Emails tear to shreds Andrew’s Newsnight claim of breaking off all contact with Epstein. The pair spent years swapping emails – including the one about the ‘beautiful, trustworthy’ Russian, 26
The latest cache of emails shatters Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s claims on Newsnight that he cut off all contact with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The pair were in frequent contact, from “having a good time” for his goddaughter visiting Buckingham Palace to arranging a dinner date with a “beautiful” 26-year-old Russian, according to the latest filings.
They show that the then-Duke of York’s story to Emily Maitlis in 2019 was full of lies about his friendship with the convicted child sex predator.
In the now-famous interview, filmed at Buckingham Palace, he claimed: ‘I broke off contact with him… I was not in contact with him again in 2006 and until 2010.’
Newly published emails reveal that this claim is not true. The couple was photographed meeting in Central Park on December 5, 2010.
Andrew insisted to BBC viewers with a straight face: ‘I have had no contact with him to date.’ His claims have now been revealed to be blatant lies.
‘I have had no contact with him since that day,’ former Prince Andrew told BBC viewers in 2019. Newly released emails now show this was a blatant lie
Jeffrey Epstein’s mug shot in law enforcement files released Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice in the largest document dump ever
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson photographed smiling with Pitch@Palace executive David Stern, who kept Epstein up to date until at least 2017
Even a cursory look at some of the three million files released last Friday reveals light-hearted emails back and forth between Andrew and Epstein.
Some of the newly uncovered emails include the following correspondence:
2009
July: Andrew arranges for his goddaughter Celina to visit Buckingham Palace while Epstein remains in prison, serving a sentence for molesting a minor. ‘Andrew said he could help her have a good time. ‘Tea at the palace!’
Sarah Ferguson apparently wrote to Epstein on July 6, when the pedophile was still in prison. Epstein responds from behind bars: ‘Give Andrew a chance’ [big] ‘Thank you, tell him this means a lot to me’.
2010
February: Epstein receives an email from Andrew’s private secretary, Amanda Thirsk, inviting him to the prince’s 50th birthday at St James’s Palace. Epstein says he is unable to attend.
April: Andrew texts the financier: ‘I’m not planning on coming to New York urgently, but I think I should go soon. It would be nice to meet in person.’ It had only been a year since Epstein had been released from prison and he was still signing the sex offender registry.
July: The day after he is released from house arrest, Epstein sends an email to Duke and ‘Ferg saying he will be in Paris, to which Andrew responds: ‘Congratulations! [X] He said you were allowed to go out yesterday.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor rides his horse in Windsor Great Park, near his Royal Lodge home, on Monday – before evacuating the house
Emily Maitlis to Andrew in 2019 interview: ‘There were no calls, no letters, nothing?’ Andrew’s response: ‘No, no, no’
In an undated photo released by the US, Andrew told the BBC he had cut ties with Epstein on the grounds that Epstein had “obviously behaved unbecomingly”
Contact between Andrew and Epstein continued throughout 2010 – despite the Duke claiming at the time: ‘I broke off contact with him in 2006’.
August: Epstein prepared dinner for Andrew and a “beautiful, reliable” 26-year-old Russian woman. That same month, Andrew and Epstein discuss “the road ahead” by inviting Epstein to lunch at the Royal Lodge. – Ferguson’s need to plan his financial future.
October: ‘It’s so nice to see you,’ Andrew writes to Epstein.
November: ‘What kind of clothes will I need to bring? “So will I need anything for warmth if we go south, or will everything be in New York, so it’s COLD,” the duke asks the financier, adding: “See you tomorrow afternoon.” I’m really looking forward to seeing you and spending some time with you after such a long time. Some interesting things to discuss and plan’
December: Andrew sends a Christmas card to Epstein, saying: ‘It was great spending time with my US family. I look forward to joining you again soon’ and wish him a ‘great start to 2011’.
2011
Fireplace: ‘Happy New Year,’ writes Andrew in an email asking for help in brokering a deal to recover Sarah Ferguson’s debts.
February: ‘Keep in close contact, we’ll be playing some more soon!!!!’ Andrew writes to the pedophile.
March: During his visit to Sandringham, Epstein lands his private jet at the RAF base and Andrew gives permission.
2017
May: Epstein learns about Andrew’s Pitch@Palace initiative and the Windsor Castle dinner he hosted in an email from Pitch director David Stern.
