Beauty queen claimed Epstein offered meeting with Prince Andrew
Beatrice Keul says Jeffrey Epstein used his alleged friendship with then-Prince Andrew to lure her into his orbit – six years before the Duke of York says they first met.
RadarOnline.com the former beauty queen, now 56, can reveal Epstein bragged about his royal connections at a 1993 New York pageant, offering to “facilitate a meeting between her and the then-prince.”
Her account predates Andrew’s own claim by six years that he first met the convicted sex offender in 1999.
Beatrice also said Jeffrey described himself as “Donald Trump’s best friend” – and used both men’s names to gain women’s trust.
When she was 24, the 6-foot-2 Swiss model was in the U.S. after being invited to compete in the Donald J. Trump American Dream World Finals in New York and Atlantic City.
The trip followed her success as runner-up in the 1992 Miss Switzerland contest and her appearance at the Miss Europe final in Istanbul.
It was supposed to be a career opportunity, but instead, she says, it became a disturbing encounter.
“He immediately told me, ‘I’m Don’s best friend,’ so I trusted him,” she said of Jeffrey. “He tried to invite me to a dance at Mar-a-Lago in Florida and tried to convince me to come, saying, ‘I’ll take care of you.'”
Beatrice added that Jeffrey offered to cover her travel and accommodation expenses, describing a world of luxury and connections.
She claimed, “He said, ‘You don’t have to worry. Flights, hotels, I’ll take care of everything, just come because Don likes you. We throw a lot of parties at Mar-a-Lago.'”
Beatrice also said that she quickly felt uncomfortable.
“I became very suspicious. I didn’t like the way he was talking to me. He was very slimy. He wasn’t my type at all,” she added.
Her uneasiness grew as Jeffrey continued to push.
She continued: “He kept saying he had very rich and powerful friends and knew the royal family. And then I said, ‘The Royal Family?’ And he said, ‘Prince Andrew.’
“He said he could facilitate contact. And I was shocked because he wasn’t the kind of man you would think would be in the royal circle. He didn’t look like he had the manners. But he wanted me to put him in touch with Prince Andrew.”
Beatrice described Jeffrey as a recruiter.
She said: “Then he said to me: ‘You have the caliber for this competition.’ I was not seen with Prince Andrew, not even for a second, even though he was ready to arrange contact.
“Then I saw Epstein talking to the other girls. He was making his rounds. He was there to recruit and get addresses and phone numbers. He asked for my information, but I wouldn’t give it to him, so he said he would just get it from Don (Trump).”
Beatrice first met Donald Sr., then 47, at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, where she says he approached her at a press event.
Last year she claimed he did so later groped her during the parade. President Trump denied the claim, calling it “false.”
Andrew, 65 – who has now been stripped of his royal titles by King Charles, 77, over his long friendship with Jeffrey – befriended Jeffrey through his pimp Ghislaine Maxwell, who is now serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.
He later reached an out-of-court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was trafficked to the Duke at the age of 17.
Windsor has denied any wrongdoing and stepped back from his royal duties in 2022.
Beatrice said she has now spoken out to shed light on Jeffrey’s use of beauty pageants to identify young women.
“He was hunting and picking the fresh meat he wanted,” she said. “And it wasn’t hidden. It was all there before our eyes, but we didn’t know it at the time.”
