The disclosure of further documents from Jeffrey Epstein's archive places Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in an extremely difficult position. While British police investigate the actions of protection officers, a U.S. congressional committee is calling for testimony. Simultaneously, the prince's former wife, Sarah Ferguson, is facing the collapse of her businesses after the revelation of her long-term, close contacts with the financier convicted of sex crimes.
The publication of a new batch of documents from the so-called Epstein archive has caused major shocks in the British royal family. The heaviest allegations focus on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, whose name appears repeatedly in Jeffrey Epstein's correspondence. The documents suggest that these relationships were much closer than the prince publicly declared. Currently, the Metropolitan Police is conducting preliminary checks regarding protection officers who may have known about abuses on the billionaire's private island. The situation is worsened by reports of 90 flights by Epstein to the United Kingdom, which are now under investigators' scrutiny. Simultaneously, the scandal has hit Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York. According to the Companies House register, as many as six companies linked to Ferguson have been placed into liquidation. Revealed emails show that she maintained contact with the financier even after his conviction in 2008, asking him for help in repaying debts amounting to 6 million pounds. Particular public outrage was caused by messages in which Ferguson allegedly wrote to Epstein about the private lives of her daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie. Prince Andrew's relations with Jeffrey Epstein became a public scandal in 2019 after a BBC interview, which led to him being stripped of royal patronages and banned from using the title His Royal Highness.<kluczowa-liczba wartość=