Ghislaine Maxwell claims Princess Diana may have been introduced to Jeffrey Epstein at a London event, though unsure if they met. The remark emerged amid renewed scrutiny over Epstein-related investigations and Trump ties.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, has claimed that the late Princess Diana may have been arranged to meet Epstein at a London event organised by Diana’s close friend Rosa Monckton, according to a recently released transcript by the US Department of Justice.
Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence for sex-trafficking minors to Epstein, said she was unsure whether the two ever met but suggested there may have been attempts to introduce them.
In an interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month, Maxwell claimed that before she met Epstein, he was living in London and associated with “truly fancy people,” including Diana’s close friend Rosa Monckton and her husband, journalist Dominic Lawson.
She said Epstein attended a major event in London organised by Monckton and added: “I don’t know if he sat with Diana or met her there. I don’t know, but I believe it was organised by Rosa. I don’t know if she was being set up as a date for him, maybe I don’t want to speak bad of Diana, but—I’m not going to do that.”
Maxwell denied ever introducing Epstein to the royals, calling such claims “a flat untruth.” Although she suggested the event happened in the early 2000s, Princess Diana died in August 1997.
The revelation comes amid renewed scrutiny of Trump’s ties to Epstein and criticism over the Justice Department’s decision to withhold parts of the Epstein investigation files, drawing backlash from both Democrats and segments of Trump’s conservative base.
Maxwell also told a top Justice Department official last month that she never observed President Donald Trump in any “inappropriate setting.” “I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way,” she said. “The President was never inappropriate with anybody.”
Author Michael Wolff has previously claimed Trump and Epstein once competed over who would sleep with Diana first, though no evidence supports this claim.
