Email From Prince Andrew to Epstein Sparks Timeline Questions

An email purportedly sent by Prince Andrew to Jeffrey Epstein on February 28, 2011, the day after a widely published photograph of the duke and Virginia Giuffre, has resurfaced, with the message saying in part, "I'm just as concerned for you! Don't worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it." The correspondence, which also reportedly urged Epstein to "keep in close touch" and concluded, "we'll play some more soon!!!!" has been cited in recent legal filings and press reports.

The message is said to have been sent three months after Prince Andrew told a televised interviewer that he had ended his friendship with Epstein in December 2010 and had flown to New York to inform him of that decision in person. If authenticated, the email would contradict the timeline given in that interview. The excerpt has appeared in court documents connected to an inquiry by a financial regulator into the conduct of a former bank executive, which referenced communications between Epstein and several prominent figures.

The contents of the email, as reported, were said to include an automated royal signature. The duke has previously denied wrongdoing in relation...