Epstein said Andrew’s trade envoy job loss was ‘Charles’ doing’ | News UK

Emails have revealed that Jeffrey Epstein appeared to blame Charles when Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lost his job as the UK’s trade envoy.

The day it was announced that Andrew would no longer be the trade envoy in 2011, Epstein replied to an email from an associate that said there was ‘lots of TV coverage on PA’ – believed to represent ‘Prince Andrew’.

The paedophile replied: ‘I assume he [Andrew] knows that this is Charles’ doing.’

In a later message, he added: ‘I’m sure this is good for him [Andrew], he will now be free.’

Andrew lost his position just months after photos of him walking with Epstein in a New York park went viral.

The former prince has continued to deny any wrongdoing in relation to his role as trade envoy and his association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Days ago, police began a probe into reports that Andrew shared confidential information with Epstein while working as a trade envoy between 2001 and 2011.

Downing Street declined to comment on allegations Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor charged the taxpayer for massages and excessive travel costs while he was a trade envoy.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: ‘As with every kind of specific allegation in this matter, that is something for the police to look at, not for me to comment on or give a running commentary on a live police investigation.

‘But on the general point of whether the Government stands ready to assist the police in their inquiries, the answer is – and has consistently been – yes.’

Emails from the Epstein files appear to show the ex-prince shared confidential details of investment opportunities and reports of trade visits.

Earlier this week, MPs held one of the first-ever debates in Parliament focused on a member of the Royal Family.

It is typically forbidden to explicitly criticise the royals in the House of Commons, but Speaker Lindsay Hoyle permitted the debate since Andrew has been stripped of his titles and positions.

During the debate, Labour MP Sir Chris Bryant told the Commons: ‘Colleagues and many civil servants have told me their own stories of their interactions with Mr Mountbatten Windsor, and they all portray the same pattern.

‘A man on a constant self-aggrandising and self-enriching hustle. A rude, arrogant and entitled man who could not distinguish between the public interest, which he said he served, and his own private interest.’

Andrew was appointed as a special trade envoy for the British government by Tony Blair in 2001 before stepping down in 2011 amid criticism over his friendship with Epstein.

The specific role of the UK special representative for trade and investment was created for him.

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