Katherine Keating, the daughter of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has addressed her connection to Jeffrey Epstein for the first time, after her name surfaced in a newly uncovered email exchange between Epstein and Prince Andrew.

Her name was mentioned in a 2011 email in which Epstein asked Prince Andrew to arrange a dinner with film director Woody Allen.

“Would you ask Katherine Keating if she would like to come for dinner with Woody Allen next week in New York?” Epstein wrote.

“Will do,” the prince replied, later adding that he was “on the Keating case.”

The exchange, released as part of the Epstein Files being reviewed by the US Congress, took place shortly before Prince Andrew’s 51st birthday.

Katherine, who was 29 at the time, confirmed she attended the dinner.

“I did attend a February dinner at Andrew’s invitation – a large social event,” the now 44-year-old told The Mail on Sunday.

She added that many well-known figures were also present, including American journalists Barbara Walters, Charlie Rose, and TV host Katie Couric.

“At the time, I had only lived in New York about ten weeks, and was happy to accept the odd social invitation,” she said.

There is no suggestion she was aware of or involved in Epstein’s criminal activities.

Before moving to New York, Katherine worked as an adviser in Bob Carr’s NSW Labor government and later founded an international consulting business.

She then went on to join Vice Media as a host and producer, and served as publisher of its advocacy arm, Vice Impact.

She also hosted a YouTube interview series for The Huffington Post titled One on One, which in 2014 featured Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former partner, who was later convicted of helping him sexually abuse minors.

In the accompanying article, she described Maxwell as a “British philanthropist” devoted to ocean conservation through her non-profit, the TerraMar Project.

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2021 for her role in Epstein’s crimes. Epstein himself died in 2019 in a New York jail, reportedly by suicide.

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