Buckingham Palace was given Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor trade envoy emails six years ago
Emails released to Buckingham Palace six years ago showed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sharing classified government information as trade envoy, according to court documents.
The archive, consisting of 30,000 emails from a personal business contact of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, was handed over to the Lord Chamberlain, the most senior civil servant in the Royal Household, in May 2020.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “As there is an ongoing police investigation into Mr Mountbatten-Windsor it is not possible to make any comment on these matters.”
Last week it was revealed that Thames Valley Police detectives investigating the former Duke of York will consider allegations of sexual misconduct in their investigation into possible misconduct in public office.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was first arrested on his 66th birthday in February on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, following allegations that he passed sensitive government information to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein while working as the government’s trade envoy.
Court documents seen Independent and the BBC show that large amounts of emails were sent to palace officials years before the current investigations began. The exact content of the emails, dating back to several years dating back to June 2013, is unknown.
The emails were the subject of a legal dispute between Kevin Stanford and Jonathan and David Rowland; David Rowland was referred to as Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s “trusted money man” in emails sent to Epstein by the US Department of Justice.
A High Court ruling in April 2021 found that “a copy of the archive” was provided “to the Lord Chamberlain in May 2020.”
A second Supreme Court ruling in June 2022 referred to an email dated July 10, 2020, stating that the emails had been “delivered to Buckingham Palace.”
Mr. Stanford also offered to provide it to officials in Monaco and Luxembourg, according to the documents.
This may have happened after the former Duke of York resigned as a royal family member following a controversial BBC report. news night Interview conducted in November 2019. Mr Mountbatten-Windsor served as trade ambassador from 2001 to 2011.
The emails sent to the palace came from the account of British businessman Jonathan Rowland, which was obtained by a former employee of the Rowland family and given to Mr Stanford.
Mr Stanford, the former majority owner of the All Saints fashion chain, was involved in a separate dispute over investments in the failed Kaupthing Bank linked to Rowland’s father David.
comes later Telegram It reported that Mr Mountbatten-Windsor requested a confidential briefing from the Treasury in 2010 about the financial crisis in Iceland.
The newspaper said emails it obtained showed the former prince shared these details with Jonathan Rowland and passed on the information “before taking action”.
The previous year, David Rowland had taken over the Luxembourg arm of Kaupthing Bank, which later became Banque Havilland and faced sanctions from UK and EU regulators.
The BBC said Jonathan Rowland had previously confirmed the messages were taken from his account as part of legal proceedings.
In 2020 the position of Lord Chamberlain was assumed by Lord Peel. The role involves “overseeing the conduct and general affairs of the Royal Household,” according to the Royal Family website.
Thames Valley Police said: “We are aware of allegations circulating in the public domain and would encourage anyone with relevant information to get in touch.”
Independent Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has been contacted for comment.
