Britain’s Andrew and Mandelson pictured in bathrobes with Epstein
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Former British prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (left) and veteran politician Peter Mandelson are pictured in bathrobes, in an undated photo released by the US Justice Department in 2025, with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
PHOTO: REUTERS
- A photo surfaced of Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson with Jeffrey Epstein, believed taken between 1999-2000 on Martha’s Vineyard.
- Andrew and Mandelson were arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct over their ties to Epstein, who was convicted of child sexual offences in 2008.
- Andrew and Mandelson deny wrongdoing. Keir Starmer sacked Mandelson, and Andrew settled a civil suit with Virginia Giuffre, who died in 2025.
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LONDON - A photograph of Britain’s former prince Andrew and veteran politician Peter Mandelson sitting in bathrobes alongside late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was unearthed on March 13 in previously published documents.
The image is believed to be the first known photograph of the two men with Epstein.
They are both currently engulfed in scandal in the UK over their ties to their mutual friend.
The undated photograph, first reported by ITV News, shows King Charles III’s disgraced brother and Britain’s former ambassador to Washington sitting barefoot outside on a wooden deck.
They appear to have mugs with a US flag on them on a wooden table in front of them.
Epstein is wearing a dark shirt and light trousers.
ITV said the picture was taken on Martha’s Vineyard, an island in the northeastern US state of Massachusetts, and was believed to have been snapped between 1999 and 2000, before Epstein was sentenced to prison.
It was included as part of millions of documents released by the US justice department earlier this year.
Mr Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Mr Mandelson were arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office over their connections to Epstein, who was convicted of child sexual offences in 2008.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his royal titles in 2025, is accused of sharing sensitive documents with Epstein during his time as a UK trade envoy between 2001 and 2011.
Files have suggested that Mr Mandelson also leaked official information to Epstein when he was a government minister, including during the 2008 financial crash.
Both have denied wrongdoing and neither has been charged.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sacked Mr Mandelson as his envoy in Washington in September last year after new information revealing the extent of his friendship with Epstein came to light.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor settled a US civil lawsuit in 2022 brought by Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide in 2025.
She claimed she was trafficked three times to have sex with Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, starting in 2001 and twice when she was 17.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied the allegations and the settlement did not admit liability.
Both Mr Mountbatten-Windsor and Mr Mandelson feature many times in the so-called Epstein files.
Images show Mr Mountbatten-Windsor bent over an unidentified female and lying across the laps of a number of women, while Mr Mandelson is pictured in his underpants. AFP
Mr Mandelson in his underwear next to a woman whose face has been redacted, in a photo released by the US Justice Department in 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
