2:00pm PST, Mar 3, 2026
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One email sent by a staff member to Jeffrey Epstein the night before the December 2, 2010, dinner party laid out instructions for the security detail. “The Duke’s 2 protection officers along with state security will all be here for tomorrow’s dinner party … Rich has given them instructions on the door. Do you wish Rich to stay for the party or is it ok for him to go home?” the message read. One of the officers, Julian Phillips, was reportedly given access codes allowing him to enter Epstein’s property freely. U.S. diplomatic protection officers were also present at the event, which drew guests including Woody Allen, Katie Couric, George Stephanopoulos and Chelsea Handler, according to the Daily Express.
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The Metropolitan Police announced that it is now reviewing the newly released documents and contacting former officers who worked with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. “They have been asked to consider carefully whether anything they saw or heard … may be relevant to our ongoing reviews,” police said. The Met also confirmed it is “aware of the suggestion that London airports may have been used to facilitate human trafficking and … exploitation” and is “assessing this information…” The former Duke of York has previously denied any wrongdoing with regard to his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Renewed scrutiny comes as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces mounting legal trouble. In February 2026, the former Duke of York — whose royal titles were stripped away by his brother King Charles III in late 2025 — was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office weeks after the U.S. Justice Department released emails suggesting he had passed along sensitive government documents to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a U.K. trade envoy.
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