On the plus side for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the newly released 2011 emails also reveal that when Virginia Giuffre first told the Mail her account of an orgy with Andrew on Epstein’s private island, Jeffrey Epstein called her allegations “complete and utter fantasy” and the Duke of York said “I don’t know anything about this!” during their private email conversations.
Quoting the BBC story posted by An Ard Ri above:
‘On 6 March 2011 the Mail on Sunday published a story including the now infamous photograph of Andrew and Giuffre.
The [right-of-reply] email [sent by the Mail] goes on to say that the masseuse and another girl were directed to sit on Andrew's knee in Epstein's New York flat, and that he groped both girls.
The email says that one of the girls was directed by Maxwell to have sex with Andrew. It also states she was directed to participate in an orgy with Andrew at Little St James - Epstein's private Caribbean island. It requests a reply by noon the next day.
It appears that the email is sent to Maxwell by her representative, forwarded on to Epstein and then to a redacted email address marked "The Duke".
On 6 March 2011, the day the Mail on Sunday published its Giuffre story, Epstein emails "The Duke", asking: "You ok?". He add: "These stories are complete and utter fantasy".’”
Andrew’s reply to that email:
‘Andrew's reply reads: "What's all this? I don't know anything about this! You must SAY so please. This has NOTHING to do with me. I can't take any more of this."’
I am not sure, but I think Virginia Giuffre’s account of the orgy ultimately did not make it into the Mail story published on March 6, 2011. I cannot find that story on the internet (if anyone else can, a link would be appreciated), but there is no mention of an orgy in other articles published around March 6, 2011:
Duke of York still focus of many Sunday papers
More email quotes from the BBC and Sky articles:
‘In a different email exchange in March 2011 about an inquiry from a news reporter, Epstein messages someone listed as "The Duke", which is thought to be Andrew.
Epstein told him: "Im not sure how to respond, the only person she didn't have sex with was Elvis."
It prompted the following response: "Please make sure that every statement or legal letter states clearly that I am NOT involved and that I knew and know NOTHING about any of these allegations.
"I can't take any more of this my end."’
[…]
‘In an email to his publicist in July that year [2011], Epstein writes: "The girl who accused Prince Andrew can also easily be proven to be a liar.
"I think Buckingham Palace would love it. You should task someone to investigate the girl Virginia Roberts, that has caused the Queen's son all this agro (sic).
"I promise you she is a fraud. You and I will be able to go to ascot (sic) for the rest of our lives."’
Given some of the claims he made in the past, I still wouldn’t put it past him…
The quote:
‘In an exchange with a journalist in July 2011, Epstein appeared to discuss Giuffre and her photograph with Andrew.
"Yes she was on my plane, and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew, as many of my employees have," he wrote.’
ETA: For some reason, the BBC article seems to have been edited to remove some of the quotes I excerpted. Fortunately, someone saved the original:
The former prince's reaction when he heard about a newspaper inquiry was among more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate, including some mentioning Trump.
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