Beatrice Keul says Jeffrey Epstein used his supposed friendship with the then-Prince Andrew to lure her into his orbit – six years earlier than the Duke of York says they first met.
RadarOnline.com can reveal the previous magnificence queen, now 56, says Epstein boasted of his royal connections at a New York pageant in 1993, providing to “facilitate a gathering between her and the prince notice on the time.”
Her account predates by six years Andrew’s personal declare he first encountered the convicted intercourse offender in 1999.
Beatrice additionally mentioned Jeffrey described himself as “Donald Trump’s greatest good friend” – and used each males’s names to achieve girls’s belief.
Then aged 24, the 6ft 1in tall Swiss mannequin was within the U.S. after being invited to compete on the Donald J. Trump American Dream World Finals in New York and Atlantic Metropolis.
The journey adopted her success as runner-up within the 1992 Miss Switzerland contest and her look on the Miss Europe finals in Istanbul.
It was presupposed to be a profession alternative – however as a substitute, she says, it turned a disturbing encounter.
“Right away he informed me, ‘I am Don’s greatest good friend’, so I trusted him,” she mentioned about Jeffrey. “He was attempting to ask me to a dance occasion at Mar-a-Lago in Florida and attempting to persuade me to return, saying, ‘I’ll deal with you.'”
Beatrice added Jeffrey provided to cowl her journey and lodging prices, describing a world of luxurious and connections.
She claimed: “He mentioned, ‘You do not have to fret. Flights, motels, I am going to kind every thing, simply come as a result of Don likes you. We organise a number of events at Mar-a-Lago.'”
Beatrice additionally mentioned she quickly grew uneasy.
“I turned very suspicious. I did not like the best way he talked to me. He was very slimy. He wasn’t my kind in any respect,” she added.
Her unease deepened as Jeffrey continued urgent.
She went on: “He stored saying he had very wealthy and highly effective associates and knew the Royal Household. After which I mentioned, ‘The Royal Household?’ And he mentioned, ‘Prince Andrew.’
“He mentioned he may facilitate the contact. And I used to be shocked as a result of he wasn’t the form of man that you just’d suppose can be within the Royal Household’s society. He did not appear like he would have the manners for that. However he wished me to place him in contact with Prince Andrew.”
Beatrice described Jeffrey as behaving like a recruiter.
She mentioned: “Then he informed me, ‘You have acquired the calibre for this league.’ I did not see me with Prince Andrew, not even for a second, regardless that he was prepared to rearrange contact with him.
“Then I noticed Epstein speaking to the opposite women. He was making his rounds. He was there to recruit and get addresses and telephone numbers. He requested for my particulars, however I would not give him them so he mentioned he would simply get them off Don (Trump).”
Beatrice first met Donald Sr., then 47, on the Plaza Resort in Manhattan, the place she says he made a beeline for her at a press occasion.
Final yr she alleged he later groped her through the pageant. President Trump denied the declare, calling it “false.”
Andrew, 65 – who has now been stripped of his royal titles by King Charles, 77, over his long-standing friendship with Jeffrey – turned associates with Jeffrey via his pimp Ghislaine Maxwell, who’s now serving a 20-year sentence for intercourse trafficking.
He later reached an out-of-court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she was trafficked to the Duke aged 17.
Windsor has denied all wrongdoing and stepped again from royal duties in 2022.
Beatrice mentioned she has now spoken out to make clear Jeffrey’s use of magnificence contests to establish younger girls.
“He was looking, selecting the contemporary meat he wished,” she mentioned. “And it wasn’t hidden. It was all there in entrance of our eyes, however we did not notice on the time.”