Prince Andrew latest: New Epstein emails released day after Andrew stripped of titles by King

The Independent

The former prince will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, effectively having the status of a commoner

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor told disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein it would be “good to catch up in person” after the paedophile was released from prison for prostituting minors, an email from 2010 has revealed.

The email chain shows Epstein suggested the then-prince should meet American banker Jes Staley and Andrew responded saying he would try to “drop by” New York later in the year.

The two were later pictured together in Central Park in New York in December 2010 in a meeting Andrew claimed in his 2019 Newsnight interview was to break off their friendship.

It comes as calls mount for Andrew to answer questions in the US over his ties to Epstein. Multiple members of a US congressional committee investigating the financier’s crimes have made fresh appeals for the disgraced royal to come forward.

On Thursday, the King took the dramatic decision to officially remove Andrew’s Prince and Duke of York titles and HRH style. He will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, effectively having the status of a commoner.

It comes after Virginia Giuffre’s devastating posthumous memoir was published, detailing fresh accusations about his ties with Epstein. Andrew denies the accusations.

He will now move to a property on the Sandringham Estate, which will be privately funded by the King.

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Prince Andrew sought help of Met police officer in smearing Giuffre

Comment: Another privileged, predatory toff who should be in jail. Some hope. 

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The UK Telegraph

Disgraced former duke asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to investigate teenager who accused him of sex abuse 

Prince Andrew tried to smear his teenage sex abuse accuser by passing her confidential information to police, it has been claimed.

The Prince asked his taxpayer-funded police bodyguard to investigate Virginia Giuffre and passed him her date of birth and social security number, a leaked email revealed. 

He then told Buckingham Palace aide Ed Perkins, who at the time was Elizabeth II’s deputy press secretary, that he had asked one of his personal protection officers to dig up information about Ms Giuffre.

The revelations, published by the Mail on Sunday, came just 24 hours after the King moved against Prince Andrew amid fears that a newly unearthed email sent to Jeffrey Epstein would open the floodgates to more scandal, the Telegraph understands.

The Prince was forced to give up his remaining royal titles after it emerged he had stayed in touch with the paedophile longer than he had previously admitted.

The email, which emerged last week, exposed a fundamental “fault line” in Andrew’s defence and proved a “tipping point” for the King, palace sources said.

The revelation that the Prince had lied to the public presented a serious reputational risk to the monarchy and the King personally decided to act.

 The matter was then dealt with swiftly, with Andrew pressed to accept the latest sanction in a matter of hours. His ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, has also given up her title.

The Prince is said to have emailed Mr Perkins hours before an infamous photograph was published in February 2011 that showed him with his arm around Ms Giuffre’s waist.

 “It would also seem she has a criminal record in the States,” he wrote, according to reports. “I have given her DoB [date of birth] and social security number for investigation with XXX, the on-duty ppo [personal protection officer].” 

See also: Prince Andrew gives up his title as Duke of York