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Former Prince Andrew, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, discussed ways to circumvent restrictions on his investments as the UK’s official trade representative and shared official documents from the role with Jeffrey Epstein, files released by the US Justice Department show.
According to files released as part of the DOJ investigation into Epstein, Mountbatten-Windsor also sought to represent Epstein on behalf of the then-Emir of Qatar while the Gulf ruler was on a state visit to the United Kingdom.
The files extend the controversy over the former prince’s dealings with Epstein beyond allegations that he engaged in a sexual relationship with Virginia Giuffre-Roberts, an Epstein victim who said she brought him to London to have sex with Andrew when she was 17.
Epstein was found dead in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sexual abuse charges.
Mountbatten-Windsor was a UK Special Representative for Trade and Investment between 2001 and 2011, an unpaid role in which she repeatedly attracted controversy. The files make it clear that he believed that while in that position he was prohibited from making personal business investments or taking positions on company boards.
However, the files show that he discussed with Epstein ways he could avoid sanctions.
In an email From May 2010, while Epstein was still under house arrest for an underage sex crime, Mountbatten-Windsor referred to an earlier phone conversation, apparently about potential investments and the obstacles to them.
“There is no problem as long as I delegate any investment responsibility,” he wrote. “So this responsibility is placed on trusts whether they are (also) a bank or an investment vehicle or a fiduciary for that matter.”
In another emailApparently referred to Epstein, Mountbatten-Windsor discussed the possibility of investing in a company called Green Park Group with banker David Stern. The email mentioned Stern and another person, referred to only as “Guru,” and it appeared they could make profitable investments on his behalf.
Mountbatten-Windsor wrote, “Maybe he and you are ghosts to me in the upper part of this unit.”
There is no indication as to which of the several companies named Green Park Group Mountbatten-Windsor meant and there is no evidence in the files that anyone considered Mountbatten-Windsor’s suggestion.
However, the files make it clear that Mountbatten-Windsor was in regular contact with Epstein about her royal and business representative roles. In November 2010, Epstein Asked Mountbatten-Windsor “Punch my card” with “Sheikh Hamad” – an apparent reference to Qatar’s Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who paid a state visit to the UK in late October that year.
Mountbatten-Windsor expressed regret for not being represented in person.
Mountbatten-Windsor wrote, “Sadly, I never had the opportunity to see Hamad before he passed away.” “I don’t have his direct contact details so I couldn’t mark his card for you.”
But he also said that a message was passed only through an intermediary called ABZ.
Mountbatten-Windsor appears to have regularly provided Epstein with information related to her business representative work. is between files an email Showing that she had sent official information packs to Epstein that were prepared for his travels to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China, Vietnam and Singapore. On Christmas Day 2010, he forwarded A confidential briefing to Epstein on investment opportunities in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
Mountbatten-Windsor’s time as trade representative was marked by bad publicity in 2011 over the help Epstein provided to Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, who was struggling with financial problems.
Previously publicized files from the Epstein investigation revealed that Mountbatten-Windsor helped facilitate one of the payments from Epstein – $60,000 transferred to former staff member Johnny O’Sullivan.
However, the files reveal that Mountbatten-Windsor also discussed his ex-wife’s financial issues with others. In an email While discussing a series of business opportunities in July 2010, he mentioned the problems to Terence Allen, an Abu Dhabi-based banker.
Although there is no evidence he was involved, Allen, who said he barely knew any of them, replied: “Financially, I can help.”
Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any sexual wrongdoing involving women linked to Epstein. He has always denied any financial misconduct.
A representative for Mountbatten-Windsor did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
