Andrew invited Epstein to Buckingham Palace after child sex offender’s release, files suggest | Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor invited Jeffrey Epstein to meet him at Buckingham Palace after the child sex offender was released from house arrest, new documents show.

The US Justice Department’s latest disclosures include a 2010 email exchange between the financier and the then-prince.

Another set of emails from the same year shows Epstein offering Andrew to meet a 26-year-old Russian woman whom he described as “smart” and “beautiful.”

In an email exchange on September 29, 2010, Epstein said he was in London and asked Andrew what he was doing. Andrew said he had lunch with a Saudi prince and a “secret intelligence firm”.

He later emailed Epstein: “I’m so glad you came here to BP. Whoever comes with it, I’ll be here for free from 1600 to 2000.” BP is thought to mean Buckingham Palace.

Epstein had been released from house arrest earlier that year as part of his sentence after pleading guilty to child sex crimes. Another 3 million pages related to the case were published on Friday.

One of the files shows a photo of Andrew, dressed on all fours, over a woman lying on the ground.

In a separate email exchange in December 2010, Epstein told Andrew he had a female friend and thought the then-prince would enjoy meeting her.

Andrew said he couldn’t meet up because he was in Geneva, Switzerland, but “would love to see him.” He then asks what information Epstein gave the woman about himself.

Epstein replies: “26 years old, Russian, smart [sic] nice, reliable.” He adds that he gave him Andrew’s email address.

Andrew was stripped of his royal titles in October last year amid ongoing headlines about his friendship with Epstein, who killed himself in prison while facing new child sex abuse charges in 2019.

He will also have to leave the Royal Lodge at Windsor after his brother King Charles launched a “formal process to strip Andrew of his rank, titles and honour”.

The message tranches also show that Elon Musk has more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known. Emails from 2013 show the pair messaging cordially to make plans for the entrepreneur to visit Epstein’s island, Little St James.

Additionally, according to emails published by the Ministry of Justice, it was revealed that Epstein transferred thousands of pounds to Peter Mandelson’s husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, after his release from prison in 2009.

Da Silva emailed Epstein on September 7, 2009, about two months after Epstein’s release, asking him to fund an osteopathy course and other expenses.

“I was never guilty or complicit in his crimes. Like everyone else, I learned the real truth about him after his death,” Mandelson said Friday. Da Silva has not yet commented.