Ghislaine Maxwell joked about ‘five stunning red heads’ in email to ‘Andrew’
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell joked about ‘five stunning red heads’ would now have to ‘play with ourselves’ to ‘Andrew’ in the latest tranche of the Epstein files.
The files, released this afternoon after a delay of several weeks, contains three million documents relating to disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, including FBI records, emails between Epstein and his closest friends and images.
In one series of documents, Maxwell is seen having exchanged emails with one person, called The Invisible Man, where the pair discussed holidays and visiting an island.
The exchange suggests The Invisible Man may be Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after Maxwell refers to him as Andrew and mentions his former wife’s name, while previous emails from the account have referred to having a valet and being at Balmoral for the royal family.
In an email signed ‘A’, he says: ‘As the planning is getting more difficult over the bank holiday weekend here I am thinking now I might join Sarah and the kids in Sotogrande for a few days which would be very important and a good thing for the girls, rather than trek across the pond.
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‘Please will you give me permission to do so and I am conscious of the ‘better offer’ syndrome but in this case it wouldn’t be that… I think!’
In her reply dated August 24 2002, Maxwell said: ‘Andrew sweet heart – I fully understand if you want to spend time w/Sarah and the kids. I will not be remotely offended – sad not to spend time w/you and sad not to see you but at this point w/precious holidays and few days off I agree that this idea of coming to the Island looks less appealing.’
In a follow-up email sent on August 25 2002 after The Invisible Man confirmed he would not be coming, Maxwell said: ‘No problem, (redacted), who is now coming and 5 other stunning red heads will all just have to play with ourselves.’
In a reply on August 27, The Invisible Man said: ‘Look forward to catching up with you before you disappear to some exotic place and please don’t catch anything nasty on your travels!
‘Masses of love and thanks, A xxx’
Andrew and his now ex-wife Sarah Ferguson have two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
In another email addressed to The Invisible Man and sent on March 31 2002, one day after the Queen Mother’s death, Maxwell refers to him as ‘sweat pea’, adding: ‘Sorry you had to rush home, and also under such sad circumstances. However much the passing was to be expected in one so old, it does not make it any less sad.
‘She was wonderful, and I am happy that I managed to meet her and speak with her.
‘We shall reschedule. Love you. Gx.’
In a response sent on April 1, The Invisible Man said: ‘Got your message this morning. Sorry to have missed you yesterday I will ring later today to chat’.
The email response is signed ‘A xxx’.
The documents were released as part of the US ‘Epstein files’ and follow a series of disclosures in December, including an email sent from Balmoral signed ‘A’, which asked Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’.
In an email in March 2003, The Invisible Man writes about feeling isolated and frustrated, and Maxwell replies calling him her ‘best friend’.
In another from The Invisible Man, the sender asks a redacted account if they are having more children and labelling them ‘super sperm’.
The email said: ‘Sorry – I am in LA on my way to Hawaii. Is it true you are having more children? I shall have to refer to you as super sperm!’
The email subject is “Re: AKE in New York”.
Paedophile financier Epstein was found dead in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019 while he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.
His death was ruled a suicide.
Andrew has faced allegations, which he strenuously denies, that he sexually assaulted a teenage Virginia Giuffre after she was trafficked by Epstein.
He paid millions to Ms Giuffre, a woman he has claimed never to have met, to settle a civil sexual assault claim in 2022.
Andrew stepped down from royal duties in 2019 after an interview on BBC Newsnight, but the publication of Ms Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, and the US government’s release of documents from Epstein’s estate, brought more scrutiny over his relationship with the financier.
It led to the King officially stripping his disgraced brother of both his HRH style and his prince title.
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