{"id":2427157,"date":"2026-05-21T22:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2427157"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:34:19","slug":"documents-show-late-queen-elizabeth-ii-was-very-keen-former-prince-andrew-got-uk-trade-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/documents-show-late-queen-elizabeth-ii-was-very-keen-former-prince-andrew-got-uk-trade-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents show late Queen Elizabeth II was &#8216;very keen&#8217; former prince Andrew got UK trade job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Newly released documents show late Queen Elizabeth II was &#8220;very keen&#8221; that her son, former prince Andrew, be given the job of UK trade envoy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The UK government released the confidential papers related to Mr Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s appointment, just months after MPs accused the king&#8217;s brother of putting his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ahead of the nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;The Queen is very keen that the Duke of York should take on a prominent role in the promotion of national interests,&#8221; the head of Britain&#8217;s trade body wrote in a letter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Another document, a government memo sent to UK trade staff around the world, said that &#8220;HRH&#8217;s high public profile&#8221; will require &#8220;careful and sometimes strict media management&#8221;, in a reference to the former prince.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106708922\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-31\/prince-andrew-fall-from-grace-in-pictures\/105956194\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Prince Andrew&#8217;s fall from grace in pictures<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Prince Andrew has been stripped of his royal titles and removed from the Royal Lodge. Here&#8217;s a photographic timeline of his scandalous downfall.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The involvement of the late queen will confirm previously held beliefs the monarch held a soft spot for her son \u2014 an empathy that might have influenced her lack of decisiveness in dealing with allegations of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s connection to Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">UK Trade Minister Chris Bryant said in a written statement to other British MPs that &#8220;we have found no evidence that a formal due diligence or vetting process was undertaken&#8221; before Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was appointed to the role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;There is also no evidence that this was considered. This is understandable since this new appointment was a continuation of the royal family&#8217;s involvement in trade and investment promotion work following the Duke of Kent&#8217;s decision to relinquish his duties as Vice-Chairman of the Overseas Trade Board,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106708924\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-02-20\/what-we-know-about-former-prince-andrew-arrest\/106365894\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Why was Andrew arrested? What we know about the police investigation<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police are searching two addresses in the UK, including Royal Lodge on the Windsor Estate where the former prince lived until last year.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He said the government was cooperating with Thames Valley Police on their investigation into Mr Mountbatten-Windsor and the possible misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal title last year as King Charles III tried to insulate the monarchy from the growing fallout from the Epstein scandal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The former prince served as a special envoy for international trade from 2001 to 2011, when he was forced to give up the role because of concerns about his links to questionable figures in Libya and Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The move followed the US Justice Department&#8217;s release of millions of pages of documents related to Epstein.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106708910\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-02-01\/new-documents-reveal-details-about-epstein-andrew-friendship\/106292352\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">New details about Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew&#8217;s friendship revealed<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The royal family faces a fresh round of embarrassment after the latest tranche of Epstein files revealed unsavoury details about the convicted sex offender&#8217;s relationship with Andrew.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Those files showed how the convicted sex offender used an international web of rich, powerful friends to gain influence and sexually exploit young women and girls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and said he regrets their friendship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Nowhere has the fallout from the document release been felt more strongly than in the UK where the scandal has raised questions about the way power is wielded by the aristocracy, senior politicians and influential business owners, known collectively as &#8220;the Establishment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\"><strong>AP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.abc.net.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly released documents show late Queen Elizabeth II was &#8220;very keen&#8221; that her son, former prince Andrew, be given the job of UK trade envoy. The UK government released the confidential papers related to Mr Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s appointment, just months after MPs accused the king&#8217;s brother of putting his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2427158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[376519,403835,475909,405517,24085,27155,311836],"class_list":["post-2427157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-accusations","tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","tag-envoy","tag-jeffery-epstein","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-royals","tag-trade"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Documents-show-late-Queen-Elizabeth-II-was-very-keen-former.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427159,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427157\/revisions\/2427159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2427158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2427157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2427157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}