claims.
The Duke of York said he first met Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire financier, in with the now dead banker once describing him as his "best friend. Just over a month later, in December , the then year-old prince, threw Ms Maxwell a surprise birthday party at Sandringham, with Epstein among the guests. During the interview the royal revealed that Epstein was invited to Windsor Castle as a "plus one" for Ghislaine Maxwell and that he didn't regret his friendship with paedophile.
However the Duke denied he had thrown a "birthday party" for Maxwell claiming it was "just a shooting weekend". He did say that he regrets visiting the sex offender in New York in December and said he went to end his friendship β when the infamous photo was snapped.
But added that he only went on the visit to tell Epstein that the pair could no longer stay in contact and that he only stayed at his Manhattan home because it was "a convenient place to stay". Following his TV appearance the royal was roundly criticised with some branding it a "car crash".
Private investigator Mike Fisten has already claimed that Epstein had 13 telephone numbers to contact the Queen's second son on. A telephone contact book was found in Epstein's Palm Beach home that is said to have included a line for the Duke of York at Buckingham Palace.
