"100 Emails" Between Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein’s Could Ruin Donald Trump’s U.K. State Visit
The royals' unfortunate connection to Jeffrey Epstein could yield more embarrassment for Trump and the King next week.
Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K., beginning tomorrow evening, was supposed to be about trade deals, royal pageantry, and the optics of a U.S. president feted in Britain for an unprecedented second time.
Instead, it risks being overshadowed by the spectral presence of Jeffrey Epstein, whose toxic legacy continues to entangle figures at the highest levels of British politics and royalty.
The most immediate scandal is the fall of U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson. Just last week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced to sack Mandelson after revelations from Epstein’s notorious “birthday book,” in which Mandelson described the disgraced financier as a “best pal.”
But a bigger storm may yet come. According to the Mail on Sunday, the so-called “Epstein Files” contain 100 secret emails involving Prince Andrew. One source warned: “If you think what’s happened to Peter Mandelson is bad, then you have no idea what will happen when the Andrew emails are released. They are embarrassing and incriminating, and he could be destroyed.”
The worst-case scenario is that further disclosures emerge during Trump’s visit, ensuring that every handshake photo and every carriage ride is framed against headlines about Epstein, Andrew, corruption, and cover-ups.
“The Palace has been grumbling about how unhelpful it all is,” a diplomatic source told the Mail. “Charles regards it as an unwelcome distraction.”
The biggest distraction of all, of course, remains Prince Andrew—who will be carefully kept out of sight this week.
Andrew Lownie’s recent book Entitled captures in stark detail the camaraderie that bound Trump, Epstein, and Andrew at the turn of the millennium. In February 2000, Andrew appeared at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, where he was photographed with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Introducing himself to guests as “Andrew York,” the prince played golf with Trump the following day and was later seen sunning himself by the pool alongside two women.
Their connection was not confined to polite society rituals. Lownie recounts that at a subsequent gathering, Trump and Andrew were overheard talking “entirely about ‘p—y,’” with Trump even providing the prince with a list of masseuses. Friends dubbed them the “three amigos”—a phrase that encapsulated their conspicuous companionship: golfing together, attending parties with Epstein and Maxwell, and indulging in conversations that underscored their shared appetites.