Former US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson was spotted relieving himself against a wall following a visit to George Osborne’s Notting Hill pad, as the Mirror revealed he was stripped of a prestigious honour
00:00, 15 Nov 2025Updated 00:35, 15 Nov 2025
Embarrassed Lord Mandelson said: ‘I can only offer my profuse apologies. I was stood up by two Uber drivers and kept waiting in the street for half an hour and was bursting.’ (Image: CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA)
With his reputation as a political fixer, he became known as the Prince of Darkness. But when Peter Mandelson was caught taking a leak in public it was an episode even he couldn’t spin his way out of.
The former US ambassador was left red-faced after being spotted relieving himself against a wall following a visit to George Osborne’s Notting Hill pad. Lord Mandelson, 72, was snapped on Wednesday evening after the trip to the former Tory Chancellor’s multi-million pound townhouse in London. He told the Daily Mail: “I can only offer my profuse apologies. I was stood up by two Uber drivers and kept waiting in the street for half an hour and was bursting. There is no disguising my embarrassment.”
READ MORE: Peter Mandelson stripped of honorary role after Jeffrey Epstein controversyREAD MORE: Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre claimed royal ‘knew about paedo pal Epstein abuse’This week it emerged Mandelson continued to have contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein until as recently as 2016.(Image: Getty Images)
Meanwhile, on Friday we revealed Mandelson had been stripped of a prestigious honorary Design Museum role in the wake of controversy over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The ex-minister was dismissed by PM Keir Starmer in September after the extent of his friendship with the disgraced late financier emerged. In another blow, Lord Mandelson has lost his honorary role at the publicly-funded Design Museum, in London, which he used to chair.
Peter Mandelson was spotted paying a late-night visit to ex-Chancellor George Osborne’s London(Image: CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA)
This week it emerged he continued to have contact with Epstein until as recently as 2016. Until we contacted the Museum this week the Labour grandee was proudly listed among figures on the Museum’s website under a “Trustee Emeriti” section – even boasting he had a “distinguished track record”.
The former US ambassador was left red-faced after being spotted(Image: CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA)
But his glowing profile was removed after we enquired about his role. A spokesperson said on Friday: “Lord Mandelson no longer holds any formal position at the Design Museum. He completed his term as Chair of Trustees in 2023. The museum’s website listed him among several former trustees in recognition of their previous voluntary service to the institution; the role of ‘Trustee Emeriti’ is honorary and carries no responsibilities or active involvement in the museum’s governance or operations. He is no longer an Emeritus Trustee.” A spokesperson said it was the museum’s decision to remove the honorary title.
Lord Mandelson, pictured with then PM Tony Blair in 2001, was a central figure of the New Labour era.(Image: PA)
Earlier emails disclosed showed Lord Mandelson was sending supportive messages to Epstein up until 2010 – including after his conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution. But on Wednesday, correspondence from six years later was published among thousands of documents from Epstein’s estate by the US House Oversight Committee. The exchange begins with a November 2016 email in which Epstein says to Lord Mandelson: “63 years old. You made it,” in an apparent reference to his recent birthday.
Mandelson was later seen urinating up a neighbour’s wall on his way home(Image: CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA)
Mandelson’s exchange with Epstein in late 2016 came not long before he started his role as chairman of the Design Museum. Before it was removed, Mandelson’s profile on the Design Museum’s website said: “Lord Mandelson was Chairman of the Design Museum from 2017 to 2023. Appointed December 2016, Lord Mandelson took up his post in March 2017. Lord Mandelson has a distinguished track record. He is a former European Trade Commissioner and British First Secretary of State. Prior to this, he was Minister without Portfolio, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Northern Ireland Secretary and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the British government.”
Witnesses say Peter spent almost three hours inside before leaving just before 11pm(Image: CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA)
The Design Museum is a registered charity, with accounts showing it got £1.3million from the Arts and Humanities Research council in 2023-4. Mandelson, who has said he regrets his relationship with Epstein, was contacted for comment over the Design Museum role.
