Overview

• Multiple outlets report the email was sent on February 28, 2011, the day after the photo of Andrew with Virginia Giuffre was published, and was signed off as “A, HRH The Duke of York, KG.”
• The wording appears to contradict Andrew’s BBC Newsnight claim that he had no contact with Epstein after December 2010.
• A portion of the exchange had surfaced earlier this year in Financial Conduct Authority court filings related to Jes Staley, which referenced a British royal in Epstein correspondence.
• Reports say Buckingham Palace and the Duke’s office declined to comment, as commentators call for further scrutiny and the King is reported to be keeping Andrew and Sarah Ferguson at arm’s length from family events.
• Andrew has denied wrongdoing, settled Giuffre’s US civil suit in 2022 for a reported sum exceeding £12 million, and Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025.