Barely a week goes by without a new Epstein-linked revelation hurting even more of Andrew’s battered reputation.
On February 27, 2011, the British paper Mail on Sunday published the infamous picture of Prince Andrew with late Jeffrey Epstein’s victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell in her Belgravia home in London.
A day later, Andrew secretly wrote pedophile Epstein ‘we are in this together, according to a previously unreleased bombshell email.
Daily Mail reported:
“In the astonishing message, Andrew said he was ‘concerned’ about the impact this newspaper’s revelations would have on his friend, but reassured the vile billionaire that the pair would ‘rise above’ press scrutiny.”
This message was sent to Epstein three months after Andrew alleged to have ceased all contact with the convicted sex offender.
“The leaked email provides definitive proof that the Duke lied in his interview with BBC’s Newsnight when he claimed he ‘never had any contact’ with Epstein after the pair were famously pictured walking together in New York’s Central Park in December 2010.”
The damaging email has generated further pressure on the Windsor Royal Family to sever all ties with Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
“’I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!’”
In his ‘train-wreck’ BBC Newsnight interview in 2019, Andrew also suggested the picture with Giuffre was a ‘crude forgery’ but in his email sent a day after the release of the photograph, the Duke did not question its authenticity.
In 2022, Andrew ended up paying a reported $16 million in a civil settlement with Giuffre – who is said to have committed suicide earlier this year.
“The email was first referred to in court documents from a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority against Epstein’s personal banker Jes Staley.
But its contents have, until today, never been revealed. The legal papers only said the email had been sent by ‘a member of the British Royal Family’ without naming Andrew.”
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