The image that was unearthed on Friday is believed to be the first known photograph of the two men with Epstein.Le Monde with AFP
This undated photo in an unidentified location provided by the US Department of Justice on March 13, 2026, shows Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Lord Peter Mandelson wearing bathrobes alongside late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. HANDOUT / AFP
A photograph of Britain’s former prince Andrew and veteran politician Peter Mandelson sitting in bathrobes alongside late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was unearthed Friday, March 13, in previously published documents.
The image is believed to be the first known photograph of the two men with Epstein. They are both currently engulfed in scandal in the UK over their ties to their mutual friend.
The undated photograph, first reported by ITV News, shows King Charles III’s disgraced brother and Britain’s former ambassador to Washington sitting barefoot outside on a wooden deck. They appear to have mugs with a US flag on them on a wooden table in front of them. Epstein is wearing a dark shirt and light trousers.
ITV said the picture was taken on Martha’s Vineyard, an island in the northeastern US state of Massachusetts, and was believed to have been snapped between 1999 and 2000, before Epstein was sentenced to prison. It was included as part of millions of documents released by the US justice department earlier this year.
Andrew and Mandelson were arrested last month on suspicion of misconduct in public office over their connections to Epstein, who was convicted of child sexual offenses in 2008. Andrew, who was stripped of his royal titles last year, is accused of sharing sensitive documents with Epstein during his time as a UK trade envoy between 2001 and 2011. Files have suggested that Mandelson also leaked official information to Epstein when he was a government minister, including during the 2008 financial crash.
Both have denied wrongdoing and neither has been charged.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sacked Mandelson as his envoy in Washington in September last year after new information revealing the extent of his friendship with Epstein came to light.
Both Andrew and Mandelson feature many times in the so-called Epstein files. Images show Andrew bent over an unidentified female and lying across the laps of a number of women, while Mandelson is pictured in his underpants.
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