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You know by now that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was arrested for suspected misconduct in public office on Thursday — the day of his 66th birthday — and the Epstein files played a big part in the bust.

There have been sexual assault allegations against the former Duke of York for years, as the late Virginia Giuffre claimed his longtime friend Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficked her to him when she was only 17. However, the US Department of Justice released millions of documents in January that brought to light another one of his alleged crimes. The DOJ dropped potentially incriminating emails of the former Duke of York sharing confidential government information with Epstein when he served as the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment from 2001 to 2011, which is obviously a big no-no. Not only that, but more disturbing photos and messages tying Andrew to the heinous actions of the sex offender and his accomplice/former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Related: Sarah Ferguson Missing Amid Andrew’s Arrest? Her Whereabouts Are Currently Unknown!

It’s all there for the world to see, but let’s break down all the mentions of and allegations against the disgraced royal…

The Eyebrow-Raising Emails

As we said, the DOJ dropped emails that appeared to show Andrew gave confidential docs with Epstein relating to his trade envoy role — including one from October 2010. He reportedly sent the financier details about his upcoming trips as trade envoy to Singapore, Vietnam, Shenzhen in China and Hong Kong, where he was accompanied by Epstein’s business associates. A month later, he forwarded via email to Epstein official reports of his visits to Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Shenzhen in China written by Amit Patel, his then assistant, just five minutes after he had received them!

He also wrote to Epstein in November about wanting to “to discuss and plot” things:

“So helpful! I will bring something in case of all contingencies. But principally cold. See you tomorrow afternoon. Really looking forward to seeing you and spending some time with you after so long. Some interesting things to discuss and plot….”

What those “things” are? Who knows! But it sounds shady!

In 2019, after Virginia’s sex abuse allegations, Andrew told BBC Newsnight that he last saw the convicted sex offender in New York in early December 2010 to end their friendship. However, it looks like he may have lied. On Christmas Eve in 2010, Andrew also allegedly sent Epstein a “confidential brief” from the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Helmand Province for International Investment Opportunities, which is in Afghanistan, and asked him if he knew anyone else who might be interested in the information:

“Attached is a confidential brief produced by the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Helmand Province for International Investment Opportunities. These are not exclusive to Helmand Province but principally focused on that province. I am going to offer this elsewhere in my network (including Abu Dhabi) but would be very interested in your comments, views or ideas as to whom I could also usefully show this to attract some interest. I have sadly already found out that Gates Foundation doesn’t do anything in Afghanistan.”

Whoa!

If it is all true, Andrew has some serious explaining to do…

“The Invisible Man”

It goes way beyond his questionable business dealings with Epstein, though. We also need to talk about the disgusting accusations and photos against him that pop up in the Epstein files.

As we previously reported, among the documents released by the DOJ, there is an email exchange from a person using the alias “The Invisible Man” and asking Ghislaine for “some new inappropriate friends.” No words. Andrew is believed to be the man, as he signs off the emails with “A.” He also mentions being at Balmoral Summer Camp with the royal family. Ghislaine later refers to “the invisible man” as “Andrew” while trying to get Juanesteban Ganoza to act as a tour guide during a trip to Peru and organize “two-legged sightseeing,” as well as find “intelligent, pretty and fun” girls “from good families” for her friend. Check out the emails (below):

The Disturbing Photos

In the files, there are also a few jaw-dropping photos of Andrew, including ones of him bending over and touching the stomach of a woman lying on her back on the floor. He is also seen on his hands and knees, hovering over the woman, in another image. The DOJ didn’t provide context, like when and where the images were taken. It is also unknown what exactly is happening, who the female is, or her age. The pictures are very unsettling to see, nevertheless. Take a look (below):

OMG…

Among previous batches of files released by the Justice Department in December is a picture of Andrew with Ghislaine. In it, he is lying across the laps of five women while Epstein’s accomplice stands behind them smiling. See (below):

Virginia’s Trafficking Story

And then we have Virginia, one of the most outspoken survivors. Perezcious readers likely know her story already, but before she died in April 2025, she wrote a memoir, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, detailing the horrific abuse she went through as Epstein’s “sex slave” for years. She even looked back on the moment the “apex predator” Ghislaine recruited and trafficked her to Epstein and several wealthy and powerful men. It’s chilling stuff…

In the book, Virginia recalled that she began working at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago at 16 years old in the spa, as well as babysitting for several of the president’s friends’ children. Right before she turned 17, Ghislaine allegedly saw her for the first time and stalked her:

“Then one steaming hot day some weeks before my 17th birthday, I was walking toward the Mar-a-Lago spa, on my way to work, when a car slowed behind me. Inside was a British socialite named Ghislaine Maxwell and her driver, Juan Alessi, whom she insisted on calling ‘John’. Alessi would later testify under oath that on this day, when Maxwell spotted me – my long blond hair, my slim build, and what he called my notably ‘young’ appearance – she commanded him from the back seat, ‘Stop, John, stop!’ Alessi did as he was told, and I found out later that Maxwell got out and followed me. I didn’t know it yet, but an apex predator was closing in.”

Later on, Virginia claimed Ghislaine showed up at the spa. And because the then-teen was interested in massage, Ghislaine mentioned that “she knows a wealthy man – a longtime Mar-a-Lago member, she says – who is looking for a massage therapist to travel with him” and asked Virginia to “meet him” that night after work. At first, Virginia was “excited” about the opportunity. However, she soon realized what a nightmare the whole thing turned out to be.

Hours later, Virginia said her dad drove her to the address Ghislaine gave her: “358 El Brillo Way.” She continued:

“I jumped out of the car before my dad could turn off the engine, walked to the big wooden front door, and rang the bell. Maxwell answered and came outside. ‘Thank you so very much for dropping her off,’ she told Dad, all smiles, but, in retrospect, she seemed impatient for him to leave.”

Once inside, per the memoir, Ghislaine led Virginia up to a bedroom, where a naked Jeffrey had been. Ghislaine then started to teach the teenager how to massage – despite her feeling uncomfortable at times:

“When giving a massage, she said, I should keep one palm on the client’s skin at all times, so as never to startle him. ‘Continuity and flow are key,’ she explained. We started in on his heels and arches, then moved up his body. When we got to his buttocks, I tried to glide past them, landing on his lower back. But Maxwell put her hands on top of mine and guided them to his rear. ‘It’s important that you don’t ignore any part of the body,’ she said. ‘If you skip around, the blood won’t flow right.’ Only later would I see how, step by practised step, the two of them were breaking down my defences. Every time I felt a twinge of discomfort, one glance at Maxwell told me I was overreacting. And so it went for about half an hour: a seemingly legitimate massage lesson.”

Things started to become stranger when Epstein asked several inappropriate questions – including if she was on birth control and to recount the time she lost her virginity.

“But I wanted this job, so I took a deep breath and described my rough childhood. I’d been abused by a family friend, I said vaguely, and spent time on the street as a runaway. Epstein didn’t recoil. Instead, he made light of it, teasing me for being ‘a naughty girl’. ‘Not at all,’ I said defensively. ‘I’m a good girl. I’ve just always found myself in the wrong places.’ Epstein lifted his head and smirked at me. ‘It’s OK,’ he said. ‘I like naughty girls.’”

WTF…

Epstein then allegedly rolled over and “startled” Virginia because “he had an erection.” However, Ghislaine ignored it and continued to show her how to massage him while “he began stroking himself.” The situation, sadly, escalated from there. Virginia shared:

“This is the moment that something cracked inside me. How else to explain why my memories of what came next are splintered into jagged shards? Maxwell peeling off her clothes, a mischievous look on her face; Maxwell behind me, unzipping my skirt and pulling my Mar-a-Lago polo shirt over my head; Epstein and Maxwell laughing at my underwear, which were dotted with tiny hearts. ‘How cute – she still wears little girl’s panties,’ Epstein said. He reached for a vibrator, which he forced between my thighs, as Maxwell commanded me to pinch Epstein’s nipples as she rubbed her own breasts, and mine. A familiar emptiness flooded me. How many times had I put my faith in someone, only to be hurt and humiliated? I could feel my brain begin to shut down. My body couldn’t escape from this room, but my mind couldn’t bear to stay, so it put me on a kind of autopilot: submissive and determined to survive.”

How awful. In the book, Virginia alleged she continued to “massage” Epstein, “a master manipulator,” following that horrific first assault. Two weeks afterward, he “upped the ante” and persuaded her with around $2,500 to quit her job at Mar-a-Lago, buy an apartment, and work and perform sex acts for him full time  — while also threatening her little brother:

“‘We know where your brother goes to school,’ Epstein said. He let that sink in for a moment, then got to the point: ‘You must never tell a soul what goes on in this house.’ He was smiling, but his threat was clear. ‘And I own the Palm Beach police department,’ he said, ‘so they won’t do anything about it.’”

Virginia’s Allegations Against Andrew

Soon after, Epstein allegedly started to share Virginia with his friends – including Andrew. Virginia wrote about the first time she met him at a dinner, saying:

“When Prince Andrew arrived at the house that evening, Maxwell was more coquettish than usual. ‘Guess Jenna’s age,’ she urged the prince, after she introduced me. The Duke of York, who was then 41, guessed correctly: 17. ‘My daughters are just a little younger than you,’  he told me, explaining his accuracy.”

Ick. Virginia continued:

“As we chatted in Maxwell’s entryway, I suddenly thought of something: my mom would never forgive me if I met someone as famous as Prince Andrew and didn’t pose for a picture. I ran to get a Kodak FunSaver from my room, then returned and handed it to Epstein. I remember the prince putting his arm around my waist as Maxwell grinned beside me. Epstein snapped the photo.”

We’ve all likely seen the infamous photo at this point, but you can see it (below):

They all then went out to dinner and to a nightclub called Tramp before being forced to sleep with Andrew, for which she received $15,000 for from Epstein. Virginia said:

“The prince went to the bar and came back with a cocktail for me. Then he invited me to dance. He was sort of a bumbling dancer, and I remember he sweated profusely. On the way back, Maxwell told me, ‘When we get home, you are to do for him what you do for Jeffrey.’  Back at the house, Maxwell and Epstein said goodnight and headed upstairs, signalling it was time that I take care of the prince. In the years since, I’ve thought a lot about how he behaved. He was friendly enough, but still entitled – as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright. I drew him a hot bath. We disrobed and got in the tub, but didn’t stay there long because the prince was eager to get to the bed. He was particularly attentive to my feet, caressing my toes and licking my arches. That was a first for me, and it tickled. I was nervous he would want me to do the same to him. But I needn’t have worried. He seemed in a rush to have intercourse. Afterward, he said thank you in his clipped British accent. In my memory, the whole thing lasted less than half an hour.”

That was not her only encounter with Andrew, according to Virginia. A month later, she, along with another victim named Johanna Sjoberg, was at a townhouse in New York with Andrew, Ghislaine, and Epstein:

“Maxwell then announced to the prince that she’d purchased him a joke gift, a puppet that looked just like him. She suggested we pose for a photo with it. The prince and I sat down next to each other on the couch, and Maxwell put the puppet in my lap, positioning one of its hands on one of my breasts. Then she put Sjoberg on the prince’s lap, and the prince put his hand on Sjoberg’s breast. The symbolism was impossible to ignore. Johanna and I were Maxwell and Epstein’s puppets, and they were pulling the strings.”

FYI, Giuffre’s lawyers revealed in an unsealed January 2017 document that Sjoberg corroborated the story “about sexual acts that occurred with her, Prince Andrew, and Ms Giuffre, when she and [Maxwell] were staying at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion.” Sjoberg, who was 21 years old at the time, claimed in her deposition:

“I just remember someone suggesting a photo, and they told us to go get on the couch. And so Andrew and Virginia sat on the couch, and they put the puppet, the puppet on her lap. And so then I sat on Andrew’s lap, and I believe on my own volition, and they took the puppet’s hands and put it on Virginia’s breast, and so Andrew put his on mine.”

While Virginia shared that she doesn’t remember when she slept with Andrew for the third time, she knows it happened on Epstein’s island, Little Saint James, and “it was an orgy. She believes she was 18 at the time. Virginia wrote that she said in a sworn declaration back in 2015:

“‘Epstein, Andy, and approximately eight other young girls and I had sex together. The other girls all appeared to be under the age of 18 and didn’t really speak English. Epstein laughed about how they couldn’t really communicate, saying they are the easiest girls to get along with.’”

Virginia continued that because she can’t remember the date, she also could’ve been 17 when the incident occurred:

“Since I gave that account, Epstein’s pilot has said in a deposition that a coded notation (‘AP’) that he made on his flight log for 4 July 2001, referred to Prince Andrew. He said that Epstein, the prince, another woman and I flew from Saint Thomas that day back to Palm Beach. I guess it’s possible that the orgy I remember occurred in the days leading up to that flight, which would mean I was still 17. I’ll probably never know the date for certain. What I do know, because Epstein told me, is that Jean-Luc Brunel, the French modelling agent who was also in attendance, supplied the other girls who took part.”

This poor, poor woman. What she suffered through for years is unimaginable. You can read a full expert of her memoir HERE.

Andrew has long denied Virginia’s accusations despite settling her sexual assault lawsuit. But here’s what is interesting. In an unredacted email released by the DOJ, Epstein did not dispute to journalist Landon Thomas Jr. that King Charles’ brother had sex with Virginia! In January 2015, The New York Times financial reporter advised Epstein to distance himself from Andrew amid the intense scrutiny over the friendship.

After Epstein noted his “reputation has admittedly taken a hit” due to the allegations, Thomas insisted that “the big issue is separating yourself from Andrew” because their association is “keeping the story alive.” He added:

“I mean in the end he had consensual sex with VR. And VR worked for you. The rest is atmospherics. You have moved on! People don’t know that and cant accept that unless you say as much.”

And guess what? Epstein doesn’t shut it down! See for yourself (below):

Hmm.

At this time, Andrew could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted for misconduct in public office. Unfortunately, Virginia won’t get to see any justice for Andrew’s alleged wrongdoings. She died by suicide last year — just like Epstein, which most folks are skeptical about.

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If you have sincere cause to suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. 

For more information on violence against women, go to https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-for-survivors

If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence and would like to learn more about resources, consider checking out https://www.rainn.org/resources. 

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