Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 13, 2019 Page
QQQBy contrast, the photographs of
the 2001 party show how a blonde
teenager in the distinctive trousers
appeared lost and out of her depth
standing near Miss Campbell’s
then boyfriend, ex-F1 tycoon
Mr Briatore.
At the glamorous event, aboard a
luxury yacht named ‘Lady in Blue’,
the teenager was seen next to Mr
Briatore – who was once a co-owner
of Queens Park Rangers Football
Club – amid a crush to get on.
Mr Briatore was wearing a velvet
jacket and pink shirt and Miss
Campbell was in a black leather
jacket with her midriff exposed.
The girl who is thought to be
Miss Roberts can be seen at the
front of the image holding her handto her face while Miss Maxwell, in
a light blue shirt, is pushing past
bodyguards to get on board.
In another image, the girl thought
to be Miss Roberts is standing
awkwardly holding several jackets,
near a grey-haired man in a lilac
polo shirt who appears to be
epstein.
The images were taken on May19 that year, two months after Miss
Roberts claims she was flown to
London where she met Andrew
and had sex with him.
A judge later threw out these
allegations and ordered them to be
struck from the record for being
‘immaterial and impertinent’.
Prince Andrew has strenuously
denied the allegations of ‘impro-
priety with underage minors’ as
‘categorically untrue’. Miss Max-
well also denies any wrongdoing.
Miss Roberts has claimed that
epstein flew her all over the world
and loaned her out to his wealthy
friends for sex. A spokesman for
Miss Campbell said she did not
have a close friendship with
epstein or Miss Maxwell.
Although epstein attended her
birthday party, he was invited by
Mr Briatore, Miss Campbell’s then
boyfriend, the spokesman added.In 2015, explaining Andrew’s deci-
sion to breach royal convention
and tackle allegations about his
private life, an aide said: ‘When
there are lurid and deeply personal
allegations made against you to a
national newspaper that are
directly linked to a civil case in
which you are accused of having
sexual relations with underage
minors, the natural instinct is to
come out and say it is not true.
‘The duke did not want these
claims to go uncontested. Com-
menting on a member of the Royal
Family’s private life or commenting
an ongoing legal case goes against
what the Palace would do typically.
‘The default position is no com-
ment but these are extraordinary
circumstances and given the alle-
gations... the decision was taken
that it was time to issue a denial
on the record.’Uncanny: The partygoer is pictured again at the bash, which Epstein attended. In legal papers, Miss
Roberts said she ‘met Naomi Campbell at a birthday party of hers on a yacht in the South of France’Out of her depth: Earlier that night, the blonde teenager, thought to be Miss Roberts, is
photographed awkwardly looking around as the revellers wait to board the yacht. She is
standing close to Miss Campbell, Mr Briatore and Miss Maxwell, who is in a light-blue shirtFriendship: Epstein holds Miss Maxwell close in a 2005 photo