Andrew invited Epstein to Buckingham Palace, files suggest
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor invited Epstein to visit him at Buckingham Palace shortly after the convicted sex offender was released from house arrest, files released by the US justice department appeared to suggest.
A document dated 27 September 2010 suggests Epstein contacted Mountbatten-Windsor during a stay in London. He apparently wrote: “What time would you like me … we will also need (to) … have private time.”
Mountbatten-Windsor responded to say that he was about to leave Scotland and apparently suggested they “could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots of privacy”.
Two days later, according to the document, Mountbatten-Windsor emailed again, writing: “Delighted for you to come here to BP. Come with whomever and I’ll be here free from 1600ish to 2000.”
“BP” is believed to refer to Buckingham Palace.
It is not clear whether the meeting at Buckingham Palace took place. The former prince lost his royal titles last year after growing controversy over his links to Epstein.
Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
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Pictures: New Epstein files appear to show Andrew on knees crouching over woman
Among the millions of documents released by the US justice department on Epstein are images appearing to show Mountbatten-Windsor on his hands and knees crouching over what looks to be a woman lying on the floor.
In one of the pictures, the former prince appears to have his hand on her stomach.
The woman’s face has been obfuscated.
Andrew invited Epstein to Buckingham Palace, files suggest
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor invited Epstein to visit him at Buckingham Palace shortly after the convicted sex offender was released from house arrest, files released by the US justice department appeared to suggest.
A document dated 27 September 2010 suggests Epstein contacted Mountbatten-Windsor during a stay in London. He apparently wrote: “What time would you like me … we will also need (to) … have private time.”
Mountbatten-Windsor responded to say that he was about to leave Scotland and apparently suggested they “could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots of privacy”.
Two days later, according to the document, Mountbatten-Windsor emailed again, writing: “Delighted for you to come here to BP. Come with whomever and I’ll be here free from 1600ish to 2000.”
“BP” is believed to refer to Buckingham Palace.
It is not clear whether the meeting at Buckingham Palace took place. The former prince lost his royal titles last year after growing controversy over his links to Epstein.
Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
Opening summary
Good morning, Taz Ali here to bring you live coverage of the latest release of files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Millions of new files were released by the US Department of Justice on Friday, including more than three million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, making it the largest document dump since a law was passed last year requiring the government to release any information in its possession related to Epstein, who died in jail in 2019.
Among those mentioned in the files is the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, the former prince Andrew, and Peter Mandelson.
You can read our previous coverage of the files below:
We’ll bring you further developments throughout the day.
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