GHISLAINE Maxwell took Jeffrey Epstein to England to meet   Andrew and other  royalty, it is claimed in court  documents.  

Maxwell, who boasted of her society connections, has always denied introducing the Duke of York to convicted paedophile Epstein.

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But Alfredo Rodriguez, who managed the billionaire’s mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, says in unsealed documents: “Mrs Maxwell took him to England to introduce him to the royalty.”

His claim is backed up by a photo — unearthed by The Sun on Sunday in 2019 — of Epstein, Ghislaine and Harvey Weinstein at Prince Andrew’s daughter Beatrice’s Windsor Castle party in 2006.

Mr Rodriguez also says Epstein kept “many pictures of his friend” the Duke scattered around the mansion as their relationship blossomed.

In 2012, the house manager was jailed after hiding Epstein’s little black book of contacts and attempting to sell it.

His testimony was unsealed on Friday night, among hundreds  of  emails and depositions.

The evidence filing also suggests Andrew had daily massages at the Florida mansion, which he visited with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.

Housekeeper Juan Alessi claimed Andrew slept in the “blue room” and “spent weeks with us”.

The documents, from a lawsuit brought by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, also reveals the 368 terms asked to be searched for among Maxwell’s emails.

High on the list is the word “bath”. Virginia, then a teenager, claimed she and Andrew soaked together in a Victorian-style bath at Maxwell’s Belgravia home in March 2001.

In a 2011 interview, Virginia claimed the Duke “started licking my toes” in the tub before they went to the bedroom and had sex.

Other terms searched for in  emails are said to  include prince, massage, Andrew,   Clinton, sex, abuse, slave, toy  and underage.

In other unsealed filings, it is alleged that Epstein, Maxwell and Virginia  would all go  to  clubs  to pick up girls to “bring back for Jeffrey”.

And Epstein’s driver Tony Figueroa claimed he was often tasked with taking girls — some of whom looked like they were 16 or 17 years old — to Epstein’s mansion.

Epstein paid him £150 each time he brought girls back, it was said.

The paperwork also produced copies of phone messages Epstein received, including one from convicted sex attacker Weinstein.

One disturbing phone message came from an unnamed girl advising “she needs to stay in school” so could not get to Epstein’s house by 2.30pm.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison term for sex trafficking.

Epstein died in his New York jail cell in 2019.

Andrew has repeatedly denied all allegations against him.

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