Masseuse Reveals Her Disturbing Encounter With Andrew After Being Snuck Into the Palace
The masseuse, who was arranged by Ghislaine Maxwell, claimed she averted her eyes after Andrew made her uncomfortable.
Another day, another story from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's past that tarnishes his already damaged reputation. Just when the public thought they had learnt enough about his alleged poor conduct around women, a masseuse now claims she was discreetly brought into Buckingham Palace to give the former prince a massage. The story grows more troubling. She stated that after passing Palace security and being shown to her room, she encountered Mountbatten-Windsor in a state of undress, a memory she would rather forget.
Speaking to the Daily Mail about her experience, Monique Giannelloni, who Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell had arranged, revealed that after bypassing strict Palace security, there were no protection officers outside the former Duke of York's home. She added, "After saying 'Hello,' he [Andrew] disappeared to the bathroom and came back in the n---. I averted my eyes, and I was quite embarrassed." Perhaps even more surprising was when she said that her services (about $112.50 at the time) were paid by a Palace-stamped check.
She further detailed her alleged awkward encounter with the former prince, "I was so nervous I was in Buckingham Palace, I was going through the motions and doing what I knew and if there was anything untoward I don't really remember noticing that except for the fact he [Andrew] took the towel off very fast." She also alleged that she had visited Maxwell's Belgravia townhouse, the same property where Mountbatten-Windsor was pictured with Virginia Guiffre, branding Epstein "creepy, seedy and very pretentious." Meanwhile, the former Duke of York has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with the disgraced financier.
And interestingly, Giannelloni's account comes just days after it was revealed that the former Duke of York allegedly used taxpayers' money for massages and trips during his time as the UK's trade envoy. The BBC reported that a former civil servant was annoyed by Mountbatten-Windsor's alleged request to cover 'massage services.' He said, "I thought it was wrong… I'd said we mustn't pay it, but we ended up paying it anyway," alleging that when the issue was flagged off, it was reportedly dismissed by senior officials. The Department of Business and Trade has not yet challenged claims about Mountbatten-Windsor's role but have ackowledged the ongoing police investigation against him.
Moreover, Mountbatten-Windsor's alleged liking for private massages is well-known within his social circles. In a US court statement, one of Epstein's ex-employees in Florida, Juan Alessi, claimed that the former prince had a 'daily massage' whenever he visited the disgraced financier. Similarly, in royal author Andrew Lownie's biography, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, he mentioned that Mountbatten-Windsor regularly requested an ambassador to arrange private wellness services for him. A retired UKTI senior civil servant also stressed that when the former Duke of York was a trade envoy, he could sometimes disturb rather than support efforts to boost UK trade.
