Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is pictured lying across five women’s laps at Sandringham while grinning Ghislaine Maxwell watches on – as disgraced royal appears in fresh trove of Epstein files
A photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell, sprawled across the laps of five women, was released as part of the Epstein files.
300,000 documents made public by the US government last night revealed sickening scenes at Epstein’s mansions, including countless images of naked young women.
In one of the photos, the former prince can be seen lying in front of five women, wearing a black suit and bow tie, smiling with his face next to one woman’s bare legs.
Andrew’s new undated photo appears to have been taken in front of the fireplace in the drawing room of Sandringham House, where the Royal Family traditionally gathers after dinner on Christmas Day.
The Playboy prince lies in his tuxedo jacket on the laps of five elegantly dressed women. His cheek, grinning at the camera, is just inches above the bare legs of one of the women, whose identities are protected by U.S. government lawyers.
This crude scene is presided over by Epstein’s pimp, Ghislaine Maxwell. Visible only to the left is the secret door to the room at Sandringham House where George V broadcast his first Christmas radio message in 1932.
Since there is no content in the published photos, it is not currently clear when the photo was taken.
Andrew hosted a surprise birthday party for Maxwell, now 63, at the monarch’s private country home in Norfolk in December 2000. He would later describe the incident as “a simple shooting weekend” in a disastrous BBC Newsnight interview in 2019.
As part of the Epstein files, a photograph was released of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lounging with Ghislaine Maxwell across a row of women during a black tie event.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell are seen in an undated photo released by the US Department of Justice
The former prince was facing allegations that he sexually assaulted then-17-year-old Virginia Giuffre after she was trafficked by Epstein. He has always denied the accusations.
She resigned from royal duties in 2019, but the posthumous publication of Ms. Giuffre’s memoirs and the US government’s release of documents from Epstein’s estate have brought greater scrutiny to her relationship with the financier.
It’s been six years since the FBI asked Andrew to be interviewed as a ‘witness’ to assist in the investigation into Epstein’s crimes.
During the 2000s, Andrew spent weeks as a guest at Epstein’s ‘House of Sin’ villa in Florida; Here, children were forced to wear schoolgirl clothes and have underage sex with the pedophile American financier.
Andrew has always vehemently denied Ms. Giuffre’s accusations that he was forced to have sex with her three times.
In 2022, he paid her an undisclosed sum, reported to be £12 million, to settle civil litigation over sexual assault without any admission of wrongdoing.
Andrew, who stayed at Epstein’s mansions in New York, Florida and the Caribbean and flew on the billionaire’s private jet nicknamed the “Lolita Express,” has always emphasized that he never witnessed, witnessed or suspected “any such conduct” that led to Epstein’s arrest and conviction for child sex crimes.
Some of the new photos offer a sickening look at the ‘decor’ of Epstein’s homes, which were covered in artwork featuring naked girls. A chilling and unexplained photo shows a naked baby in a bathroom sink.
After Epstein died in 2019, Andrew promised to help US investigators but they accused him of stalling. American prosecutors issued a press release criticizing Andrew for having ‘zero cooperation’. They then took the drastic step of asking the British Government to facilitate a formal meeting with the then duke.
The Home Office was supposed to ‘process’ the 2019 request but nothing happened. The former Duke has resisted calls from Epstein’s victims to voluntarily take part in FBI questioning.
Former US attorney general William Barr recently said he was ‘at least a witness’ to the investigation into Epstein’s crimes. There was no response to Andrew’s request for comment.
Another photo posted on Friday showed Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson posing for photos with people on the street.
In the latest bombshell images from the release of the Epstein files, Bill Clinton was seen having fun in the swimming pool with Ghislaine Maxwell.
Clinton and Sir Mick Jagger photographed with a redacted woman
Epstein was also seen getting close to the former president in the photo published on Friday
Rock legend Sir Mick was spotted having dinner with Clinton and Epstein
Other photos released on Friday showed Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson posing for a photo with someone on the street and talking to a woman while sitting on a sofa.
She appears to be wearing the same outfit in both photos, but it’s unclear if the photos were taken on the same day.
Former president Bill Clinton also appeared in the files many times; One photo showed him relaxing in a jacuzzi. In another, she dives into a swimming pool with Maxwell.
Other high-profile names such as Michael Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Diana Ross, Sir Mick Jagger and Sir Richard Branson are also included in the files.
A number of documents, including court records, footage and footage, were uploaded to the US Department of Justice website on Friday night, leaving users queuing as it was faced with an ‘extremely high volume of search requests’.
The data dump comes after assistant US attorney general Todd Blanche said ‘several hundred thousand’ documents from the so-called ‘Epstein files’ would be released ahead of the legal deadline, but the need to protect the sex offender’s victims meant thousands more would be released in the coming weeks.
The U.S. Department of Justice is legally obligated to publicly release all files related to the pedophilia investigation by midnight Friday following the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The financier was found dead in his cell at a federal prison in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.
Trump, once a close friend of Epstein, fought for months to prevent the release of records related to the investigation of Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
He signed legislation last month to allow the files to be released, although he had previously resisted disclosure and claimed the matter was ‘a hoax by the Democrats’.
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A photograph of Maxwell outside his premises at Number 10 Downing Street dump
Epstein seen with Michael Jackson in undated photo
Clinton and Jackson smile next to Diana Ross in an undated photo from Friday’s broadcast
Speaking before the release, Mr Blanche told Fox News: ‘I expect we will release several hundred thousand documents today.
‘And these documents will come in different forms, in the form of photographs and other material relating to all investigations into Mr. Epstein.’
Explaining why there may be a delay in releasing all the files, Mr Blanche told the broadcaster: ‘What we do is look at every piece of paper that we produce and ensure that every victim, their name, their identity, their story is fully protected to the extent that it needs to be protected.
‘And I expect we will be releasing more documentation in the next few weeks.
‘So I’m expecting a few hundred thousand today and another few hundred thousand in the next few weeks.’
