Was Andrew speaking about George Clooney when he swapped showbiz gossip with Ghislaine Maxwell about one A-list actor’s peculiar habits?
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor swapped gossip with Ghislaine Maxwell about a female friend who had been intimate with an actor named ‘George C’, emails from the latest Epstein files have revealed.
In a gossipy email on 24 Dec 2002 – the day before Maxwell’s birthday on Christmas Day – the former Prince told the disgraced socialite he had some ‘gossip’ to pass on about a mutual friend.
He writes: ‘I do believe that tomorrow is of some significance to you! I am not emailing about that but something else that I thought you ought to know seeing as you are so into gossip and I think I might have some for you!
‘I last spoke to you when Carol R was coming over to see you and you mentioned something about a man called George C.
He said that after sending ‘Carol’ a Christmas card, she ‘came back this weekend with another piece of the puzzle’.
‘She saw Mr C, as she says, at the premiere of his new movie on Thursday and they managed to “hither” (her word) to each other and apparently no one can “hither” like Mr C,’ Andrew wrote.
‘Now the indiscreet bit and the bit I don’t understand. She said that she got to ‘licky palm’ with him. What is ‘licky palm?’ Is this something I must try someday?’
Actor George Clooney attended the London premiere of his directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind in December 2002 but it is unclear if ‘George C.’ refers to him.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor swapped gossip with Ghislaine Maxwell about a female friend who had been intimate with an actor named ‘George C’
Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell at the Royal Ascot Ladies Day in June 2000
George Clooney arrives at the UGC Haymarket, London, for the UK premiere of his latest film Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind on February 18, 2003
The email was one of over three million documents published last night by the US Department of Justice in relation to the paedophile financier.
Among the files are thousands of photographs and videos, including several pictures showing disgraced royal Andrew crouching over a woman lying on the floor and touching her stomach.
Other emails show affectionate exchanges between Andrew and Maxwell in which they refer to each other by names including ‘darling’ and ‘sweet pea’, while stating they ‘long for’ one another.
In one exchange, Andrew – who went by the moniker The Invisible Man – and Maxwell in 2002 tell how he sought Maxwell’s ‘permission’ to spend time with his ex-wife and children instead of travelling to the US.
Andrew has previously denied having a close friendship with Maxwell, 64. He married Ferguson in 1986 before the pair separated in 1992 and divorcing in 1996.
In an email signed ‘A’, the sender says: ‘As the planning is getting more difficult over the bank holiday weekend here I am thinking now I might join Sarah and the kids in Sotogrande for a few days which would be very important and a good thing for the girls, rather than trek across the pond.
‘Please will you give me permission to do so and I am conscious of the “better offer” syndrome but in this case it wouldn’t be that… I think!’
It was in response to Maxwell discussing plans for an upcoming trip in which she told how Andrew would ‘be free to go out with’ a man named Philip in Miami ‘for some fun’.
Andrew was seen behind the wheel of a Range Rover in Windsor on Saturday morning – hours after the release of the files
Andrew was also seen horse-riding in Windsor later on Saturday morning
Disturbing new images released as part of last night’s Epstein files appear to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor crouching on all fours over a female lying on the floor
In emails from 2002, Andrew said he was ‘longing to see’ Maxwell in gushing correspondence which has reignited speculation over the pair’s relationship
In her reply dated August 24, Maxwell said ‘Andrew sweet heart – I fully understand if you want to spend time w/Sarah and the kids. I will not be remotely offended – sad not to spend time w/you and sad not to see you but at this point w/precious holidays and few days off I agree that this idea of coming to the Island looks less appealing’.
In a suggestive follow-up sent on August 25, Maxwell said: ‘No problem, (redacted), who is now coming and 5 other stunning red heads will all just have to play with ourselves.’
She concluded the message: ‘I shall miss you. I love you lots. Gx.’
In a reply on August 27, Andrew said: ‘I am very sad at not coming to join you but I am so glad to be able to see more of my kids that the compensation is justified.
‘But whatever I love you and am longing to see you when either you or I are in the same part of the world.’
He added: ‘Look forward to catching up with you before you disappear to some exotic place and please don’t catch anything nasty on your travels!
‘Masses of love and thanks, A xxx.’
Later that year, on October 28, an email believed to be from Maxwell asked Andrew about speculation he might have more children – Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice were 12 and 14 at the time.
‘I am in LA on my way to Hawaii. Is it true you are having more children? I shall have to refer to you as super sperm!’ the sender wrote, signing off ‘Gx’.
In a reply on August 27, Andrew said: ‘I am very sad at not coming to join you but I am so glad to be able to see more of my kids that the compensation is justified.
‘But whatever I love you and am longing to see you when either you or I are in the same part of the world.’
He added: ‘Look forward to catching up with you before you disappear to some exotic place and please don’t catch anything nasty on your travels!
‘Masses of love and thanks, A xxx.’
In an email exchange in October 2002, believed to be between Maxwell and Andrew, the former prince denies he plans to have any more children before signing off ‘masses of love’
Other emails saw the pair call each other pet names and sign off with ‘love’
Maxwell also comforted Andrew after the death of the Queen Mother in March 2002
Later that year, on October 28, an email believed to be from Maxwell asked Andrew about speculation he might have more children – Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice were 12 and 14 at the time.
In reply, Andrew wrote: ‘No I am not having any more children and don’t believe everything you read in the papers!
‘Sarah said that she’d like to have another child if she could and if too old might adopt one instead, in answer to a throw away question in a week long trek around Sierra Leone a couple of weeks ago that appeared in the Observer Magazine this weekend.
‘In fact a very good article considering the difficulty factor of the journalist! What are you going to do to help me then? Masses of love A xxx.’
In 2005 Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term in the US for sex trafficking associated with Epstein, received an email from ‘The Invisible Man’ again dubbing her ‘darling’.
‘Darling Oops!’ Andrew wrote. ‘I will be arriving in LA on flight number QF 025 at 1045 on Sunday 2nd October.
‘I am then in your hands (Literally) until Saturday/Sunday, when I have to return to London, either from LA or New York.’
Following further discussion of flight times, Andrew signed off: ‘Let me know if this is OK. Love you A xxx.’
Other exchanges between the pair show how she comforted the former prince after the death of the Queen Mother.
Writing on March 31, 2002, one day after her death, Maxwell affectionately dubbed Andrew ‘sweat [sic] pea’, adding: ‘Sorry you had to rush home, and also under such sad circumstances.’
Royal historian Andrew Lownie, author of a bombshell biography of the former Duke and Duchess of York published last year, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, told the Daily Mail Maxwell and Andrew were ‘lovers’.
‘They were lovers, they had been lovers,’ he said. ‘They have known each other for years. It was a very close relationship.
‘Ghislaine was Epstein’s right-hand woman. She was very, very close to Andrew. She was providing girls for Andrew, in effect, along with Epstein, and she’d done that before.’
Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to his relationship with Epstein.
