London, United Kingdom. A second woman has alleged that Jeffrey Epstein sent her to the United Kingdom to have sex with Prince Andrew, according to her lawyer’s statement to the BBC. The lawyer said the alleged incident occurred in 2010 at Royal Lodge.
Lawyer details alleged 2010 incident
Brad Edwards of the US law firm Edwards Henderson told the BBC the alleged incident took place at Royal Lodge, which was Prince Andrew’s residence at the time.
The woman, who is not British and was around 20 years old then, said she spent the night at Royal Lodge. She later joined a tour of Buckingham Palace, where she said staff offered her tea.
Edwards told the BBC: “We are talking about at least one woman who was sent by Jeffrey Epstein to Prince Andrew. After a night with Prince Andrew, she also had a tour of Buckingham Palace.”
BBC seeks comment; visit not independently verified
The BBC said it sought comment from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor but had not received a response.
Buckingham Palace typically keeps records of visitors who take part in tours, but the BBC said it has not been possible to verify the visit without revealing the woman’s identity.
Context and previous allegations
The BBC reported this is the first time an Epstein survivor has claimed that sexual contact took place inside a royal residence.
Edwards represents more than 200 victims of Jeffrey Epstein worldwide and previously represented Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre alleged that Epstein sent her to London in 2001, when she was 17, to have sex with the former prince.
Giuffre also said Epstein forced her to have sex with Andrew on two other occasions in 2001–2002, once in New York and once on Epstein’s private Caribbean island.
Epstein was convicted in Florida in 2008 of soliciting a minor for prostitution and completed his sentence in July 2010.
Legal contacts and palace actions
Edwards said his client had contact with the former prince before the alleged incident at Royal Lodge. He said he had also been in touch with “some legal advisers” representing Andrew in the United States and added that the former prince “appears to have disengaged from his lawyers”.
According to Edwards, communication stopped after King Charles decided to strip Andrew of his “style, titles and honours”. Andrew lost his royal titles in October last year following the publication of Giuffre’s memoirs.
The Palace also announced that Andrew would leave Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate, where he had lived since 2004. The statement said the sanctions were necessary despite his continued denial of the allegations.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied all accusations made against him.
What do you think would be required to independently verify the claimed Buckingham Palace visit without revealing the woman’s identity?
