Epstein’s ‘co-conspirator’ flees US
The Queen ‘stung’ by claims she has lost her grip at 93
THE woman who allegedly found underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to abuse has left America, hours before the FBI said it was poised to make “several arrests”.
Adriana Ross, 36, has been accused of lining up teenagers for the convicted sex offender and is also said to have known about his friendship with the Duke of York.
Last night, as FBI sources said preparations were being made for “several arrests”, Ross was seen arriving at Miami’s cruise terminal with her husband. The former model was one of four female “potential co-conspirators” granted immunity when Epstein was jailed in 2008.
Ross’s decision to leave the country comes just days before an explosive BBC documentary with Prince Andrew’s chief accuser is due to air.
In an hour-long Panorama special, “sex slave” Virginia Roberts – now Giuffre – will give her side of the story.
Ms Giuffre, who claims to
THE Queen is determined to retain personal charge of handling the fallout from the Epstein scandal engulf- ing her second son Prince Andrew, Palace insiders say.
The monarch is said to have been “stung” by suggestions that at 93 she is no longer up to the task.
Her friends have sent out the message this weekend that her grip on events remains firm despite rumours that she might hand more power to her heir, Prince Charles.
A torrid two weeks have wreaked havoc at the Palace since Prince Andrew’s disastrous TV interview over his friendship with convicted sex have had sex with the prince when she was just 17, has previously said: “He knows what happened, I know what happened and there’s only one of us telling the truth.”
US Attorney General Bill Barr has vowed to bring anyone in Epstein’s circle to justice.
Last week, he told how “good progress” had been made in the case.
Previously, Mr Barr has said: “Any co-conspirators should not rest easy. The victims deserve justice – and they will get it.” offender Jeffrey Epstein. But despite the decision to force the Duke to give up his official royal duties “for the foreseeable future”, the crisis rolls on.
On Monday the BBC will broadcast an hour-long Panorama programme featuring an interview with Virginia Giuffre who claims the Duke of York had sex with her when she was just 17.
Prince Charles and the Duke of Cambridge were closely involved in discussions with the Queen about the Epstein crisis. But the idea that it was
Charles who forced Andrew to quit last week has been strongly rejected by friends of the family.The Queen, it seems, is stung by suggestions that she is no longer in control.
It was she, they say, who took the final decision to “let” Andrew withdraw from public life.
Even though it was her 72nd wedding anniversary, she left her husband Prince Philip, 98, alone on Sandringham estate, pulled up her sleeves, sacked her second son, and then went out on duty to present an award that night to Sir David Attenborough at Chatham House in central London. Charles is the bestprepared future king in history and the Queen is placing growing trust in his judgment and that of Prince William, 37.
But the Andrew fiasco is by no means the first time in almost 68 years on the throne she has had to demonstrate her skill in using her powers as the person in charge.
This year alone she has emerged unscathed from the row over her decision to approve Boris Johnson’s unlawful suspension of Parliament in the summer, as well as a crisis over Prince Harry and Meghan’s ability to cope with the stresses of a royal life constantly in the spotlight.