Epstein aide says she dined with Andrew at Buckingham Palace

A former Epstein aide has pushed the scandal deeper into the royal orbit, telling Congress that she dined with then-Prince Andrew in his private apartment at Buckingham Palace and later attended Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party at Windsor Castle. The account gives lawmakers a new public record entry tying Jeffrey Epstein’s circle to royal residences, not just private social contact.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released Sarah Kellen’s transcribed interview on June 4, 2026, as part of its review of how the federal government handled the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases. The disclosure matters because it moves the Epstein story further into formal congressional scrutiny, with testimony now connecting an alleged victim and former assistant to one of Britain’s most sensitive institutions.

Kellen said she worked for Epstein for more than a decade, starting in 2001. In March 2026, Chairman James Comer and the committee sought transcribed interviews from seven people tied to the investigation, including Kellen, signaling a broader push to build a record around the federal response to Epstein and Maxwell. House Republicans also asked the Justice Department to investigate sexual assault allegations Kellen made against former Miami Beach mayor Philip Levine and celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai.

The transcript has renewed scrutiny of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ties to Epstein. Andrew has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, but the latest testimony adds a first-person account that links him to private royal spaces and extends public attention beyond the well-known allegations made by Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre filed a civil lawsuit against Andrew in 2021, the case was settled in 2022, and she died by suicide in April 2025 at age 41.

Kellen also identified Andrew and Sarah Ferguson as notable figures in Epstein’s network. For lawmakers, the value of the testimony is not only what it alleges about individual conduct, but what it adds to the institutional record: a survivor’s account now sits inside a congressional review of how power, prestige and government oversight intersected around Epstein’s case.