Prince Andrew's Epstein claim contradicted by Maxwell in new unsealed court documents

In a 2016 deposition in the US, which was released on Friday, Maxwell claimed she did not know how the Duke of York and Epstein became acquainted.

GB News has contacted Prince Andrew's office for comment.

The newly released documents are linked to a 2015 defamation case brought by Virginia Giuffre.

Giuffre has accused Prince Andrew of abusing her when she was a teenager.

Maxwell said during the deposition when asked if she introduced Andrew to Epstein: "That would be another of Virginia’s lies and the lies you perpetrate.

"I never introduced Prince Andrew to Jeffrey Epstein at any time ever, so just add that to the long list of lies."

She added: "I do not know [how] Jeffrey met Prince Andrew."

When asked about how long she had known the royal, Maxwell said: "A very long time".

Maxwell's testimony appears to contradict what the Duke of York told Emily Maitlis during his 2019 Newsnight interview.

Prince Andrew told the BBC he met Epstein "through his girlfriend [Maxwell] back in 1999… and I’d known her since she was at university in the UK."

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Following the interview, Andrew was stripped of his HRH title and stepped down as a working member of the Royal Family.

The Duke of York settled a claim by Ms Giuffre for an undisclosed sum in 2022 without admitting any wrongdoing.

Prince Andrew has always strenuously denied Ms Giuffre’s claims.