Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have once again cast doubt on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s account of his friendship with the late sex offender and his denials of accuser Virginia Giuffre’s claims.
The former prince told Epstein and convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell that he “couldn’t take it anymore” when he was informed 14 years ago that a British newspaper was planning to publish an article about the trio.
Portions of new documents provided by Epstein’s estate were released Wednesday by the U.S. House Oversight Committee, including some references to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Among the thousands of documents was an email conversation from March 2011 in which Andrew repeatedly implored the couple to clarify that he was not involved in the alleged activities.
“Please ensure that all statements and legal documents clearly state that I am not involved and that I have no knowledge or knowledge of these allegations,” Andrew said in a letter to Epstein. “I can no longer endure my end.”
The message was sent months after Andrew claimed he had cut off all ties with the convicted pedophile in December 2010. CNN has reached out to Andrew for comment following the release of the latest documents from the House committee.
Another email, believed to be between the former Duke of York and Maxwell on the same day, discusses his response to a press interview from the Mail on Sunday, with him writing: “Hey, what the heck is this? I don’t know anything about this! Just say it. This has nothing to do with me. I can’t take this anymore.”
Andrew sent the message after the paper forwarded him an email from Epstein to which he had a right of reply, in which he addressed several of the allegations. The emails allege that a woman, whose name is redacted in the released documents, worked as Epstein’s masseuse and met and had a sexual relationship with Andrew at Maxwell’s London home in 2001.
The masseuse reunited with Andrew at Epstein’s New York mansion and claims that she and another girl were instructed by Maxwell to sit on his lap and that Andrew groped her before Maxwell instructed the girls to have sex.
The woman also claimed that she was then instructed to throw an orgy for Mr. Andrew and Mr. Epstein on the investor’s private island in the Caribbean called Little St. James.
The email appears to reference claims made by Virginia Giuffre, who has spoken extensively about years of sex trafficking allegedly at the hands of Epstein and Maxwell. Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking in 2022 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
Giuffre, a prominent accuser of Epstein, who died by suicide in April, repeatedly claimed that she was forced to have sex with Andrew when she was underage on three separate occasions: in London, New York and Little St. James.
Her third encounter, as detailed in her posthumous memoir, was an “orgy” on Epstein’s island, which she claimed involved the investor and “about eight other girls” who “appeared to be under 18 and didn’t speak much English.”
She claimed that when they were introduced, the then-prince was aware that she was a minor in the United States.
Andrew has always denied all allegations against him.
“I don’t remember meeting this woman at all, I don’t remember it at all,” Andrew told the BBC in a 2019 TV interview. At the same time, he said visiting Epstein in 2010 was a “wrong decision” and that he regretted his “misguided” actions.
Epstein admits photos of Andrew
In another email exchange with a journalist in July 2011, Epstein appears to have discussed with Giuffre the now-infamous photo of him cradling then-17-year-old Andrew in his arms. The now former royal has repeatedly said he has no recollection of the photo being taken, suggesting the image may be fake.
“Yes, she was on my plane, and like many of my employees, she was taking pictures with Andrew,” Epstein wrote.
The disgraced investors also appear to have asked journalists to investigate Mr. Giuffre.
“I have never misled you. This woman is a complete liar,” Epstein wrote in an email.
“Perhaps your newspaper should show that the (redacted) allegations against Andrew (sic) are the same. She also accused a number of (sic) people of having sex with her,” he added.
Andrew reached an out-of-court settlement in 2022 after Giuffre filed a civil suit in New York. Andrew denied wrongdoing, but acknowledged Giuffre’s suffering as a victim of sex trafficking.
Earlier this month, Giuffre was officially stripped of her title in an unprecedented move by her brother King Charles III after her memoirs reignited public attention about Andrew’s relationship with Epstein.
Meanwhile, last week, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee asked Andrew to answer questions as part of the committee’s investigation into Epstein and his accomplices. Suhas Subrahmanyam MP told the BBC he had not yet responded to the committee’s request to testify.
Newly unearthed documents from the House of Commons committee also appear to shed further light on the extent of Epstein’s contacts with Peter Mandelson, who was recently removed as British ambassador to the United States over his ties to Epstein.
The two appeared to have been in contact in 2016, when Mr. Mandelson apparently mentioned Mr. Epstein’s birthday two weeks earlier, according to emails. “63 years old. Good job,” he wrote.
Their correspondence also appeared to suggest that Mr Mandelson had warned Mr Epstein to avoid Mountbatten Windsor, with the disgraced investor writing: “I was right to distance myself from Andrew.”
Mr Mandelson responded: “Yes, without Andrew we wouldn’t have gone nuclear.”
It is unclear exactly what the two are referring to. CNN has reached out to Mandelson for comment.
Mandelson was fired as British ambassador to the United States in September after Bloomberg published a trove of emails revealing the depth of Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein.
The emails showed that Mr. Mandelson sent messages of support to Mr. Epstein as far back as 2010 — even after the sex offender was convicted of soliciting prostitution with a minor in Florida two years ago.
Mr. Mandelson’s relationship with Mr. Epstein was known before he was appointed to his post in Washington in 2024. But the September emails caused a crisis for Britain’s Labor government and Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with many questioning why Mandelson was appointed despite concerns about his past.
The British Foreign Office told CNN at the time that the emails showed the “depth and scope” of the former ambassador’s relationship with Mr. Epstein was “significantly different from what was known at the time of his appointment.”
After his sacking two months ago, Mandelson said in a letter to embassy staff reported by the BBC: “I continue to feel terrible about my association with Mr. Epstein 20 years ago and the plight of his victims.”
