New Email Reveals Andrew Offered to ‘Pay Homage’ to Jeffrey Epstein After His House Arrest Release
Instead of distancing himself, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's emails show him eager to jump back into Jeffrey Epstein's inner circle.
Newly unearthed emails have yet again cast a chilling light on the closeness between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein. The disclosures now reveal that the disgraced royal offered to ‘pay homage’ to the late financier just hours after he was released from house arrest. The correspondence, released by the US Department of Justice, shows a jubilant ex-Duke celebrating Epstein’s freedom in July 2010 — two years after the financier’s conviction for soliciting p----------- from a minor. This also quashes the claims he made on his 2019 Newsnight interview in which he suggested he had cut all ties with Epstein. Instead of distancing himself, the former Prince’s emails show him eager to jump back into the financier’s good books.
The latest exchange took place on July 24, 2010, when Epstein emailed the former Duke, announcing his freedom. “I will be in Paris starting tomorrow…I'm totally complete and done. Will be in Paris for a while. Then the ranch in New Mexico. There is so much opportunity here,” the disgraced financier wrote. Mountbatten-Windsor, using an account named ‘The Duke,’ responded with immediate enthusiasm, noting, “Congratulations! DS told me you were allowed out from yesterday. How long in Paris for? I am back in London from 16th. A.” In the same message thread, Epstein boasted that his friends were “super flush with cash” and ready for deals, the ex-Duke replied, “Really, really good news. If you are in Paris around the 16th, I'll be across to pay homage to your new life ahead!”
The ‘homage’ Andrew intended to pay seemingly extended beyond business. In fact, within just two weeks of his release, the late financier was already acting as a fixer for the ex-Duke’s social life. For instance, on August 11, 2010, he emailed the ex-Duke that he had a friend whom the disgraced royal might enjoy ‘having dinner with, describing the woman as “26 Russian clever beautiful trustworthy.” Mountbatten-Windsor’s response was quite swift, in which he said that he would be ‘delighted’ to see her, asking Epstein to pass along his contact details to get in touch. He followed up by asking the disgraced financier, “That was quick! How are you? Good to be free?”
The fallout from these revelations has been catastrophic for the late Queen's favorite son, eventually leading to his arrest on February 19. He was detained on suspicion of misconduct in office, with correspondence suggesting that he shared confidential information with Epstein during his tenure as a UK trade envoy. While he was released after an 11-hour interrogation, his ‘sweating’ image coming out of the police station signaled his historical fall from grace. King Charles soon issued a stern response via Buckingham Palace, drawing a firm line between the reputation of the institution and his brother's contentious past ties, further establishing that he no longer enjoys the royal safety net.
Emphasizing his ‘deepest concern,’ the monarch stated, “What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities. In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation.”
