Andrew told Ghislaine: ‘I can’t take any more of this’ after Giuffre accusations

Leaked emails reveal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's plea to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during investigations. Photo / Getty Images

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, “I can’t take any more of this” during investigations into his alleged abuse, leaked emails purport to show.

A tranche of 23,000 files released by the US Congress yesterday has shed new light on the former Duke of York’s association with convicted paedophile Epstein.

In one email dated March 4, 2011, a Mail on Sunday journalist approached Epstein for comment on his, Maxwell’s and Andrew’s relationship with Virginia Giuffre.

Giuffre claimed she had been forced to have sex with Andrew under Maxwell’s orders in London in March 2001 when she was aged 17.

After he was forwarded the email inquiry, Andrew appeared to respond to Maxwell, saying, “Hey there! What’s all this? I don’t know anything about this. You must SAY [sic] so please. This has NOTHING To do with me.

“I can’t take any more of this.”

Giuffre alleged, before her death by suicide in April, that she had sex with the former prince on a further two occasions: at Epstein’s townhouse in New York and again at his private island in the US Virgin Islands.

Andrew has always denied the allegations.

In a separate email chain, Epstein told Andrew, “Just got it two minutes ago. I’ve asked g [sic] lawyers to send a letter.

“Not sure ... it’s so salcisous [sic] and ridiculous, im [sic] not sure how to respond, the only person she didn’t have sex with was Elvis.”

Epstein also appeared to confirm that an infamous photo of Andrew with Giuffre, taken in 2001, was real, and he claimed that several of his staff had their pictures taken with the former duke. Andrew suggested during his 2019 Newsnight interview that the photo could have been doctored.

“The girl has fled the country with an outstanding arrest warrant,” Epstein wrote to a journalist in July 2011.

“The da [sic] after she accused others, said in writing that she has no credibility, she was never 15 years old working for me, her story made it seem like she first worked for trump [sic] at that age and was met by ghislaine maxwell [sic].”

It added: “Yes she was on my plane, and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew, as many of my employees have.”

Epstein, in another exchange with his publicist in July 2011, said Buckingham Palace would “love it” if Giuffre was “proven to be a liar”.

He wrote: “I think Buckingham Palace would love it.

“You should task someone to investigate the girl Virginia Roberts, that has caused the Queen’s son all this agro [sic].

“I promise you she is a fraud. You and I will be able to go to ascot [sic] for the rest of our lives.”

Andrew’s links to Epstein eventually led to King Charles stripping him of his titles and putting an end to his public life.

The move followed the publication of Giuffre’s posthumous memoirs, and the US Government’s release of documents from the paedophile’s estate.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year jail sentence for the sexual trafficking of girls on behalf of Epstein.

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