Clare Hazell-Iveagh

Clare Hazell-Iveagh appears in several kinds of released Epstein records. The June 30, 2020 NCA letter explicitly connects her Hazell, Guinness and Iveagh names. Earlier courier records and later personal correspondence document contact extending beyond the period covered by the flight logs. The account below separates the contents of those records from unproven allegations and unresolved questions.

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Key Takeaways

• The identity link is expressly recorded in the NCA letter and supported by the title used in her own emails.
• Two courier invoices name Clare Hazell. Delivery signatures belong to another name, and the envelope contents are not recorded.
• In 2014, she and Epstein arranged contact and a Paris meeting. Her February 17 message describes having seen him.
• She forwarded property material in May 2014. The messages do not establish a property purchase, commission or completed business arrangement.
• The 2020 NCA letter relayed an allegation of sexual abuse while expressly stating the agency’s limited position. FBI correspondence records consultation about whether an NSPCC review could proceed.
• Redacted names, first-name-only entries and database totals are not treated as proof of a particular person’s travel or conduct.

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Identity and the contact book

The NCA’s named identification spans both pages of the letter: Clare Guinness, née Hazell, was also known as Lady Clare Iveagh or Countess Iveagh following her marriage to Arthur Edward Rory Guinness, the fourth Earl of Iveagh. This is a direct identification in an agency record. It avoids relying on a similar first name in an unrelated document.

The released contact-book scan contains an entry headed “Hazell-Iveagh, Clare” at Elveden Farms Limited (PDF page 30, Bates EFTA00191496). An address-book entry records stored contact information. It does not establish the date or frequency of contact, the nature of a relationship, or knowledge of another person’s crimes.

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Named courier entries in 2002 and 2003

The November 4, 2002 FedEx invoice includes an envelope from Cecilia Steen at Jeffrey E. Epstein’s office addressed to Clare Hazell at Elveden Farms Limited. A May 19, 2003 invoice records another envelope addressed to Clare Hazell. The dates and shipment charges below are visible in the original invoice pages.

These are shipment charges, not payments to Hazell. Neither invoice describes what was inside the envelope or establishes that she personally received it. A related copy of the 2002 invoice appears in the court-exhibit invoice bundle. That copy is not an additional shipment. Initial-only “C HAZELL” entries elsewhere are not counted here as independently identified transactions by her.

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Contact in 2013 and early 2014

An April 16, 2013 email chain shows Epstein asking a correspondent labeled GMAX for email details for “clare hazel . iveagh.” The reply says the correspondent did not have them. The record shows the request and reply, without establishing that the details were subsequently supplied.

A January 4, 2014 message, forwarded to Epstein on January 7, is signed Clare Iveagh. She proposed taking him to lunch, said they had not caught up in some time, and thanked him for his contribution to her life. The message expresses her assessment of their past relationship but does not explain or quantify that contribution.

The January 8 and January 21 correspondence discusses meeting in Paris and arranging a call. A separate January 22 calendar reminder has the label “claire iveagh,” and Epstein’s January 23 office message requests that Lady Iveagh be added to a Paris list. The calendar and office instruction establish planning. Their timing does not independently prove that a particular call or appointment occurred.

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The February 2014 Paris meeting

The February 15 email chain records Hazell-Iveagh saying she had booked a ticket, would arrive the following evening, and hoped to see Epstein on Monday before returning to the station. Epstein proposed meeting at his apartment around noon. Her reply accepted the arrangement and asked about its distance from Avenue George V.

In the February 16 exchange, she corrected her planned arrival time at Gare de Lyon to 20:45. Epstein suggested a late visit; she said she was tired and might instead see him the next day. He then proposed a slightly earlier meeting time because of another appointment. Those messages record evolving plans, not proof that every proposed visit took place.

Her February 17 follow-up supplies the clearest retrospective evidence: she wrote that it had been good to see him and catch up. She also mentioned future help choosing furniture and again thanked him for changing her life positively. The email supports her account that they met. It does not record the meeting’s full agenda, attendees, or any illegal activity.

Copies of the same follow-up appear in EFTA01936613 and EFTA02518654. They are duplicate releases of the same message, not separate meetings.

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Property suggestions in May 2014

In a May 7 email about Palazzo Tornabuoni, she forwarded property information from Knight Frank’s Victoria Greenwood, described the agent as her sister, and suggested Epstein might know prospective buyers. The forwarded material concerned Florence. This records a referral suggestion; it does not document a sale or fee.

A May 8 chain continues the property discussion and mentions possible options in Venice. A separate May 16 forwarded listing is titled “Apartment in Palazzo on Grand Canal.” She said the apartment needed extensive redecoration and asked when Epstein would next be in Paris. The attached filenames identify property material, but the email alone does not establish the legal terms or completion of any transaction.

Later on May 16, she suggested a house associated with Coco Chanel in the south of France. Epstein replied that he had seen it and that it lacked air conditioning. She responded that air conditioning could be installed and used the phrase “Super cool for girls.” The message does not identify any intended occupants, their ages, or an unlawful purpose. It is not evidence that Epstein bought the house.

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What the flight records support

The original Government Exhibit 662 RR contains five readable entries in the reviewed leads with the name Clare Hazel or Clare Hazell. The later hyphenated name and title are not written in these entries, so the table preserves the visible wording. A matching name alone does not independently establish the passenger’s full biographical identity.

The flight index supplied 39 leads under Clare Hazell-Iveagh for 1996 to 2000. Comparing all 39 rows with the redacted exhibit produced five first-name-and-surname entries, two with “CLARE” alone, and 32 with no visible matching name. This is a verification count for that set of leads, not a count of her total travel. The first-name-only and redacted rows are not assigned to her.

The source route on May 10, 1999 is BED to TEB, correcting an index transcription of BED to TED. The entries document names, aircraft and airport routes. They do not establish the purpose of travel, activity after arrival, knowledge of crimes or travel from an airport to a particular property.

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The NCA letter and the proposed NSPCC review

On June 30, 2020, NCA liaison officer Michael Manley sent the FBI letter NCAWAS-20-081. It stated that the agency had become aware of widely reported open-source allegations against Hazell-Iveagh. Paragraph 6 relayed claims of close contact and travel with Epstein and an allegation that a person whose name is redacted had been sexually abused by Iveagh. The letter does not identify that person publicly, set out the underlying testimony, or determine whether the allegation was true.

The same letter’s paragraph 9 states that, as of June 30, 2020, the NCA held no derogatory information on Clare Iveagh and was not investigating her or her associates. That contemporaneous statement must remain alongside the allegation. It is neither a finding that she committed an offense nor a general account of every agency’s later actions.

Paragraphs 7 and 8 describe her as an NSPCC branch president and say the charity wanted an internal review of her suitability for that role. The letter says the review was on hold pending UK checks and NCA consultation with the FBI and DOJ. It asks whether the review would adversely affect the US investigation. The original letter calls the branch “West Sussex.” That is the letter’s wording; the branch’s location is not independently established by this document.

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The FBI correspondence and the limits of the outcome

The August 18, 2020 FBI chain records an FBI New York official reporting that the Southern District of New York did not object to the internal investigation proceeding. The chain preserves earlier follow-ups on August 3, August 4 and August 17. This is evidence of consultation about parallel work, not a criminal adjudication.

Another August 18 email uses the wording “NCA proceeding with their investigation of Clare Iveagh.” That differs from the NCA letter’s express statement that it was not investigating her and from the other FBI chain’s description of an internal NSPCC review. The released wording does not resolve whether the writer used an imprecise description or whether circumstances had changed. It should not be converted into a firm claim that the NCA opened a criminal investigation.

The later NCA and FBI chain shows the FBI sending an attached response on August 26 and the NCA acknowledging clarification regarding Iveagh. The chain also discusses separate financial intelligence concerning an unnamed person. No identity is assigned to that redaction, and the financial-intelligence discussion is not treated as an allegation about Hazell-Iveagh.

The examined records do not contain a completed NSPCC review, a charging decision against Hazell-Iveagh, or a court finding resolving the allegation relayed in the NCA letter. They also do not establish the outcome of every later investigative step.

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Public response and later reporting

The Daily Beast reported on July 3, 2020 that Hazell had not answered its request for comment.

Tatler’s January 26, 2026 obituary described her as an interior designer and former wife of the Earl of Iveagh, reported her death on December 23, 2025, and said she had made no public comment. It also reported that she stepped down from her NSPCC role in 2020. These biographical and resignation details are attributed reporting. A family or estate notice and a direct NSPCC account of the internal review’s outcome were not verified for this article.

No direct response from Hazell-Iveagh to the particular released emails or the NCA letter was located in the sources checked. A reported lack of comment does not establish the truth of an allegation.

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Evidence Index and Sources

• EFTA00037470. NCA letter NCAWAS-20-081, June 30, 2020, PDF pages 1 and 2; Bates EFTA00037470 and EFTA00037471. Identity, allegation, agency position and NSPCC review request.
• EFTA00191467. Contact-book scan, PDF page 30; Bates EFTA00191496. Visible Clare Hazell-Iveagh entry.
• EFTA00217957. November 4, 2002 invoice, PDF page 5; Bates EFTA00217961. October 29 shipment.
• EFTA00218451. May 19, 2003 invoice, PDF page 4; Bates EFTA00218454. May 9 shipment.
• DOJ-OGR-00015310. Invoice exhibit bundle, PDF page 5. Related copy of the 2002 shipment record.
• EFTA01897244. April 16, 2013 contact-detail request and reply, PDF page 1.
• EFTA01943902. January 4, 2014 message forwarded January 7, PDF page 1.
• EFTA01936608. January 8 and January 21, 2014 contact arrangements, PDF pages 1 and 2.
• EFTA02723917. January 22, 2014 calendar reminder, PDF page 1.
• EFTA01936605. January 23, 2014 Paris-list instruction, PDF page 1.
• EFTA00651128. February 15, 2014 Paris meeting arrangements, PDF page 1.
• EFTA00870841. February 16, 2014 travel and meeting-time exchange, PDF page 1.
• EFTA00870871. February 17, 2014 retrospective message, PDF page 1. Related copies: EFTA01936613 and EFTA02518654.
• EFTA01200998. May 7, 2014 Palazzo Tornabuoni property referral, PDF page 1.
• EFTA01923188. May 8, 2014 property-related chain, PDF page 1. Related forwarded copy: EFTA02717131.
• EFTA02717081. May 16, 2014 Grand Canal apartment referral, PDF page 1.
• EFTA01924394. May 16, 2014 Coco Chanel house discussion, PDF page 1. Related copy: EFTA02720099.
• EFTA02846460. Government Exhibit 662 RR. Original flight-log scan; specific pages and Bates locators appear in the flight section.
• EFTA00037499. August 18, 2020 FBI correspondence, PDF page 1.
• EFTA00037498. August 18, 2020 FBI correspondence using different investigative wording, PDF page 1. Related later email: EFTA00149639.
• EFTA00148721. NCA and FBI chain, PDF pages 3 to 5, including the August 26 response-cover message and acknowledgment. Related chain: EFTA00148680.

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