PRINCE Andrew may have dated Ghislaine Maxwell as the pair were said to have had an "easy warmth" around each other, a pal has claimed.
New York-based Brit investment banker Euan Rellie suspected the pair "had probably been girlfriend and boyfriend" in the past.
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Prince Andrew and convicted sex predator Ghislaine Maxwell were known as good friends Credit: Rex Features 4
Euan Rellie claims Andrew and Maxwell had an 'easy warmth' around each other Credit: Getty
Rellie told an upcoming ITV documentary that he had known Maxwell from their university days in Oxford and attended dinner parties hosted by her and paedo former billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in the US.
He recalled one do at Epstein's New York home in which the disgraced former socialite said was "for my friend Prince Andrew".
According to reports in The Telegraph, Rellie said: "She described Andrew as being her friend, not Jeffrey’s.
"I got the sense that Prince Andrew and Ghislaine had probably been girlfriend and boyfriend in the past. They had an easy warmth around each other."
The documentary, Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile, is due to air on ITV at 9pm on Tuesday.
It comes as former Royals bodyguard Paul Page said he suspected Andrew and Maxwell were lovers and claimed she came and went from Buckingham Palace "at will".
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Page claimed in the same ITV programme the Maxwell visited up to four times in one day.
The pair are known to have been close friends, but have not been linked as lovers.
Page, who was jailed for fraud in 2009, has previously claimed Prince Andrew’s female friends, including Ghislaine, rarely signed in.
He told the same ITV programme: "From the way she was allowed to enter and exit the palace at will, we suspected that she may have had an intimate relationship with Prince Andrew.
"She kept coming in and out, in and out."
A spokesman for the Prince declined to comment.
In Andrew’s infamous car crash 2019 Newsnight interview, he explained he met Epstein through his “girlfriend” Ghislaine.
Andrew said he had known her “since she was at university in the UK”.
He said: “If there are questions that Ghislaine has to answer, that’s her problem I’m afraid."
Page also told ITV the Prince would "shout and scream" if his collection of toy bears on his get got messed up by maids.
Page — in the Royal Protection Command from 1998 to 2004 — used to have access to Prince Andrew’s private apartment, where he claims he had a bed piled high with toys.
He said: “It had about 50 or 60 stuffed toys positioned on the bed and basically there was a card the inspector showed us in a drawer and it was a picture of these bears all in situ.
“The reason for the laminated picture was if those bears weren’t put back in the right order by the maids, he would shout and scream.”
It comes as the Prince was stripped of his royal title and all military honours after a face-to-face showdown with the Queen on Thursday.
The bombshell news was announced by Buckingham Palace amid growing anger at the Duke of York's sex assault lawsuit.
His military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen with immediate effect after he was accused of sexually assaulting Virginia Roberts Giuffre when she was just 17.
A judge sensationally gave the go-ahead for a civil trial before a jury in New York later this year.
The royal, 61, vehemently denies any wrongdoing.
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Prince Andrew was stripped of his royal title and military honours by the Queen Credit: Picture by Andrew Parsons / Parsons Media 4
The Duke denies having sex with an under-age Virginia Giuffre (pictured) Credit: AFP
Prince Andrew would 'shout and scream' if his collection of 60 TEDDY BEARS was disturbed by servants