Prince Andrew might face FBI investigation over Jeffrey Epstein as new boss guarantees to ‘do all the things’ to show hyperlinks to paedophile
Prince Andrew could face an FBI investigation as the man lined up to be head of the intelligence agency promises ‘to do everything’ to uncover those linked to the Royal’s friend Jeffrey Epstein.
It comes after a bombshell email emerged where the Duke promised the paedophile they would ‘play some more soon!’ weeks after supposedly cutting ties with Epstein.
The Duke of York sent the bombshell email pledging to ‘keep in close touch’, despite claiming he had ceased all contact with the American financier weeks earlier, it has been revealed.
The fresh evidence infers that Andrew could’ve lied in his disastrous 2019 Newsnight interview, where he insisted he had stopped seeing Epstein in early December 2010, when they were photographed walking through New York’s Central Park.
Despite this claim, a February 2011 email has been uncovered that Andrew wrote to his predator friend: ‘Keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!’
The Duke was hit with yet another blow this week as it court documents revealed his most trusted lieutenant confided in alleged Chinese spy – Yang Tengo – that his infamous Emily Maitlis interview was ”hugely ill-advised and unsuccessful’.
Now Kash Patel, who has been lined up to take up the helm of the FBI by Donald Trump, has turned his attention to Andrew saying he was prepared to investigate anyone linked to convicted sexual offender during a Senate hearing.
The Duke of York said he had flown to New York to meet Jeffery Epstein to cut off contact (pictured in 2010)
A new email emerged where the Duke (spotted at Windsor) promised the paedophile they would ‘play some more soon!’ weeks after supposedly cutting ties with Epstein
The well-known photograph showing the Duke of York next to Virginia Giuffre (pictured in 2001)
Epstein was found dead in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan in August 2019 while he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. The death was ruled a suicide
Prince Andrew could face an FBI investigation after Kash Patel (pictured) who is lined up to be head of the FBI promises ‘to do everything’ to uncover those linked
Mr Patel pledged: ‘Child sex trafficking has no place in the US. I will do everything, if confirmed as FBI director, to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.’
He agreed to a senator’s demands to open up records ‘of who flew on Epstein’s plane and who helped him build an international human trafficking, sex trafficking ring’.
There is no suggestion that Andrew – who did fly on the financier’s private jet – was an accomplice of Epstein, who was facing trial for running a child-sex trafficking ring when he was found hanged in his cell in August 2019.
In 2022, Andrew paid Virginia Giuffre an undisclosed sum, reported to be £12 million, to settle her civil claim for sex assault without any admission of wrongdoing.
The US bureau had requested the Home Office help them question Andrew in 2020, however the probe was put on hold in 2024.
Yesterday, an Epstein victim told The Sun that the FBI ‘should reopen’ its investigation into the Royal.
‘Andrew has to face justice. He was friends with Epstein for years and has never answered for it. Kash Patel should release all the FBI’s files immediately.’
The Duke of York sent a bombshell email pledging to ‘keep in close touch’, despite claiming he had ceased all contact with the American financier weeks earlier
The new evidence suggests Andrew may have lied in his infamous Newsnight interview and had been in contact with Epstein longer than he suggested
Its another blow for Andrew after his most trusted lieutenant confided in alleged Chinese spy – Yang Tengo – that his infamous Emily Maitlis (pictured) interview was ”hugely ill-advised and unsuccessful’
The fresh evidence was revealed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as they defend an appeal by Jes Staley (pictured)
In 2022, Andrew paid Virginia Giuffre an undisclosed sum, reported to be £12 million, to settle her civil claim for sex assault without any admission of wrongdoing
Regarding the recent emergence of Andrew’s bombshell e-mails to Epstein, one of the financier’s victims, Marijke Chartouni, said: ‘This solidifies the fact that Andrew has selective amnesia when it comes to his friendship with Epstein, just like other powerful men who knew him.
Spencer Kuvin, a Florida lawyer who represents several Epstein victims, told the Mail: ‘The 2011 email clearly contradicts Andrew’s previous claims he stopped contacting Epstein in 2010. There should be further investigation.
‘The comment of “play some more soon” – they’re not tennis partners, the only thing they were doing was partying together.’
The new emails emerged from legal filings in London involving the case of Jes Staley, the former boss of Barclays Bank.
American Mr Staley, 68, is appealing against a decision by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which slapped a ban and a £1.8 million fine on him for making two allegedly misleading statements over his close friendship to Epstein.
In opposing the appeal, the FCA has disclosed emails said to demonstrate Epstein and Mr Staley were ‘most cherished’ friends, and some of the emails involve what the FCA refers to as ‘a member of the British Royal Family’, understood to be Andrew.
On June 15, 2010, Epstein – recently released from a US prison – emailed Andrew asking him: ‘If you can find time to show Jes around that would be fun.’
It recently emerged that an aide to the Duke told the alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo that the Newsnight interview had been ‘hugely ill-advised’ (pictured together)
It is the latest calamity for Prince Andrew, 64, after being forced to step back from palace duties following the fallout from the Epstein scandal
Ghislaine Maxwell (right) was jailed for 20 years in 2022 for finding girls for Epstein to abuse
There is no suggestion that Andrew – who did fly on the financier’s private jet – was an accomplice of Epstein
The Duke replied to say he had seen Mr Staley in Harry’s Bar, and was having ‘dinner with Jes tomorrow evening’. Andrew was a regular diner at Harry’s Bar in Mayfair.
In December 2010, Andrew was pictured in New York with Epstein. He claimed to Maitliss in the interview he had flown there ‘with the sole purpose’ of ending their relationship, and during their walk in Central Park they had agreed to part company, the Duke told the Newsnight interview, stating: ‘And to this day I never had any contact with him from that day forward.’
Yet one of the FCA emails that dates from February 2011 explodes that claim as an apparent lie.
The notorious Central Park photographs were published in the News of the World, followed a week later by the photo of Andrew, then 41, with his hand around the waist of teenager Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, in socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s mews house in Mayfair – taken in 2001.
On February 28, 2011, Andrew emailed Epstein and discussed the press articles before writing: ‘Keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!’, according to the emails.
The astonishingly crass remark flies in the face of the Duke’s story to Newsnight, when he repeatedly insisted he had cut off all contact with Epstein in early December 2010.
He promised there was ‘no contact’ thereafter, and when she pressed him, he doubled down.
Asked why he had gone to stay with a convicted sex offender, the Duke said he felt it was ‘the right thing to do’ to meet him in person to say ‘terribly sorry… I can’t see you [any more]’.
Andrew said: ‘We had an opportunity to go for a walk in the park… I said to him, I said, ‘Look, because of what has happened, I don’t think it is appropriate that we should remain in contact’.’
Maxwell, 63, was jailed for 20 years in the same year for finding girls for Epstein to abuse.
MailOnline has approached Prince Andrew’s representatives for comment.
