The former Prince Andrew has been thrust into the spotlight once more over the last few days
Emma Mackenzie , Niamh Kirk and Hannah Ahmed Audience writer
20:00, 02 Feb 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has once more been thrust into the spotlight (Image: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire)
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has made headlines over the last few days, as more images from the Epstein files come to light.
In some photographs from the disturbing trove, it appears to show the former prince crouching over a young woman lying on the floor.
It hasn’t been confirmed where the images were snapped, however, in the photos it shows a man, believed to be Andrew, leaning over the young woman who is face up with her arms spread out.
The man in the image is staring into the camera in one picture, while in another he has his left hand on the woman’s stomach.
Other discoveries in the new files highlighted emails which included from someone who goes by “Invisible Man” and signs off correspondence as ‘A,’ the Mirror reported.
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It is not clear who ‘A’ is, but in the emails the individual appears to issue a request for some ‘inappropriate friends.
“Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?” the person asks Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice who is now in jail for sex trafficking.
Maxwell replies: “I have only been able to find appropriate friends. Will let you know about some church meetings on those dates.”
The documents also appear to show that Andrew invited Epstein to Buckingham Palace, once again dragging the royals into the scandal that surrounds him.
In one email thread, Epstein offers to set Andrew up to meet a 26-year-old Russian woman who he describes as “clever” and “beautiful.”
In an email exchange on September 29, 2010, Epstein asked Andrew what he was doing, suggesting they meet in London somewhere they can have “privacy.”
Andrew replied that he was having lunch with a Saudi prince and a “secret intelligence firm” but said “we could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots of privacy.”
He later emailed Epstein again saying: “Delighted for you to come here to BP. Come with whomever and I’ll be here free from 1600ish to 2000.” BP is thought to refer to Buckingham Palace.
A second woman has alleged that Jeffrey Epstein sent her to the UK to have a sexual encounter with Andrew, according to her lawyer.
The woman claims she spent the night at the former prince’s Windsor residence, Royal Lodge, in 2010, when she was in her 20s.
Her US lawyer, Brad Edwards, told the BBC. “We’re talking about at least one woman who was sent by Jeffrey Epstein over to Prince Andrew. And she even had, after a night with Prince Andrew, a tour of Buckingham Palace.”
Andrew has denied any wrongdoing and denied having sex with Epstein trafficking victims.
The newly released exchanges are among more than three million documents published by the US Department of Justice on Friday relating to disgraced paedophile financier Epstein.
Royal author Andrew Lownie has previously claimed that disgraced Andrew brought sex workers into Buckingham Palace “for years.”
After writing a bombshell biography on Andrew and his ex wife Sarah Ferguson that hit the shelves just before their downfall, he claimed that Andrew’s actions at the Palace went even further than many could imagine.
Speaking to NewsNation, Lownie alleged: “He brought in prostitutes to Buckingham Palace for years. It was done on a regular basis. People who worked there complained to people in command, but nothing was done.”
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Security officers were allegedly told to “keep quiet” if they complained – or risk being demoted.
Lownie also claims that the late monarch was aware of what was happening. “Of course the Queen knew [about Andrew’s proclivities]. She was informed,” Lownie continued.
“But he was her favourite son, and he got away with everything. They brushed it under the rug – until now.” Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
Now, Lownie has said he believes the time has come to demand answers over Andrew’s alleged misuse of the palace.
Asking questions about who knew what, he says: “You can’t entertain in Buckingham Palace without going through all sorts of protocols and involving lots of staff.
Chillingly, he predicts that this latest drop merely hints at what lies beneath. “Absolutely, there are many more girls. This is a much bigger story than anyone realises, this is the tip of the iceberg.
“We know, I think it’s about three percent of the files that were held by the DOJ, we also have the files that the Epstein estate has, so there’s potentially a lot more that could still come out.
“This is now a bigger scandal than Andrew, it’s about what the palace knew and why they didn’t act.”
According to sources, the former prince had a “signature move” when it came to bringing women back to the palace.
The Daily Beast reported that two anonymous sources said the duke would “let women sit on the thrones in the Throne Room in Buckingham Palace, including the one reserved for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.”
A separate source told the outlet that “everyone thinks they are the only person to get to sit on the throne. He does it to everyone he is trying to pull.”
Andrew also allegedly let at least one woman wave from the famous balcony. One anonymous woman claimed: “It was clear immediately that I had been brought to the dinner as a sex object. Andrew sat next to me on the sofa and kept reaching over to hold my hand.”
Meanwhile, royal expert Afua Acheampong-Hagan says the Royal Family is running out of options when it comes to distancing itself from Andrew, and that a public statement may be the only option.
Especially after Prime Minister Keir Starmer suggested the former duke should testify to US Congress.
“That’s the question, what more can you do to distance yourself from this story,” she says of King Charles. “He’s pseudo-stripped Andrew of his titles, he’s exiling him to the Sandringham Estate.
“The next step would perhaps be for the King to make some sort of statement about this. The statement we got from Buckingham Palace when we were told that Andrew was moving out of Royal Lodge, when they said we stand survivors of any kind of violence, gave us a hint of what quote unquote side they were on.
“I think Andrew as this progresses, there is going to have to be a point where the Royal Family do say more, because this is someone who is within their ranks, who was protected by the family, and someone who is still going to be living off – we know it’s the King’s private funding and his private wealth – but he is still going to be associated with the Royal Family.
“Maybe there does come a point where they need to be able to say actually we want some more accountability, or we are sorry for the fact that we protected someone for so long.
“I think perhaps there is going to be a point where the Royal Family are going to have to do more.”
