Mona Juul was "shocked and embarrassed," when she saw her picture on the front page of a German newspaper.

Mona Juul was "stunned and furious" when she saw her picture on the front page of a German newspaper.

The German newspaper *Die Welt* mistakenly included the leader of the Danish Conservatives in the Jeffrey Epstein case. The error remains visible in several places online.

Mona Juul is, as you know, the leader of the Danish Conservatives. However, *Die Welt* confused her with the Norwegian ambassador to Jordan and Iraq, who shares the same name. (Photo: © Emil Nicolai Helms, Ritzau Scanpix)

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Laura Kirkebæk-Johansson ([email protected]) 45 minutes ago

When Mona Juul left her home in Horsens this morning and headed towards Copenhagen, messages started flooding in.

They came from people who had seen a picture of the Conservative party leader in an article from the major German newspaper *Die Welt*. However, the article was about a completely different Mona Juul, who had a relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"I was, of course, absolutely stunned and furious. I thought, 'this will be fixed right away,'" says the party leader to *P1 Orientering* (https://www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-orientering/p1-orientering-2026/tirsdag-3-februar-2026-11802610062).

The German media had confused Mona Juul with Norway’s ambassador to Jordan and Iraq, who bears the same name. She is mentioned in the so-called Epstein documents.

Here is the Norwegian Mona Juul. She was previously Norway’s UN ambassador. The released documents show that Juul and her husband, Terje Rød-Larsen, had extensive contact with Epstein. (Photo: © Lev Radin, Shutterstock/Ritzau Scanpix)

According to Norwegian media, the children of the Norwegian Mona Juul are listed as heirs to a total of ten million dollars in Epstein’s will. For that reason, the ambassador has now been temporarily relieved of her duties.

"I am deeply shaken by how someone could make such a grave mistake and choose the wrong picture, especially when it’s absolutely crucial not to be associated with that sick old man in this case," says the Danish Mona Juul.

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Still posted on social media

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In the article itself (https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article69818d4ffa531953d5219d05/mona-juul-ihre-kinder-sollten-jeffrey-epsteins-millionen-erben-norwegen-suspendiert-botschafterin.html?wtrid=socialmedia.socialflow....socialflow_twitter), *Die Welt* has now removed the picture and replaced it with one of the Norwegian Mona Juul.

"We mistakenly used a photo of the Danish politician Mona Juul in an earlier version. We apologize for the error."

However, on the media’s profiles on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/welt/posts/pfbid0V8DcHXQ8ezK2QbK3ozK2TNczWtaKH88n456vRb4NjhxkTmwCuWNJfiemAtmbv2upl) and X (https://x.com/welt/status/2018568363430019535), there is still a picture of the Conservative party leader alongside the headline: *"Her children were supposed to inherit Epstein’s millions – Norway suspends ambassador after new documents."*

This is how the post appears on X. (Photo: © Screenshot from X.)

The Danish Conservatives inform Ritzau that they are trying to contact several media outlets that have mistakenly identified their party leader with the Norwegian Mona Juul.

"But it has taken some time to get them to respond, and they are not quite there yet, I must admit," says the party leader.

"We have a lot of fake news on social media. Established media should be better than that and correct their mistakes if they happen."

Listen to the full interview with Mona Juul on *P1 Orientering*:

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