Prince Andrew warned ‘to be concerned’ as Ghislaine Maxwell papers to be released

Prince Andrew has been told he “should be very concerned” after Ghislaine Maxwell lost the right to keep thousands of

pages of legal papers sealed.

The British socialite lost a battle to keep highly “intrusive” questions about her sex life under wraps as well as documents pertaining to associates of Maxwell and the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Included are flights logs that showed the Duke of York aboard the sex offender’s jet.

Attorney Lisa Bloom, who represents some of the financier’s victims, told the Mirror: “Unsealing of the Maxwell documents is a positive step. Secrecy favours predators. Transparency helps victims.

“Anyone who was associated with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell should be very concerned. In particular, Prince Andrew should get ahead of this by co-operating with investigators as he promised to do months ago.” The documents are from a civil case separate from the criminal proceedings against Maxwell that relate to an earlier period. She is being held on suspicion of grooming and abusing three girls with Epstein from 1994 to 1997. New York Judge Loretta Preska granted the request to have the documents unsealed after a challenge by US media.

The justice said the public interest outweighs her objections they would embarrass or annoy people named in papers.