Andrew's ex-girlfriend breaks silence on Epstein file release with 'jaw-dropping' claim

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's ex girlfriend has discussed him being mentioned in the newly released Epstein files and said that those who weren't named in them meant they were 'a bit of a loser'.

Lady Victoria Hervey briefly dated Andrew in 1999 and is also mentioned several times in the 3,000,000 pages that were made public by the Department of Justice at the end of January.

Lady Victoria, who is a British model and socialite, recently sat down with LBC to talk about the Epstein files, her ex Andrew, and others mentioned in the documents.

She said of Queen Elizabeth's son, who split from his wife Sarah Ferguson after 10 years of marriage in 1996: "It's very hard for anyone to kind of try and imagine being in his shoes.

"But he's a male, he's single, he needs to date. He's not going to be sitting in a monastery his whole life."

Lady Victoria went on to say that Andrew 'trusted' Epstein as 'they'd known each other for a long time'.

Andrew and Lady Victoria Hervey pictured at a party in 2002 (Dave Benett/Getty Images)

She continued to say of his friendship with the convicted sex offender: "[Andrew] sort of thought, okay, well, he knows beautiful women and, you know, there's like so many other people out there and no one's talking about it."

Elsewhere, Lady Victoria made a claim that LBC's Tom Swarbrick described as 'jaw-dropping'.

"You know, the thing is, what people can see from these Epstein files, he was. He knew everybody that was very powerful," she said.

"So, if you were on the scene and you were powerful, to be honest, if you're not in those files, it would be an insult because it just means that you were a bit of a loser."

Another allegation made by Lady Victoria that left Swarbrick in shock was her idea that Epstein isn't actually dead.

"I think that it's a possibility," she said of the idea that Epstein is still alive, adding that 'everyone said' that he's hiding out somewhere in Israel.

Lady Victoria went on to say about the questions that remain about the former financier dying by suicide in his prison cell: "I think, just, I'd seen one of those emails, one of the ones that ended up in the files, and I think that prison guard needs to be interviewed. The one that he said he saw the bodies being switched out."

Such a claim was made on a post shared on 4Chan shortly before Epstein's death was made public. These posts resurfaced in the latest slew of Epstein files released.