PRINCE Andrew could be “destroyed” if a bombshell stash of over 100 secret emails in the Epstein files are released, according to reports.
Alleged messages between the disgraced Duke of York and convicted peodophile Jeffrey Epstein are “embarrassing and incriminating”, according to multiple well-placed parties.
Andrew and Epstein shared a well-documented friendship for some years prior to the New York financier’s arrest on serious 𝓈ℯ𝓍 trafficking charges.
Andrew has always denied ever witnessing or suspecting Epstein of committing any crimes.
In his notorious Newsnight interview five years ago, Andrew vowed to help the probe into Epstein and his warped madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
But the royal has remained silent – and claimed he knew nothing of Epstein’s vile crimes despite their close bond.
A source has now told the Mail on Sunday: “If you think what’s happened to Peter Mandelson is bad then you have no idea what will happen when the Andrew emails are released.
“They are embarrassing and incriminating and he could be destroyed.”
Peter Mandelson was fired as the UK ambassador to the US after files showed he had called paedophile Epstein his “best pal”.
A picture also emerged from a 2002 holiday on Epstein’s private island showing Mandelson dressed in just a bathrobe.
Mandy told our show, Harry Cole Saves The West, that he “deeply regretted” any association with the financier and felt conned by him.
Andy Bracco who visited Epstein island
It is understood there are “at least” 100 emails involving Andrew in the Epstein files.
Some of the messages were reportedly exchanged from an account with Pipex – one of the UK’s first commercial internet providers.
The email address used is listed alongside several phone numbers for the Duke found in Epstein’s infamous “little black book”, the MoS claims.
A second source added: “There are potentially incriminating emails between Andrew, Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell which haven’t come out yet.
“Andrew was in regular contact with Maxwell by email and Epstein used email to coordinate trafficking of his victims.
“If I were Andrew I’d be very worried. Look what the emails did to Mandelson.”
The alleged emails are currently among hundreds of thousands of documents being reviewed by the US Congress.
It comes as thousands of records related to Epstein have been released to the public in recent weeks.
At the start of September, the US House Oversight Committee posted a staggering 33,295 pages of material handed over by the Justice Department after a subpoena from chairman James Comer.
Last week, the committee also released Epstein’s 50th 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡day book which contained a ten-page tribute from Mandelson.
The 238-page scrapbook was a grotesque mash-up of alleged tributes, bizarre notes and deeply creepy photos.
A topless Maxwell, weird animal pornography and gushing messages from world figures were all stuffed between the pages.
An entry from an unidentified woman even claimed she had met the Duke of York and “seen the private quarters of Buckingham Palace, sat on the Queen of England’s throne”.
David Boies, the lawyer who represented Andrew’s accuser Virginia Giuffre, believes the alleged new set of emails will provide enough evidence to open up a criminal investigation into the prince.
It comes after Ms Giuffre – who took her own life earlier this year – was involved in a past email-related scandal to do with Andrew.
After Ms Giuffre, then known as Miss Roberts, first accused the Duke of having 𝓈ℯ𝓍 with her as a teenager, Andrew fired off an email to former friend Maxwell.
In the January 3, 2015, message Andrew asked: “Let me know when we can talk. Got some specific questions to ask you about Virginia Roberts.”
Maxwell replied: “Have some info. Call me when you have a moment.”
The messages were uncovered in legal documents.
Several other embarrassing emails between Andrew and Epstein were also revealed in legal papers over the years.
In one from February 2011, the Duke said: “Keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!”
Legal documents said the email was sent “by a member of the British Royal Family” – it was soon reported globally as being from Prince Andrew.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being found guilty of 𝓈ℯ𝓍 trafficking in 2021.
She has appealed her conviction to the United States Supreme Court.
Epstein himself died by suicide in a jail cell in 2019.
But persistent conspiracy theories continue to circulate around the circumstances of his death.
