Epstein victim says she had dinner at Andrew's palace apartment

A pistillate abused by the convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein has said they had meal successful Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's backstage apartments successful Buckingham Palace.

Sarah Kellen told the US House Oversight Committee that they were besides contiguous astatine Princess Beatrice's 18th day enactment astatine Windsor Castle successful 2006.

It was the archetypal clip a pistillate sexually abused and trafficked by Epstein has publically spoken of her attendance astatine royal residences and came arsenic Kellen was describing her meetings with radical of prominence known to the precocious financier.

Mountbatten-Windsor, the erstwhile Prince Andrew who was stripped of his royal rubric aft allegations emerged surrounding his relationship with Epstein, has consistently and strenuously denied immoderate wrongdoing.

Kellen, who said she witnessed nary "inappropriate behaviour" from Mountbatten-Windsor, told the proceeding she was besides sexually abused by 3 associates of Epstein.

The House Oversight Committee is conducting a legislature probe into Epstein, who died successful a New York situation successful 2019 arsenic helium awaited proceedings connected enactment trafficking charges.

In the precocious released transcripts from her grounds astatine the extremity of past month, Kellen told committee members that she had worked for and was "sexually and psychologically abused by Jeffrey Epstein for implicit a decade".

She confirmed to House representatives that, arsenic a named victim, she has received compensation from Epstein's Estate, a money which was established to supply fiscal alleviation to survivors and progressive sharing corroborating grounds of their abuse.

Kellen told the House representatives that she was sexually abused by Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's subordinate who is serving a 20-year condemnation for enactment trafficking.

She criticised the erstwhile British socialite, telling the committee: "I consciousness similar she benignant of taught and shaped Jeffrey into who helium became, showed him however to usage his money.

"Like, helium didn't person backstage planes earlier her, helium didn't person the townhouse earlier her. Like, she benignant of showed him however helium should unrecorded his life."

In 2008, Epstein was serving a situation condemnation for soliciting enactment from a minor. As portion of his sentence, helium was permitted to be enactment during the day, whilst spending the nighttime successful his situation cell.

Kellen told committee members that she had perchance "organised meetings astatine Jeffrey's bureau successful Palm Beach, Florida, portion helium was connected enactment merchandise [from prison] and astatine the location successful Palm Beach", for Mountbatten-Windsor's erstwhile woman Sarah Ferguson.

Kellen has been described arsenic an "assistant" to Epstein and was named arsenic a imaginable "co-conspirator" erstwhile helium made a plea woody earlier being jailed. But she told the committee that she was unaware of this until it became public.

"I was not told this was happening. I was not asked astir it. No 1 from instrumentality enforcement ever spoke with me, ever heard my side, ever asked maine a azygous question," she said successful the testimony.

On Mountbatten-Windsor, Kellen told the committee: "We besides went to Andrew's backstage flat astatine Buckingham Palace for dinner. And we were astatine Princess Beatrice's enactment astatine Windsor Castle".

The BBC contacted Buckingham Palace for a effect and was directed to the connected the grounds connection from past October which included a connection from the King and Queen.

"Their Majesties privation to marque wide that their thoughts and utmost sympathies person been, and volition stay with, the victims and survivors of immoderate and each forms of abuse," it said.

Kellen was asked by Committee counsel, Brittany Brignac, whether she had witnessed "any inappropriate behaviour" from individuals including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. She responded no.

A BBC News probe this year revealed done the ineligible squad of a pistillate who made an allegation against Mountbatten-Windsor claims of an brushwood astatine the erstwhile prince's location Royal Lodge successful Windsor successful 2010 earlier helium had invited her to Buckingham Palace for tea. Thames Valley Police accidental they person been successful interaction with the woman's lawyers and are assessing whether to analyse the allegation.

BBC News has approached Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and representatives for Princess Beatrice and Ghislaine Maxwell's ineligible squad for comment.

A spokesperson for Sarah Ferguson declined to comment.