Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been pictured in a set of images released from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Photos from Epstein’s estate were released by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday, including images of US president Donald Trump, Mountbatten-Windsor, and Steve Batten. It’s not clear when the photos were taken, as they are undated.
Of the 19 photos shared by the Democrats, there is only one photo of Andrew where he stands with Microsoft magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates; Epstein is not featured in the image.
Andrew, who was born a prince, had his birthright title removed by the King because of his “serious lapses of judgment” over his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The former prince, among many of those photographed, has denied any wrongdoing surrounding his association with the disgraced financier.
The photos dropped as the former Duke of York attended his first royal event since being stripped of his titles as he attends the christening of his granddaughter Athena.
Scrutiny began to circle around the former prince following a 2019 interview with BBC Newsnight, where he was questioned about his friendship with the convicted paedophile.
Andrew said in the controversial interview that he met Epstein through British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell who had been in a relationship with the financier. He continued to visit Epstein in New York after the financier’s conviction for child sex offences in 2008.
Controversy mounted earlier this year following the release of Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir Of Surviving Abuse And Fighting For Justice, in which the now-deceased author said he “believed having sex with me was his birthright.”
The royal settled allegations of sexual abuse in court with Ms Giuffre in 2022 involving a substantial donation to her charity and an acknowledgment of her suffering, without admitting liability in the civil case.
Ms Giuffre says she had sex with the former prince on three separate occasions, including while staying at the house of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, near Hyde Park, London, in March 2001.
The extract states: “Maxwell woke me up that morning by announcing in a sing-songy voice: ‘Get out of bed, sleepyhead!’ It was going to be a special day, she said. Just like Cinderella, I was going to meet a handsome prince!”
Andrew wasn’t the only figure to be photographed in the batch of pictures released; one photo portrayed President Trump with five women, whose faces have been blurred out, as he grinned in the middle.
Another image shows a collection of condoms — going for $4.50 each — depicting a caricature of Trump’s face above the phrase: “I’m HUUUUGE!”
House Oversight Committee Democrats wrote in a social media post Friday that they had “received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
“These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world. Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!”
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