Princess Diana’s bridesmaid says she spent time on Jeffrey Epstein’s island
One of Princess Diana’s bridesmaids has admitted she socialized with Jeffrey Epstein — including at his notorious private island — but says she was “clearly very lucky” she wasn’t molested by the pedophile.
Clementine “Clemmie” Hambro, 44, said she flew on Epstein’s
private jet twice in 1999 following visits to his New Mexico ranch and Little
St. James in the US Virgin Islands, the Daily Mail reported.
Epstein allegedly abused young women and girls at both
locations — but Hambro said she never witnessed such things, nor was she preyed
upon.
“The first flight was a work trip with female colleagues to
look at Epstein’s new home in Santa Fe to discuss what art he was going to
buy,” said Hambro, who at the time was a 23-year-old employee at Christie’s
Auction House.
“The second trip, to Little St. James, was a personal
invitation, which I thought would be fun to accept, but I didn’t know anyone
there, didn’t really enjoy myself, and never went back,” she added. “My heart
breaks for all the survivors, now I know what happened on that island.”
Hambro released the statement after her name appeared on
flight logs in a batch of unsealed court documents in Epstein accuser Virginia
Roberts Giuffre’s defamation case against alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
The logs showed Hambro flew with Epstein, Maxwell and two
other women on Feb. 21, 1999, from Santa Fe — where Epstein had his “Zorro
Ranch” — to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
On March 21, Hambro, Epstein and two women were aboard the
financier’s private jet from St. Thomas.
It’s unclear how Hambro arrived at Epstein’s residences.
“In the course of those two trips, I was not abused, nor did
I see anyone abused, or anything untoward happen, with minors or otherwise,”
her statement said.
“I have been completely horrified about the revelations of
his conduct since then. I was clearly very lucky, my heart goes out to those
who were abused by him, and I trust they get the justice they so deserve.”
She added, “I was young and naive, and could not conceive of
what was to unfold.”
The daughter of British banker Richard Hambro and
great-granddaughter of Winston Churchill was 5 years old when she served as
Diana’s youngest bridesmaid during her nuptials to Prince Charles in 1981.
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