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Britain’s former prince Andrew, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and a career Labour politician were on Monday thrust back into the eye of the Jeffrey Epstein storm, as shocking, often intimate emails with the late sex offender rocked political and royal circles.
The cache of documents included multiple emails between notable UK figures and Epstein, often revealing warm relations, illicit financial dealings and private photos.
The fallout continued on Monday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesperson saying Peter Mandelson, the UK’s former ambassador to the United States, should be stripped of his membership of the House of Lords, Britain’s upper chamber of parliament.
Starmer has also ordered an inquiry into Mandelson’s contacts with Epstein, after allegations that he passed a confidential government memo to the disgraced financier.
Mandelson, 72, who was sacked as ambassador to the US last year over his ties to Epstein, also allegedly received several payments from Epstein in the early 2000s, according to documents.
One exchange appears to show Mandelson sending a sensitive economic briefing meant for then-prime minister Gordon Brown to Epstein in 2009, when he was Brown’s business secretary.
Mandelson also appears in newly released, undated photographs, wearing a T‑shirt and underwear beside a woman whose face has been redacted by US authorities.
The politician gave up his decades-long membership of the Labour Party on Sunday, while maintaining that the allegations were “false”.
Meanwhile, calls grew for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his royal titles last October to testify in front of the US Congress about Epstein’s crimes, as another woman alleged she was trafficked to Britain for a sexual encounter with the then-prince.
