A photo said to be showing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with his arm around Virginia Giuffre is claimed to be real by Ghislaine Maxwell.
The former prince has long disputed the legitimacy of the image of him in contact with Ms Giuffre when she was 17.
In an email from more than three million documents released by the US Department of Justice, Maxwell appears to say she was "stating for the record as fact" that she introduced Andrew to Ms Giuffre and the image was taken at her London home.
Andrew has previously stated that the image may have been faked during his disastrous Newsnight interview.
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Maxwell appeared to be drafting an email to respond to allegations made against her.
She allegedly wrote: "In 2001 I was in London when [redacted] met a number of friends of mine including Prince Andrew.
"A photograph was taken as I imagine she wanted to show it to friends and family.
"I never asked [redacted] to give him a massage."
The alleged email from Maxwell claimed that the photo between Andrew and Ms Giuffre happened
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Elsewhere in the email, Maxwell appears to write: "Prince Andrew came to my house to visit me - [redacted] was in the house and they did meet."
She allegedly claimed having "no knowledge" of Ms Giuffre "having sexual activity" with Andrew or any other "famous people".
Epstein appeared to respond, saying her statement left "too many unanswered questions".
The paedophile allegedly added: "Her and andrew?...whats the deal here? why is she there."
Maxwell appeared to write: 'A photograph was taken as I imagine she wanted to show it to friends and family'
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The convicted sex trafficker allegedly continued: "The allegations made against me by [redacted] are lies. I have consistently stated that they are untrue and I have waited for an opportunity to prove this in a court of law."
She appeared to discredit Ms Giuffre, with Maxwell stating: "The salacious claims she makes are untrue and made purely for financial gain.
"The relentless media harassment to which I, Alan Dershowitz and Prince Andrew have been subjected to over the last week has become intolerable and breaches any justifiable sense of natural justice."
Maxwell allegedly concluded the statement with: "Finally [redacted] claims she was a sex slave for the rich and famous, however the reality is that working as a waitress in a burger bar."
Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Ms Giuffre
| GETTYThe email appears to have been written just days after Ms Giuffre launched her initial legal claim in the US in January 2015, accusing Maxwell of hiring her as a "sex slave".
Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing surrounding Maxwell, claiming in the 2019 Newsnight interview that he was not at Maxwell's home but at a Pizza Express in Woking.
He said: "I was with the children, and I'd taken Beatrice to a Pizza Express in Woking for a party at, I suppose, sort of 4pm or 5pm in the afternoon."
When questioned why he would remember a meal at Pizza Express 18 years later, he said: "Because going to Pizza Express in Woking is an unusual thing for me to do, a very unusual thing for me to do… I've only been to Woking a couple of times and I remember it weirdly distinctly."
Ms Giuffre stated that Epstein took the photograph with a disposable camera before the group went to dinner and later to Tramp nightclub.
She claimed that she was forced to have sex with Andrew that night at Maxwell's house, which the former duke denies.
Ms Giuffre took her own life on April 25, 2025, at the age of 41.
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