Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — formerly known as Prince Andrew — appears to kneel on all fours over an unknown woman in new photos obtained from late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
On Friday, January 30, the Justice Department released more evidence from Epstein’s estate, including 100 new photographs. Mountbatten-Windsor seemingly appears in three new images alongside a fully-clothed woman whose face has been redacted.
The former prince touches the woman’s stomach and waist in two shots taken at separate angles while a third picture seemingly shows him kneeling on all four while staring directly at the camera.
No additional context has been provided for this latest evidence drop from the Justice Department so there is no confirmation on when or where these photos were taken.
Us Weekly has reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment. Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein. (Epstein died by suspected suicide at age 66 in August 2019 after being arrested on federal sex trafficking charges.)
BBC News reported that separate emails between Epstein and a contact referred to as “The Duke,” who is presumed to be Mountbatten-Windsor, were also released on Friday. (Mountbatten-Windsor’s title was “The Duke of York” prior to being stripped of his royal honors in late 2025.)
The messages were reportedly exchanged in August 2010, two years after Epstein pled guilty to procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute in 2008.
At the time, Epstein had just completed a stint under house arrest after being sentenced to 18 months in a minimum-security prison. The newly-released emails were sent between August 11 and August 12, 2010, and included Epstein offering to introduce “A” to a 26-year-old Russian woman he “might enjoy having dinner with.” “The Duke” responded that he was in Geneva “until the morning of the 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?” asked “The Duke.”
When “The Duke” asked for “any other information you might know about her that might be useful to know,” Epstein replied that “she [is] 26, russian, clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy and yes she has your email.”
“The Duke” mentioned it must be “good to be free,” with Epstein replying, “Great to be free of many things.”
In other emails exchanged in September 2010, Epstein asked “The Duke” whether they could arrange “private time” while he was in London.
“I am just departing Scotland should be down by 1800,” his contact replied. “I’ll ring you when I get down if you can give me a number to ring. Alternatively we could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots of privacy. A”
Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing when it came to Epstein. He told BBC’s Newsnight in 2019 that he cut off his relationship with Epstein after a final visit to the disgraced financier’s New York City home in December 2010.
Asked if he regretted his friendship with Epstein, Mountbatten-Windsor replied to Newsnight, “Now, still not and the reason being is that the people that I met and the opportunities that I was given to learn either by him or because of him were actually very useful.”
“He himself not, as it were, as close as you might think, we weren’t that close,” the former prince went on. “So therefore I mean, yes, I would go and stay in his house but that was because of his girlfriend [Ghislaine Maxwell, who was jailed in 2022 for sex trafficking offenses], not because of him.”
Mountbatten-Windsor announced in October 2025 that he would give up his royal titles amid growing pressure over further disclosures regarding his relationship with Epstein.
“In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family,” Mountbatten-Windsor said in a statement to Us at the time “I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life.”
He concluded, “With His Majesty’s agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honors which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”
Buckingham Palace announced days later that King Charles III planned to strip his brother of his royal titles. The palace clarified that the former prince would now be known as “Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor” and that he would be forced to move out of his home at Royal Lodge, which he acquired as part of a peppercorn lease agreement in 2003.
“[Mountbatten-Windsor’s] lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence,” Buckingham Palace told Us in a statement. “Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.”
Mountbatten-Windsor is expected to move to Marsh Farm on Charles’ private Sandringham estate in early 2026.
If you or someone you know is a human trafficking victim, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
