Overview

• Reports say the 28 February 2011 email from Prince Andrew’s official account told Jeffrey Epstein to “keep in close touch” and added “we’ll play some more soon,” signed “A, HRH The Duke of York, KG.”
• The correspondence appears to contradict Andrew’s 2019 BBC Newsnight assertion that he ended all contact with Epstein in December 2010 after their New York meeting.
• The message was sent the day after the Mail on Sunday published the photo of Andrew with Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell, and it does not raise his later suggestion that the image could be forged.
• A portion of this email had already surfaced in court filings linked to the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s case involving former Barclays chief Jes Staley, where the sender was described as a royal family member.
• The disclosure has fueled renewed media and political pressure on the royal family, with commentary urging King Charles to cut remaining ties, reports of keeping Andrew and Sarah Ferguson low‑profile at family events, and further distancing by charities following Ferguson’s separate 2011 email revelation.