NEW claims that Prince Andrew kept in touch with paedo financier Jeffrey Epstein five years longer than he said would guarantee he never returned to royal life, experts said last night.
The Duke of York insisted he had not spoken to Epstein since visiting his New York mansion in December 2010.
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But messages in December 2015 between the tycoon and former Israeli PM Ehud Barak name Andrew as the source of information about a business opportunity in China.
The exchange came months after Virginia Giuffre accused Epstein and the prince of coercing her into sex.
Author Phil Dampier said: “I believe Andrew thought he could make a comeback.
“But this is the nail in the coffin.”
The emails were in Mr Barak’s hacked inbox, put online by file sharing site Distributed Denial of Secrets.
The Sunday Times separately verified dozens of contact details such as addresses and phone numbers.
Andrew, 65, has always denied any wrongdoing. He did not respond to a request for comment.
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