New doc looks at friendship of Prince Andrew and pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein

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Prince Andrew’s friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has always got people talking.

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A new A&E documentary called Secrets of Prince Andrew focuses on the pair’s friendship as well as sexual assault allegations against the Prince by Epstein accusers, Lisa Phillips and Virginia Roberts Giuffre.

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Andrew, who denies any wrongdoing, paid an undisclosed settlement to Giuffre and Phillip’s allegations have not been tested in court.

The Duke of York, 63, met the now-dead Epstein in 1999, after being introduced by Epstein’s girlfriend – British heiress Ghislaine Maxwell, the New York Post has reported.

“[Andrew and Epstein] became extremely close,” royal biographer Andrew Lownie claimed in the documentary. “You know, real best buddies. There were seven different numbers for Andrew in Epstein’s little black book.”

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Lownie says Epstein allegedly “had the most intimate details of Andrew’s life,” and claims that “Epstein said, ‘There’s only one person who likes sex more than me, and that’s Andrew.’

“There’s no doubt that they were seeing each other almost every month,” he claimed.

Lownie said that Epstein and Maxwell were often invited to into Andrew’s life.

“They stayed at Balmoral. They were at Sandringham. They were invited to personal birthday parties at Windsor. They met other members of the Royal Family,” Lownie said. “Epstein and Ghislaine were invited to the heart of the British monarchy.”

Buckingham Palace press secretary Dickie Arbiter said that “Andrew would’ve sought permission from the queen to invite him” to “private events.”

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“The queen would believe her children,” he added, noting that “Andrew fell under his spell. [Epstein] could provide exotic holidays. He could provide yachts, provide girls.”

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The Post has reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.

Phillips, 45, meanwhile, said an unnamed friend invited herself and other models to Epstein’s residence.

“The island was like a fortress that very little people knew about so if any information got to the outside world, that would be very bad for Epstein,” she said.

While she was there, she met Prince Andrew during dinner.

“The model had said to me, ‘Did you know that was Prince Andrew?’ ” Phillips shared. “I don’t think I was supposed to even see him, but he walked up at that moment to say goodbye.”

Phillips said Epstein urged her to stay on the island, because he didn’t want her to tell people the Prince had been there.

“Knowing that Jeffrey introduced me to a prince, he didn’t want anybody knowing about it,” she said.

“I was completely groomed by this man and was doing everything he wanted. It was sexual abuse.”