{"id":443203,"date":"2026-02-01T17:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/443203\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T17:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:36:07","slug":"the-duke-and-the-invisible-man-key-revelations-of-latest-epstein-files-release-jeffrey-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/443203\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Duke\u2019 and \u2018The Invisible Man\u2019: key revelations of latest Epstein files release | Jeffrey Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

The more than 3m Jeffrey Epstein documents<\/a> released by the US Department of Justice include emails from accounts labelled \u201cThe Duke\u201d and \u201cThe Invisible Man\u201d as well as from \u201cSarah\u201d, and references to \u201cFergie\u201d, suggesting they are from the former Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.<\/p>\n

They appear to reveal the two were in contact with Epstein immediately after the end of his house arrest in August 2010, and Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s visit to the US that December.<\/p>\n

Epstein had pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor for prostitution, for which he served 13 months in a jail work-release programme. He was later released under house arrest for a year.<\/p>\n

Andrew crouched over a woman<\/p>\n

The files include photographs of a barefoot, smiling Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor crouching on all fours over an unidentified woman lying flat on the floor. The former Duke of York is seen looking at the camera as the woman, whose face is redacted, lies on her back between his arms.<\/p>\n

In one of the three photographs, the former royal appears to have his hand placed on her abdomen. The images are undated, have no captions or reference to indicate where they were taken, and do not indicate wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

\u2018Beautiful\u2019 Russian woman<\/p>\n

Mountbatten-Windsor appears to have exchanged emails with Epstein, days after his house arrest ended in August 2010, about a \u201cbeautiful\u201d Russian woman<\/a>. Epstein writes: \u201cI have a friend who I think you might enjoy having dinner with.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, \u201cThe Duke\u201d writes he would be \u201cdelighted to see her\u201d and asks Epstein to \u201cgive her my contact details to get in touch. A\u201d.<\/p>\n

In another email \u201cThe Duke\u201d requests more information about the woman. Epstein writes: \u201cShe 26, russian, clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy and yes she has your email.\u201d \u201cThe Duke\u201d replies: \u201cThat was quick! How are you? Good to be free?\u201d<\/p>\n

Invitation to Buckingham Palace<\/p>\n

A month later, in September 2010, emails between Epstein and \u201cThe Duke\u201d \u2013 believed to be Mountbatten-Windsor \u2013 show Epstein requested \u201cprivate time\u201d on a planned visit to London.<\/p>\n

Mountbatten-Windsor appears to have responded: \u201cWe could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots of privacy.\u201d<\/a> Two days later, he followed up by saying: \u201cDelighted for you to come here to BP [Buckingham Palace]. Come with whomever and I\u2019ll be here free from 1600ish.\u201d It is unclear if the meeting took place.<\/p>\n

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had his titles and honours removed by the king in October 2025. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt\/PA<\/p>\n

Mountbatten-Windsor appeared to have attended a \u201clast-minute casual dinner\u201d party with Epstein<\/a> months after he was released from prison, files suggest.<\/p>\n

They include emails from the Hollywood publicist Peggy Siegal to several high-profile figures in relation to a dinner for Mountbatten-Windsor, who was in New York on an \u201cunofficial private visit\u201d in December 2010, which is the one on which he previously said he broke off his friendship with the financier.<\/p>\n

In an email, on Christmas Eve 2010 \u2013 after the date on which he has said previously that he broke off the friendship \u2013 he appears to offer the financier an investment opportunity in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Epstein wants Sarah Ferguson to release a statement saying he \u2018wasn\u2019t a pedo\u2019<\/p>\n

Emails appear to show Epstein wanted Sarah Ferguson to release a statement saying he was \u201cnot a pedo\u201d<\/a>. Writing to the publicist Mike Sitrick on 13 March 2011, Epstein said: \u201cI think that Fergie can now say, I am not a pedo.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was DUPED into believeing [sic] false stories, by Civil Plaintiffs Attorneys from Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n

This request was made days after Ferguson told the Evening Standard she had \u201cdeep regret\u201d over her ties with Epstein, saying: \u201cI abhor paedophilia and any sexual abuse of children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sitrick replies saying Ferguson \u201cneeds to fix\u201d it. But Epstein responds saying that they \u201ccannot depend on her doing as we would wish \u2026 We need an alternative\u201d, adding: \u201cFergie and Hope is not sufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next month, \u201cSarah\u201d emailed Epstein saying she \u201cdid not\u201d and \u201cwould not\u201d call him a \u201cP\u201d and that she had acted to \u201cprotect my own brand\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sarah\u2019s spokesperson previously said she had spoken of her regret about her association with Epstein and \u201cdoes not resile\u201d from condemning him publicly.<\/p>\n

He added that Epstein had threatened to sue her for defamation for associating him with paedophilia.<\/p>\n

Ferguson\u2019s apparent meeting with Epstein<\/p>\n

In an August 2009 email, a year after Epstein\u2019s conviction, Ferguson appears to suggest she and her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, met the disgraced financier, saying: \u201cI have never been more touched by a friends [sic] kindness than your compliment to me in front of my girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Epstein was under house arrest when the email was sent, but Ferguson implies that the pair had lunch the previous week. It has not been confirmed if she visited him while he was confined to his home.<\/p>\n

In the emails, Ferguson also discusses conversations she has had with retailers regarding her \u201cSarah Ferguson brand\u201d. Epstein gave Ferguson at least \u00a315,000 to help pay off debts, but some reports have suggested he bankrolled her to a much greater extent.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Invisible Man\u2019, Ghislaine Maxwell and \u20185 stunning red heads\u2019<\/p>\n

An exchange between an email address named \u201cThe Invisible Man\u201d and Ghislaine Maxwell in August 2002 suggests an affectionate relationship between the former prince and Maxwell. She refers to him as Andrew, and mentions his former wife\u2019s name, while previous emails from the account have referred to having a valet and being at Balmoral with the royal family.<\/p>\n

In one, signed \u201cA\u201d, the sender says he \u201cmight join Sarah and the kids in Sotogrande for a few days\u201d rather than the \u201cbetter offer\u201d.<\/p>\n

Maxwell replies on 24 August 2002: \u201cAndrew sweet heart \u2013 I fully understand if you want to spend time w\/Sarah and the kids\u201d and that \u201cthe idea of coming to the Island looks less appealing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a follow-up email after The Invisible Man confirmed he would not be coming, Maxwell said: \u201cNo problem, (redacted), who is now coming and 5 other stunning red heads will all just have to play with ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a reply on 27 August, \u201cThe Invisible Man\u201d said: \u201cLook forward to catching up with you before you disappear to some exotic place and please don\u2019t catch anything nasty on your travels! Masses of love and thanks, A xxx.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The more than 3m Jeffrey Epstein documents released by the US Department of Justice include emails from accounts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-443203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}