Overview

• Multiple UK outlets published the full 28 February 2011 email, sent the day after a photo of Andrew with Virginia Giuffre was made public.
• The email, reportedly from Andrew’s official address and signed “A, HRH The Duke of York, KG,” includes the lines “we are in this together” and “we’ll play some more soon.”
• The correspondence conflicts with Andrew’s BBC Newsnight claim that he had no contact with Epstein after December 2010 and makes no suggestion the photo was forged.
• A partial excerpt of the same email appeared in FCA court papers in the Jes Staley case earlier this year, where the sender was identified only as a royal family member.
• The disclosures have intensified pressure on the royal household to keep Andrew at a distance, with reports of curbs on public appearances and recent charity withdrawals from Sarah Ferguson.