Prince Andrew appeared pensive as he stared out the window of a car while driving around Windsor Castle – amid claims that he could be ‘destroyed’ by a cache of more than 100 secret emails contained in the Epstein Files.
Charles’s brother, 65, looked to be keeping a low profile as he was seen behind the wheel today, while roaming around the estate, as sources speaking to the Mail on Sunday have revealed that potentially ‘incriminating’ emails between the Duke of York and the convicted paedophile are contained in hundreds of thousands of documents currently being reviewed by the US Congress before they are made public.
‘If you think what’s happened to Peter Mandelson is bad then you have no idea what will happen when the Andrew emails are released,’ an insider said. ‘They are embarrassing and incriminating and he could be destroyed.’
Lord Mandelson was fired as British ambassador to Washington last week after a string of embarrassing emails between himself and Epstein were released.
The disgraced royal, who had also been spotted enjoying a morning horse ride on the grounds this weekend, is also likely still reeling after an interview with Woody Allen detailed how the financier hosted the pair for a dinner party at his New York ‘house of depravity’ months after being released from jail.
In an interview with the Sunday Times, the controversial Hollywood director who was once accused of molesting his adopted daughter when she was a child (claims he has always denied), said the star-studded event was held at Epstein’s £60million Manhattan home on December 2, 2010, just five months after being released from jail following his conviction for child sex charges.
Among those he allegedly invited were Andrew, who flew over from the UK, as well as Allen, who was one of Epstein’s neighbours.
Allen also said he had not met Epstein before attending the first dinner and would go on to frequently dine there.
Prince Andrew appeared pensive as he stared out the window of a car while driving around Windsor Castle – where the King will be hosting US President Donald Trump for a state visit this week
The 89-year-old told the outlet how he and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, had been invited by a publicist to the dinner with ‘one of those British royals‘ and other high-profile guests.
They allegedly included Katie Couric, then the highest-paid female TV anchor in the US, and George Stephanopoulos, a former White House communications director under President Bill Clinton.
Allen said there were ‘about twenty people there’, many from showbusiness, although Andrew previously claimed in his car-crash Newsnight interview that it was a ‘small dinner party’ for ‘eight or ten’ guests.
Epstein had just finished a prison term for soliciting an underage girl for prostitution, for which he was registered as a sex offender.
‘We didn’t know Jeffrey at all then, but we see all these people there and they all embraced him, so we figured, “OK, he’s a substantial character”,’ said Allen. ‘He told us he’d been in jail and that he had been… falsely put in jail in some way.
‘He told us he was trying to make up for it now by being philanthropic and giving money to cutting-edge scientists and universities. He couldn’t have been nicer.’
Allen said his wife, the adopted daughter of his ex-wife Mia Farrow and her previous husband Andre Previn, had wanted to meet the Duke.
She told the outlet she ‘could not stand’ Andrew, describing him as ‘such a dullard’.
The disgraced royal, who had also been spotted enjoying a morning horse ride on the grounds this weekend, is also likely still reeling after an interview with Woody Allen detailed how the financier (pictured) hosted the pair for a dinner party at his New York ‘house of depravity’ months after being released from jail
This photo shows the Manhattan residence of Jeffrey Epstein in New York, pictured in July, 2019
Allen said he and Soon-Yi became regular guests at Epstein’s house, where ‘there was always a table of illustrious people’. He reminisced on an occasion where magician David Blaine is said to have swallowed live goldfish and regurgitated them.
But he added: ‘We never, ever, saw Jeffrey with underage girls. He always had a girlfriend but never an underage girlfriend.’
He said Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year term for sex trafficking, was not the ‘girlfriend’ referenced and she did not attend any of the dinner parties.
Elsewhere, the family of Virginia Giuffre have shared their anger over Prince Andrew being ‘still out there’ and ‘living in a palace’, amid the alleged email cache.
Multiple well-placed sources have revealed that potentially ‘incriminating’ correspondence between the Duke of York and the convicted paedophile are contained in hundreds of thousands of documents currently being reviewed by the US Congress before they are made public.
One source told the Daily Mail: ‘If you think what’s happened to Peter Mandelson is bad then you have no idea what will happen when the Andrew emails are released. They are embarrassing and incriminating and he could be destroyed.’
David Boies, the high-powered lawyer who represented Andrew’s accuser Virginia Giuffre, says he believes there is enough evidence to open a criminal investigation into the prince.
Andrew vehemently and consistently denied Ms Giuffre’s claims that she was sex-trafficked to him by Epstein.
Convicted paedophile Epstein pictured in New York with disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell in March 2005
In 2022, the Duke reached a reported £12 million civil settlement with Ms Giuffre – who committed suicide earlier this year – with no admission of guilt.
Several embarrassing emails between Andrew and Epstein have already been revealed in legal papers over the years, including one in which the prince said: ‘Keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!’
That email, from February 2011, was unearthed in court documents from a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority against Epstein’s personal banker Jes Staley.
Legal documents said the email was sent ‘by a member of the British Royal Family’, which the BBC and others widely reported was Prince Andrew.
When Ms Giuffre, previously known as Virginia Roberts, first made claims against the duke he fired off an email to his close friend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was subsequently jailed for her role as a child sex trafficker for Epstein.
In the message, sent on January 3, 2015, he said: ‘Let me know when we can talk. Got some specific questions to ask you about Virginia Roberts.’
Maxwell replied: ‘Have some info. Call me when you have a moment.’
The MoS understands that there are ‘at least’ 100 emails involving Andrew contained within the Epstein files.
Some come from an account with Pipex, one of the UK’s first commercial internet providers. That email address is listed alongside multiple phone numbers for the duke found in Epstein’s infamous ‘little black book’.
Another source said: ‘There are potentially incriminating emails between Andrew, Epstein and Maxwell which haven’t come out yet. Andrew was in regular contact with Maxwell by email and Epstein used email to coordinate trafficking of his victims.
‘If I were Andrew I’d be very worried. Look what the emails did to Mandelson.’
Meanwhile, Giuffre’s lawyer Mr Boies told Piers Morgan on his YouTube show that ‘there are between ten and 20 men that we have enough information on that should entail a serious prosecutorial investigation.’
When Mr Morgan asked, ‘Is one of them Prince Andrew?’, the lawyer replied: ‘Yes.’
Urging Andrew to ‘come clean’, Mr Boies added: ‘One of the things that has frustrated us is that in both the UK and the United States he was basically given a pass.’
Both Lord Mandelson and the Duke of York may be ‘invited’ to testify before the House Oversight Committee, the Congressional committee which is reviewing hundreds of thousands of Epstein-related documents.
A source said: ‘As UK citizens, they cannot be subpoenaed to testify but they can be invited, which is a polite word for Congress demanding they appear. They can refuse to appear but it wouldn’t be a good look for either of them.’
The Oversight Committee last week released Epstein’s 50th birthday book which contained a ten-page tribute from Mandelson describing Epstein as his ‘best pal’ and showing the disgraced diplomat enjoying holidays on the paedophile’s private island.
Giuffre’s lawyer David Boies (pictured) said ‘there are between ten and 20 men that we have enough information on that should entail a serious prosecutorial investigation’
Democrat congresswoman Melanie Stansbury, who sits on the committee, said: ‘We are currently working on a list of additional documents, witnesses and others associated with these crimes that the committee intends to move a vote for subpoenaing.’
She said anyone who contributed to Epstein’s birthday book – which includes Lord Mandelson and former President Bill Clinton – ‘are likely to be called to explain their actions.’
Donald Trump has claimed a cartoon of a naked woman with his ‘signature’ as the pubic hair in the book is ‘fake’.
Former US Attorney General Alexander Acosta, who negotiated Epstein’s 2008 ‘sweetheart deal’ which saw him spend just 13 months in jail after pleading guilty to just two charges of prostitution involving a minor, will appear before the committee on Friday.
British socialite Maxwell, 63, is currently serving 20 years in jail after being found guilty on child sex trafficking charges. She is due to appear before the committee next month.
Another member of the committee, Democratic Californian congressman Ro Khanna said: ‘Rich and powerful men who covered for Epstein must be held accountable. Mandelson is an example. He’s on the Left, so it’s not political.’
A source said: ‘Andrew is mistaken if he thinks this matter is going away.’
Meanwhile, it’s set to be a busy week for the Royal Family, who will be hosting the American President this week.
Trump will spend one night at Windsor Castle, with a ‘ring of steel’ planned to protect the US leader from demonstrations that could mar his visit.
The President and First Lady Melania Trump will meet the Prince and Princess of Wales on Wednesday morning in the Windsor estate grounds.
They will then meet the King and Queen for an open-air greeting.
Trump will also receive a fly-past by the Red Arrows and UK and US F-35 military jets on the East Lawn at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, as well as a special Beating Retreat military ceremony.
Unlike during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit, the American President and First Lady will not take a carriage ride through the town or a trip into London to see the Grave of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey.
There will also be no public element during his first day at Windsor Castle and his carriage ride will be confined to Home Park.
However, a royal salute will be fired from the east lawn of Windsor Castle, and at the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace has said.
This will then be followed by a carriage procession through the Windsor estate with Charles, Camilla, William and Kate.
Trump will also meet Sir Keir Starmer at Chequers, the prime minister’s official country residence in Buckinghamshire.
The route towards the castle will be lined with members of the Armed Forces, and three military bands from the Royal Marines, Army and RAF.
On Thursday, Kate, 43, will join Melania Trump, 55, at Frogmore Gardens in the Home Park at Windsor Castle to meet chief scout Dwayne Fields and members of the Scouts’ Squirrels programme.
Large protests, organised by the Stop Trump Coalition, are set to be held in both Windsor and London against the two-day trip, with security heightened during his stay.
Specialist Search Unit officers were seen scouring bollards and bins outside the royal residence on Friday, with a sniffer dog on patrol too.
Sergeant Amber Timmis, from Thames Valley Police, said that Windsor residents will see ongoing searches by officers.
She said: ‘Being in Thames Valley Police, we’ve got lots of people that live here of a royal variety, so just making sure that everyone is safe is something we do quite often, so we’re very used to it, very adept in that, and very experienced.’
Asked about recent security breaches in the US, Ms Timmis, ‘We do what we do, we already have a clear strategy and a clear message from our side of things.
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