{"id":241288,"date":"2023-11-15T22:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T22:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=241288"},"modified":"2023-11-15T22:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T22:26:33","slug":"ghislaine-maxwells-notorious-1-75m-london-mews-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/ghislaine-maxwells-notorious-1-75m-london-mews-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Maxwell's notorious \u00a31.75M London mews house"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghislaine Maxwell’s notorious London home where Prince Andrew was allegedly photographed with 17-year-old ‘sex slave’ Virginia Giuffre is being renovated.<\/p>\n
The mews house in swanky Belgravia has lain empty for years after Ghislaine was engulfed in the sex trafficking storm involving her former friend, the billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
Scaffolding and protective plastic now covers the two-storey building while workmen have been coming and going for weeks.<\/p>\n
Notices say that builders have permission to erect scaffolding on the public highway from October until February, with one notice on display in the house’s front window.<\/p>\n
It appears much of the roof has also been removed, perhaps to make way for a roof extension or new tiling.<\/p>\n
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Ghislaine Maxwell ‘s notorious London home where Prince Andrew was allegedly photographed with 17-year-old ‘sex slave’ Virginia Giuffre is being renovated<\/p>\n
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Some photos of the property near Hyde Park reveal a stylish interior while others suggest the house could do with the refurbishment\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
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The famous staircase – where Prince Andrew was pictured with his arm around then teenager Virginia – is still intact and can be seen through the front door<\/p>\n
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Andrew has always strongly denied any wrongdoing and claimed that he has never even met Ms Giuffre, now a mother-of-three living in Australia. Pictured: The bathroom<\/p>\n
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The home, not far from Hyde Park and posh department store Harrods, was sold by Maxwell to a developer for \u00a31.75million in 2021 to pay her legal bills<\/p>\n
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The home is not far from Hyde Park and posh department store Harrods. Pictured: The front door\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, the famous staircase – where Prince Andrew was pictured with his arm around then teenager Virginia – is still intact and can be seen through the front door.<\/p>\n
No planning applications have been submitted to Westminster City Council for the property, meaning all work must be within permitted development.<\/p>\n
The home, not far from Hyde Park and posh department store Harrods, was sold by Maxwell to a developer for \u00a31.75million in 2021 to pay her legal bills.Land Registry documents show the home is now owned by Hampshire-based property developer Stuart Robinson.<\/p>\n
In a 2021 lawsuit Ms Giuffre alleged she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times \u2013 once at the Belgravia address in 2001 \u2013 on the orders of Epstein, Ms Maxwell’s former boyfriend.<\/p>\n
Andrew has always strongly denied any wrongdoing and claimed that he has never even met Ms Giuffre, now a mother-of-three living in Australia.<\/p>\n
He settled out of court, ending the civil case she brought against him – as well as his own royal career.<\/p>\n
She first met Ghislaine – daughter of newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell – in mid 2000 when she worked at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort.<\/p>\n
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Andrew settled out of court, ending the civil case she brought against him – as well as his own royal career. Pictured: A bedroom in the property<\/p>\n
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The bathroom and kitchen both have dated units while a terrace seems grubby and uncared for\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A notice outside Ghislaine Maxwell’s former home says the scaffolding is allowed until February<\/p>\n
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She says Ghislaine offered her a job as Epstein’s personal masseuse, which was actually a front for being flown around the world and offered out to powerful associates of the pair. Pictured: The garden\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
She says Ghislaine offered her a job as Epstein’s personal masseuse, which was actually a front for being flown around the world and offered out to powerful associates of the pair.<\/p>\n
And she says that in 2001 she was trafficked to have sex with Prince Andrew – including in the bath tub at Ghislaine’s Belgravia residence.<\/p>\n
Photographs released via agents at the time the property was put on the market show that it was in need of renovation.<\/p>\n
The bathroom and kitchen both have dated units while a terrace seems grubby and uncared for.<\/p>\n
That may be because Ghislaine hadn’t lived there for some time as she had apparently married US tech entrepreneur Scott Borgerson, with the pair making their home in a stunning seafront property that he owned north of Boston, US.<\/p>\n
That home recently sold for millions less than its original \u00a36.4m ($7.8m) asking price.<\/p>\n
Ghislaine, 61, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June last year after she was found guilty of sex trafficking young girls for convicted sex offender Epstein.<\/p>\n
She launched an appeal, saying her lengthy sentence was used to satisfy public outrage.<\/p>\n
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It appears much of the roof has also been removed, perhaps to make way for a roof extension or new tiling<\/p>\n