Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faced fresh humiliation on Friday as more Jeffrey Epstein photos were released.
The latest batch of images was published on the same day as the former Prince and Sarah Ferguson made a rare public appearance for the christening of their granddaughter Athena.
One photograph shows Andrew with Bill Gates at a public event in 2018. The original photo also featured King Charles, but he has been cropped out.
The cache of new images includes snaps of sex predator Epstein parading around with rich and powerful friends including Donald Trump and Bill Clinton. One showing Epstein in his Manhattan townhouse study has sparked a frenzy of speculation because of a disturbing framed photograph on his desk that appears to show an incapacitated woman.
Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee unveiled the intimate photos, having chosen them from more than 95,000 unseen images handed over from the estate of the late paedophile. Some photos depict graphic sex toys but it is unclear the location or dates of the images.
The cache was released hours after Andrew and Sarah attended the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace for the christening of Athena, the second daughter of Princess Beatrice, 37, and her property developer husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 42.
The image of Mountbatten-Windsor and Gates has previously been made public by the Getty Images photo agency, and includes King Charles who has been cropped out of the version by US lawmakers.
According to the caption, it was taken at a summit during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting focusing on malaria in London on April 18, 2018.
These latest images are not the highly anticipated trove of Epstein files many have been expecting after President Trump signed a bill ordering their release – a significant turning point in a months-long fight over the documents.
The deadline for the full files is next Friday. The Democrat lawmakers may be hoping this disclosure will keep the Epstein case in the news and continue to keep pressure building on Mr Trump.
Other famous names pictured in the new set include several of the President, along with former US president Bill Clinton, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, actor Woody Allen, US economist Larry Summers, lawyer Alan Dershowitz and entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson. There is no suggestion any of these men have done anything wrong.
In one of the photos, Mr Trump poses with six unnamed women, whose faces have been obscured by censors to protect their identities. Last night Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released another batch containing more than 70 images, including one of Epstein in a bathtub, taking the total published yesterday to almost 100.
‘In the interest of transparency, we will continue to release photos from the Epstein estate,’ they said.
When asked about the photos, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that Epstein ‘has photos with everybody’.
‘He has hundreds and hundreds of people that have photos with him,’ he said. ‘That’s no big deal, I know nothing about it.’
But it was the image with an apparently unconscious woman draped over a sofa that was causing the most comments. The undated photo shows Epstein at his desk opposite Right-wing political strategist Mr Bannon. The pair had a professional relationship during 2018 and 2019, when Mr Bannon provided media coaching and advice to Epstein.
A framed photo on the right-hand corner of the desk, facing toward Epstein, appears to show a woman lying down, apparently incapacitated. A black box has been placed over her face to protect her identity. The image’s contents cannot be definitively determined, but lurid claims exploded on social media with commenters calling it ‘very disturbing’, ‘vile’ and ‘disgusting’.
‘What a sicko,’ Leasha Knight wrote on X. ‘What appears to be an incapacitated young girl passed out on a couch. You have to be pretty confident you won’t be arrested to have such a deplorable picture on your desk.’
There is also a photo of Democrat former president Clinton which appears to have been signed by him. A spokesman for Clinton has previously acknowledged that he took four trips with his staff on Epstein’s private plane in 2002 and 2003.
Microsoft founder Gates said in a 2021 CNN interview that Epstein joined him for ‘several dinners’, with the computer entrepreneur hoping Epstein’s contacts could help him raise money for global health causes. ‘It was a huge mistake to spend time with him, to give him the credibility of being there,’ Mr Gates said. Spokesmen for Mr Gates have previously maintained that there was no business partnership or personal friendship between the pair.
One photo shows a bowl of condoms with a caricature of Trump’s face along with a sign saying, ‘Trump condom $4.50.’ Each condom shows Trump’s face with the text, ‘I’m HUUUUGE!’
Democrat congressman Robert Garcia said yesterday: ‘These disturbing photos raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.’
The White House said: ‘Once again, House Democrats are selectively releasing cherry-picked photos with random redactions to try and create a false narrative.
‘The Democrat hoax against President Trump has been repeatedly debunked.’
