Andrew’s adviser joked about having sex on Epstein’s island

Emails reveal David Stern, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's adviser, joked about having sex on Epstein's island. Photo / Getty Images

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s right-hand man joked about having sex on the island where Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women, The Daily Telegraph has reported.

In emails released by the US Department of Justice, David Stern wrote that if he wanted “action” he would go to Little Saint James, the private Caribbean island owned by the disgraced financier.

The emails were sent in 2010, after Epstein had been convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution.

Stern, 48, a little-known German investor, went on to become the then Prince Andrew’s closest business adviser. The emails will raise fresh questions over Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Epstein.

Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested last week over accusations that he shared confidential information with Epstein while serving as British trade envoy from 2001-2011.

But there are also growing questions over the role of Stern. The Telegraph revealed last week that he struck a secret business deal with the Chinese state, and asked Epstein to help him buy “prime real estate” in North Korea.

In their emails, Stern and Epstein repeatedly used the letter “P” as a derogatory description for young women.

The newly uncovered emails between Stern and Epstein from November 2010 reveal he also used the term when discussing having sex on Epstein’s island.

Talking about a potential deal involving a London banker called Harry, Stern asked Epstein if he should mention it at a meeting with another businessman, to which Epstein replied: “Its ok [sic] to mention as long as harry wont f*** you”.

Stern then replied that if he wanted sex, he would go to Little Saint James, referred to as LSJ, Epstein’s hideaway in the US Virgin Islands.

Little Saint James, a 29ha island that Epstein called “Little St Jeff’s”, is at the centre of some of the most horrific allegations of abuse from Epstein’s underage victims. It was where the paedophile would traffic and abuse victims as young as 14.

Details of Stern’s comments come after a British Government minister suggested Mountbatten-Windsor could face an inquiry over his relationship with Epstein.

Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary, refused to rule out a judge-led inquiry into the pair’s links.

Any independent inquiry would be designed to establish the facts of the former prince’s links with Epstein, and consider the wider issues or failures in his position as trade envoy.

Last week, there were also suggestions that Mountbatten-Windsor’s former protection officers may have turned a blind eye to some of his activities, particularly on Epstein’s island.

The Metropolitan Police said it was “identifying and contacting” former and serving protection officers and asking them to “consider carefully” whether they had seen or heard anything.

Epstein was convicted of child sex offences in 2008 and died in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

The financier used Stern over the course of a decade to carry out various tasks, ranging from passing messages to Mountbatten-Windsor and meeting senior business chiefs to finding “cute” personal assistants for Epstein in Russia and China.

Stern acted on Epstein’s behalf while also serving as a director of Mountbatten-Windsor’s Pitch@Palace business, which was based within Buckingham Palace. He resigned from the organisation in 2019.

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