Andrew ‘pictured crouched over woman’ in Epstein files

The images are among more than three million documents which were published by the US Department of Justice on Friday (January 30) relating to disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

As reported by the PA News Agency, the undated pictures were released in a document of 100 pages of photographs, and also appear to show the former duke touching the woman’s abdomen.

Another unidentified person’s feet are up on a table in the background of the image. It is not known where they were taken.

The photographs that appear to show Andrew crouching over a woman are undated and it is not known where they were taken (Image: US Department of Justice/PA)

Elsewhere in the document dump, screenshots and scans appear to show the former prince exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein about a “beautiful” Russian woman and invited him to Buckingham Palace.

In an August 2010 exchange, two years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution, for which he served 13 months in a jail work-release programme, the financier writes: “I have a friend who I think you might enjoy having dinner with.”

In response, “The Duke” replies: “Of course. I am in Geneva until the morning of 22nd but would be delighted to see her. Will she be bringing a message from you? Please give her my contact details to get in touch.”

Exchanges between British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of child sex trafficking in 2021, and an address named “The Invisible Man” from August 2022 were also released.

Email exchanges between Jeffrey Epstein and an account called ‘The Duke’ were also released as part of the files (Image: US Department of Justice/PA)

It suggests The Invisible Man may be Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after Maxwell refers to him as Andrew and mentions his former wife’s name, while previous emails from the account have referred to having a valet and being at Balmoral with the royal family.

The emails shared in the release do not indicate any wrongdoing.

What allegations has Andrew faced?

Andrew has faced allegations, which he strenuously denies, that he sexually assaulted a teenage Virginia Giuffre after she was trafficked by Epstein.

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He paid millions to Ms Giuffre, a woman he has claimed never to have met, to settle a civil sexual assault claim in 2022.

Andrew stepped down from royal duties in 2019 after an interview on BBC Newsnight, but the publication of Ms Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, and the US government’s release of documents from Epstein’s estate, brought more scrutiny over his relationship with the financier.

It led to the King officially stripping his disgraced brother of both his HRH style and his prince title in 2025.

Andrew has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and said he did not “see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to his arrest and conviction”.

Epstein was found dead in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019 while he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.