A new trove of over 20,000 documents from the Jeffrey Epstein estate was released on Wednesday, providing unprecedented insight into how the late financier and convicted pedophile interacted with his associates and famous friends. Following an initial drop of emails that showed Epstein discussing President Donald Trump, the House Oversight Committee released a series of unredacted emails sent to and from Epstein, including at least two that appear to have been sent from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. (Andrew has not yet responded to a request for comment.)
In the documents, an email address attributed to “The Duke” appears to belong to Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles III, whose honorifics were stripped late last month due to his relationship with Epstein. The emails give a new perspective on what happened between Epstein and Andrew in 2011, when reporters from the Mail on Sunday published a photograph of Andrew with his accuser, Virginia Roberts Giuffre. (Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied the allegations.)
The email conversations show a list of questions Mail reporters sent to Epstein on March 4, 2011. After the inquiries, “The Duke” account wrote the following message to Epstein: “Hey there! What’s all this? I don’t know anything about this! You must SAY so please. This has NOTHING to do with me. I can’t take any more of this[.]”
In response, an email from Epstein’s address said the allegations were “ridiculous,” adding that “the only person she didn’t have sex with was Elvis.”
In another email from March 4, “The Duke” account got more specific: “Please make sure that every statement or legal letter states clearly that I am NOT involved and that I knew and know NOTHING about any of these allegations.”
Two days later, Epstein asked “The Duke” how he was doing, and denied a few of the allegations in the original 2011 story—including the Mail’s claim that the outlet planned to publish excerpts from Epstein’s little black book. “You ok? these stories are complete ant utter fantasy,” Epstein wrote. He also denied ever meeting Al Gore or hosting Bill Clinton on his private island, Little St. James. “The telephone book is not mine, it was stolen by my houseman that is currently in prison for doing so,” Epstein added.
The documents reveal how Epstein responded after early press investigations into his wrongdoing. Following the 2011 Mail story, emails from PR representative Brian Basham suggest a plan to hit back at the tabloid. “We should think about a letter to the editor today,” he wrote. “‘School’ can mean university. Age of consent in Florida is complex.”
