Prince Andrew could face FBI investigation as ‘new emails to Epstein’ emerge

Prince Andrew is nether occurrence aft Donald Trump’s caller FBI main vowed to ‘do everything‘ to exposure Jeffrey Epstein’s associates.

New FBI head, Kash Patel, told a Senate proceeding helium is acceptable to analyse those linked to Epstein, who died successful jailhouse successful 2019.

He said: ‘Child enactment trafficking has nary spot successful the US. I volition bash everything to marque definite the American nationalist knows the afloat value of what happened.’

A root said: ‘The FBI should reopen its investigation. Andrew has to look justice.’

They told The Sun: ‘He was friends with Epstein for years and has ne'er answered for it. Kash Patel should merchandise each the FBI’s files immediately.’

The quality comes aft emails emerged purporting to amusement Andrew told Epstein they would ‘play immoderate much soon!’ 2 months aft helium claimed helium chopped interaction with him.

The emails were disclosed successful a filing by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are defending an entreaty by erstwhile Barclays boss, Jes Staley.

Staley is challenging a determination for misleading regulators connected his ties to Epstein, one of the astir terrible measures the FCA tin impose.

Andrew reached an out-of-court colony and paid millions to Virginia Giuffre successful 2022 to debar going to trial.

This was implicit allegations helium sexually abused Ms Giuffre 3 times erstwhile she was conscionable 17, and portion she was the unfortunate of a trafficking ringing orchestrated by Epstein and his woman Ghislaine Maxwell.

Andrew has ever denied the allegations.

King Charles reportedly cut disconnected Andrew’s ‘£1million allowance’ in the fallout aft the Duke settled retired of court with Ms Giuffre.

In Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight interrogation with Emily Maitlis, helium said helium ceased each interaction with Epstein successful December 2010 aft they were pictured walking successful New York together.

Andrew doubly stated his relationship with Epstein had immoderate ‘seriously beneficial outcomes’ and it gave him the accidental to conscionable radical and assistance hole for a aboriginal relation arsenic a commercialized envoy. 

While helium denied sleeping with Mrs Giuffre connected 3 abstracted occasions, helium claimed 1 brushwood successful 2001 could not person happened arsenic helium had taken his girl Princess Beatrice to Pizza Express successful Woking for a party. 

More recently, Andrew has faced further scrutiny implicit links to an alleged Chinese spy.

The alleged spy was seemingly invited to Andrew’s day enactment successful 2020 – but he’s present been banned from the UK by MI5 connected ‘security grounds’.

Andrew, a erstwhile UK commercialized envoy, has worked intimately with influential concern figures successful the past, but it came to airy that this 50-year-old Chinese businessman was besides a subordinate of the Chinese Communist Party.

He was reportedly moving for its United Front Work Department, which gathers intelligence. 

Buckingham Palace has been contacted for comment.

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