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Power: Don King

The Maxwells | 2. The Lady Ghislaine

Power: Don King

Sony Music

Society & Culture, History, True Crime

3.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

November 1991. Robert Maxwell is missing off his yacht in the Canary Islands. We hear from the photographer and journalist who accompanied his family in the immediate aftermath of his death. Power is a Somethin’ Else production with Sony Music Entertainment. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I was searching for old interviews with Galein Maxwell when I found a copy of Hello from February

0:12.7

1997.

0:13.7

It's a British celebrity magazine, a bit like Us Weekly, you know, the kind that you flip

0:18.8

through at the hair salon or while you're waiting for the dentist.

0:22.1

It wasn't easy to get a hold of.

0:24.0

I actually had to bid for it on eBay.

0:28.5

On the cover, it says, exclusive, Robert Maxwell's daughter, Galein.

0:33.8

And inside, there's a 10-page spread full of photos of Galein in her New York Upper

0:38.1

East Side apartment.

0:40.0

She looks both powerful and elegant.

0:42.5

In one photo, she's in a white and black gown leaning against a grand entryway.

0:47.1

In another, she's standing in her office in a pantsuit holding a stack of papers.

0:51.1

There's even a fax machine in the background.

0:55.2

In the interview, she explains how she's been rebuilding her life in Manhattan as a business

0:59.0

consultant, selling antiques, and doing some PR work.

1:03.3

There's no mention of Jeffrey Epstein.

1:08.0

The piece only really gets interesting when the conversation turns to her father.

1:15.7

This interview was conducted just over five years after Robert Maxwell was found dead,

1:20.8

floating off his yacht in the Canary Islands.

1:23.5

At the time of this article, the cause of his death was unclear.

1:27.1

It still is.

1:28.6

But now, Galein was speaking to the press about her father's death for the first time.

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