Years of accusations stemming from former Prince Andrew’s close friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein culminated Thursday in a moment long sought by survivors of Epstein’s abuse, when King Charles III’s brother was arrested. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest is related to suspected misconduct in public office, not his actions with young women linked to Epstein.
The arrest came less than three weeks after a massive trove of files released by the U.S. Justice Department included a series of potentially incriminating documents that appear to show Andrew shared confidential government information with Epstein when he was a British government trade envoy, as well as new photos of him with unidentified young women.
Andrew, as U.K. trade envoy, may have shared confidential info with Epstein
Emails to Epstein from a sender labeled “The Duke” show forwarded reports from overseas trade missions. One is referred to as a “confidential brief.” Andrew held the title Duke of York at the time.
King Charles initiated the process of stripping his brother of his royal titles in October, and evicted him from his royal mansion in February.
The 2010 emails show that Mountbatten-Windsor went on a two-week tour of Southeast Asia in his role as a U.K. special representative for international trade and investment, which he held from 2001-2011.
The emails were signed “A” and the signature block includes, “HRH The Duke of York KG,” which was his previous title. The original email forwarded to Epstein included a signature indicating it was sent by a “Special Adviser to HRH Duke of York.”
The confidential information included “visit reports” from Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, and a “confidential brief produced by the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Helmand Province for International Investment Opportunities.”
