https://www.scmp.com/rss/523992/feed An American-Australian advocate for sex trafficking survivors, Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025, aged 41. She was a central figure in exposing Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation, making prominent allegations against him and Prince Andrew. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A photograph of Britain’s former prince Andrew and veteran politician Peter Mandelson sitting in bathrobes alongside late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was unearthed on Friday 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’ disgraced brother and Britain’s former... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346566/uks-andrew-and-peter-mandelson-pictured-bathrobes-jeffrey-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346566/uks-andrew-and-peter-mandelson-pictured-bathrobes-jeffrey-epstein?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:04:36 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The UK government said on Tuesday it supported the release of documents on ex-prince Andrew’s past role as a trade envoy, hours after a veteran politician was quizzed by police in the widening Jeffrey Epstein scandal. US authorities last month published millions of files related to the late sex offender Epstein, containing revelations that have rocked British political and royal circles. It has ramped up pressure on Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government to release its own vetting... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344511/uk-eyes-releasing-files-arrogant-andrew-clean-away-epstein-scandal-stain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344511/uk-eyes-releasing-files-arrogant-andrew-clean-away-epstein-scandal-stain?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:34:28 +0000 Reuters Reuters London police officers assigned to King ⁠Charles’ younger brother ⁠Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were instructed to provide ⁠security for a dinner party at Jeffrey Epstein’s residence in New York in 2010, British media reported on Sunday. The Sunday Times, which first reported the story, cited emails from the Epstein files that ‌appear to detail arrangements for Mountbatten-Windsor to stay with the late convicted sex offender in December 2010, along with his two protection officers from London’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344277/uk-protection-officers-instructed-guard-2010-epstein-dinner-party-reports-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344277/uk-protection-officers-instructed-guard-2010-epstein-dinner-party-reports-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:12:16 +0000 Cliff Buddle Cliff Buddle The flying visit to Hong Kong paid by Prince Andrew, as he was then, in October 2010, was a relatively low-key affair. His trip merited a brief item in the South China Morning Post noting that he would meet with the then chief executive and financial secretary, the MTR chief and tycoon Li Ka-shing, while also attending a British Chamber of Commerce lunch. This was, it seemed, a routine trip for the then prince in his capacity as Britain’s special representative for international trade and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3344226/arrest-shows-no-one-above-law-not-even-former-british-prince?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3344226/arrest-shows-no-one-above-law-not-even-former-british-prince?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:30:10 +0000 Reuters Reuters Britain’s government will consider new legislation to remove the former prince Andrew from the line of royal succession once the police investigation into his ties with Epstein is over, a UK official has said. Any changes to the line of succession – Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is eighth in line to the throne – would require consultation and agreement with other countries where King Charles ‌is head of state, the official, who asked not to be identified, said on Friday. The former prince was... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344185/uk-consider-removing-ex-prince-andrew-royal-line-succession?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344185/uk-consider-removing-ex-prince-andrew-royal-line-succession?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:27:00 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Until Thursday morning, it had been nearly four centuries since the arrest of a senior British royal. On his 66th birthday, the late Queen Elizabeth’s favourite son was detained on suspicion of misconduct in public office. By evening, the former prince was released from police custody. But the ongoing investigation will unpick years of lurid allegations about Andrew’s ties to the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein that have heaped embarrassment on his brother, King Charles. The arrest of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344093/first-royal-arrest-centuries-presents-existential-crisis-uks-most-powerful-family?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344093/first-royal-arrest-centuries-presents-existential-crisis-uks-most-powerful-family?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:53:52 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Britain’s typically pro-royal public welcomed the arrest of the former prince Andrew, whose friendship with convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has turned him into an outcast. Some on Thursday appeared delighted that police were holding King Charles’ brother, arguing it sent the right message that the royal family was not above the law. US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, called the arrest “very sad”. “I think it’s a shame. I think it’s very sad. I think it’s so bad for the royal family.... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344051/uk-public-cheers-ex-prince-andrews-arrest-trump-calls-it-very-sad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344051/uk-public-cheers-ex-prince-andrews-arrest-trump-calls-it-very-sad?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:42:45 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The former prince Andrew was arrested and held for hours by British police Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to Jeffrey Epstein, an extraordinary move in a country where authorities once sought to shield the royal family from embarrassment. It was the first time in nearly four centuries that a senior British royal was placed under arrest, and it underscored how deference to the monarchy has eroded in recent years. King Charles, whose late mother lived by... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344019/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-was-arrested-suspicion-misconduct-public-office?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3344019/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-was-arrested-suspicion-misconduct-public-office?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:22:37 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, battling for his political future, apologised on Thursday to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing disgraced Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. Starmer issued the wide-ranging apology after being dogged for days by the decision, following fresh allegations about Mandelson’s cosy ties to late sex offender Epstein which emerged in newly released files last Friday. The latest crisis to hit Starmer’s struggling government has left many doubting his judgment and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342550/starmer-apologises-after-mandelson-epstein-ties-spark-uk-political-storm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342550/starmer-apologises-after-mandelson-epstein-ties-spark-uk-political-storm?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:50:19 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Now we know why they didn’t want to release the Epstein files. It’s not just about implicating US President Donald Trump, who was a long-time close friend of the infamous paedophile and sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. Rather, they basically implicate the ruling and business elites of the Anglo-American world. In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a wave of mass hysteria sweeping across the United States based on fear of satanic cults, child abuse and sacrifices. Well, it turns out maybe it wasn’t... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3342046/epstein-files-reveal-underbelly-western-elites?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3342046/epstein-files-reveal-underbelly-western-elites?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:30:37 +0000 Reuters Reuters Queen’s University Belfast on Monday cut ties with former US senator George Mitchell over his links to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying it was no longer appropriate to remain associated with the key figure in the Northern Ireland peace deal. The university said its ⁠decision followed new information on Mitchell released in the latest trove of millions of files linked to late convicted sex offender Epstein by the US Justice Department last Friday. The university plans to remove... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342159/queens-university-belfast-cuts-ties-us-politician-george-mitchell-over-epstein-links?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342159/queens-university-belfast-cuts-ties-us-politician-george-mitchell-over-epstein-links?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:19:54 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Britain’s former prince Andrew, called late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a “legend” and the “brother I have always wished for”, according to newly released documents. While the friendship between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – who was stripped of his royal titles last October – and Epstein has been in the spotlight for years, the latest emails released by US authorities appear to shine a new light on the extent of Ferguson’s ties. “I have never been more touched by a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342141/sarah-ferguson-called-epstein-brother-and-legend-new-emails-reveal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342141/sarah-ferguson-called-epstein-brother-and-legend-new-emails-reveal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:54:29 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday that disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should testify in the US Congress over what he knows about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. Asked on the final day of a visit this week to China and Japan whether King Charles’ brother should answer US lawmakers’ questions about his knowledge of the American financier’s wrongdoing, Starmer replied “yes”. “I’ve always said anybody that [has] got information should be... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341974/uks-starmer-tells-ex-prince-andrew-face-us-congress-over-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341974/uks-starmer-tells-ex-prince-andrew-face-us-congress-over-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:04:31 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Britain’s former prince Andrew was again engulfed by the Epstein scandal on Saturday, after newly released files included photographs of him kneeling on all fours over a woman lying on the floor. The images were among millions of new documents disclosed Friday by the US Justice Department from the Jeffrey Epstein files, which also featured the late sex offender proposing in 2010 that the then prince meet a Russian woman. That was two years after the disgraced US financier had pleaded guilty in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341967/uks-ex-prince-andrew-dogged-again-epstein-scandal-new-photos-surface?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341967/uks-ex-prince-andrew-dogged-again-epstein-scandal-new-photos-surface?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:56:36 +0000 Reuters Reuters Britain’s Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie attended the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service ‌on Thursday, while their father Andrew, recently stripped of his titles ‍over ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was absent. King Charles and Queen Camilla led senior royals to a church in Sandringham in eastern England, about 175km (110 miles) northeast of ⁠London, greeting well-wishers in crisp winter weather. Charles and Camilla walked ahead while the Prince and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337744/andrews-daughters-join-uk-royals-traditional-christmas-day-service?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337744/andrews-daughters-join-uk-royals-traditional-christmas-day-service?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:50:28 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse London’s Metropolitan Police said on Saturday it had decided not to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles, asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to investigate his accuser Virginia Giuffre. In a historic decision, Charles in October stripped the former prince Andrew, 65, of his titles over his involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The claim that he asked an officer in 2011 to dig up dirt on Giuffre, his main accuser, for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3336355/uk-police-wont-investigate-ex-prince-andrew-over-virginia-giuffre-allegation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3336355/uk-police-wont-investigate-ex-prince-andrew-over-virginia-giuffre-allegation?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:22:49 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Pressure is increasing for Andrew, the former British prince, to give evidence to a US congressional committee investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister suggested he should testify. Keir Starmer declined to comment directly about King Charles’ disgraced younger brother but told reporters travelling with him for the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg that as a “general principle” people should provide evidence to investigators. “I don’t comment... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3333870/pm-starmer-says-uks-andrew-should-testify-us-jeffrey-epstein-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3333870/pm-starmer-says-uks-andrew-should-testify-us-jeffrey-epstein-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Nov 2025 19:06:16 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fill the House seat last held by her late father. Grijalva was sworn in by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday shortly before the House returned to session to vote on a deal to fund the federal government. After delivering a floor speech, Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332559/democrat-adelita-grijalva-sworn-providing-last-signature-needed-epstein-files-vote?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332559/democrat-adelita-grijalva-sworn-providing-last-signature-needed-epstein-files-vote?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:35:13 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Jeffrey Epstein suggested Donald Trump knew about the disgraced financier’s abuse and “spent hours” with one of the victims at his house, according to emails released by Democrats on Wednesday that raised awkward new questions for the US president. Trump has repeatedly denied any knowledge of the sex-trafficking activities of his former friend - who died by suicide in 2019 while in prison awaiting trial - and accused Democrats of trying to “deflect” from their own failings. But the scandal has... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332546/epstein-alleged-private-emails-trump-knew-about-girls-democrats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332546/epstein-alleged-private-emails-trump-knew-about-girls-democrats?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:49:56 +0000 Reuters Reuters King Charles was heckled by a protester on Monday over his brother Prince Andrew’s ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while greeting royal fans during a cathedral visit in Britain. “How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein?” the man could be heard shouting as the monarch went on a walkabout outside Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire, close to Birmingham. Although Andrew, 65, said this month that he would give up using his title of Duke of York after years of scrutiny over... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3330539/britains-king-charles-heckled-over-brother-prince-andrew-during-cathedral-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3330539/britains-king-charles-heckled-over-brother-prince-andrew-during-cathedral-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:24:13 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press He won’t call himself a duke any more, but that is not enough for many of Prince Andrew’s critics. Buckingham Palace and the British government were under pressure Monday to formally strip Prince Andrew of his princely title and sumptuous home after new revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. After discussions with his elder brother King Charles, Andrew agreed on Friday to stop using titles including Duke of York. It was the latest effort to insulate the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329768/palace-and-uk-government-under-pressure-strip-prince-andrew-titles-and-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329768/palace-and-uk-government-under-pressure-strip-prince-andrew-titles-and-home?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:11:13 +0000 Reuters Reuters Britain’s Prince Andrew asked police in 2011 to dig up personal information about Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager, a British newspaper reported on Sunday, days after the royal gave up his Duke of York title. London’s Metropolitan Police said it was “actively looking” into the allegations in the Mail on Sunday report. Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles, said on Friday... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329595/uks-prince-andrew-asked-police-help-smear-sexual-abuse-accuser-newspaper-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329595/uks-prince-andrew-asked-police-help-smear-sexual-abuse-accuser-newspaper-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:19:53 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Giuffre, will be published this autumn, publishing house Alfred A Knopf said on Sunday. Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice is scheduled for release on October 21, the publisher confirmed to Associated Press. Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at age 41, had been working on Nobody’s Girl with author-journalist Amy Wallace and had completed the manuscript for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322999/epstein-accuser-virginia-giuffres-memoir-be-published-months-after-her-death?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322999/epstein-accuser-virginia-giuffres-memoir-be-published-months-after-her-death?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 19:03:35 +0000