PRINCE Andrew may have been filmed on secret cameras installed in Jeffrey Epstein's mansion to collect dirt on his A-lister friends, it has emerged.

The FBI is understood to be reviewing hundreds of hours of footage seized from properties owned by the paedophile tycoon, some of which he is thought to have collected as an "insurance policy".

5 Prince Andrew stayed at multiple occasions with tycoon friend Jeffery Epstein, who is alleged to have secretly filmed guests as an 'insurance policy' Credit: AFP or licensors

5 Epstein accuser Maria Farmer claims to have seen Epstein's 'media room' Credit: cbs news

5 Epstein died by suspected suicide in August while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges Credit: AFP or licensors

Epstein, who had previously been convicted of procuring an underage girl for prostitution, died by suspected suicide in August while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

A source told the Mirror: “Epstein kept a treasure trove of information in his safes on his famous friends.

“No one was immune. He knew it would provide an insurance policy should anything happen.

“It wasn’t just royalty he had over to his place but presidents, world leaders and celebrities.”

Prince Andrew has this week stepped down from royal duties amid heightening criticism over his long-term friendship with Epstein.

Last week, he gave an interview to the BBC's Newsnight in which he was forced to deny allegations by one of Epstein's accusers that she had been forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17.

The prince became friends with Epstein sometime in the 1990s, and is known to have been a guest at his mansions in New York and Palm Beach and on his private island in the US Virgin Islands, but denies any wrongdoing.

Maria Farmer, one of those to have accused Epstein of sexual abuse, told CBS This Morning on Monday that Epstein's New York mansion was under constant surveillance, and that she had seen his "media room".

"The main thing he did when I walked in and thought was interesting, he showed me where the men monitoring everything were," she said.

"So if you’re facing the house, there’s a window on the right that’s barred – that’s the room, the ‘media room’ is what he called it.

"And so there was a door that looked like an invisible door with all this limestone and everything and you push it and you go in and I saw all the cameras.

"They were monitors inside this cabinet and there were men sitting here and I looked on the cameras and I saw toilet, toilet, bed, bed, toilet, bed.

"And I was like I’m never going to use the restroom here and I am never going to sleep here."

Farmer also criticised Prince Andrew directly over his BBC interview, in which he claimed not to remember meeting Virginia Roberts, an Epstein accuser with whom he has been seen in photographs.

“He is revolting and disgusting. Shame on you!" she said

“I would like to know why is his memory so poor?

"Does he really believe that we can think that at his age he forgets these things?”

Lady Victoria Harvey, an ex-partner of the prince's, has also alleged the existence of hidden cameras at Epstein's home.

"I actually didn't come across any of the other girls staying at the apartments but I felt uncomfortable staying there," she said.

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"I cut my trip short and felt I was being watched, there were hidden cameras and I left after about 10 days and moved in with a friend of mine.

"But even before I knew anything that's come since out, I felt it."

5 Prince Andrew ex Lady Victoria Harvey has also said she thought she was being watched while staying at Epstein's home Credit: supplied by Pixel8000 07917221968

5 The FBI are reported to be reviewing hundreds of hours of footage seized from Epstein's properties Credit: Getty Images - Getty

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