Emails Show Met Police Bodyguards Told to Guard Epstein Dinner With Andrew
Taxpayer-funded Met Police bodyguards assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were apparently instructed to provide security at a celebrity dinner hosted by Jeffrey Epstein during a 2010 visit to New York, newly released emails suggest.
The revelation adds a fresh layer of scrutiny to Mountbatten-Windsor’s longstanding controversial connections to Epstein and comes amid ongoing police investigations into alleged misconduct involving the former royal.
Emails disclosed in the U.S. Department of Justice’s latest tranche of Epstein files show two Metropolitan Police close protection officers staying at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion around December 2010. According to internal correspondence, those officers were given instructions to act as part of the security detail at a lavish dinner party attended by Mountbatten-Windsor.
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An email sent the night before the event reads: “The Duke’s 2 protection officers along with state security will all be here for tomorrow’s dinner party … Rich has given them instruction on the door.”
The Met has said it has not identified any misconduct by its protection officers “at this time,” but the emails suggest they were operating in a context that intersects with Epstein’s social circle and high-profile guests.
“This raises serious questions about the oversight of protective details and use of public resources,” said a parliamentary source familiar with security protocols.
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The matter matters because it points to taxpayer-funded police being placed in potentially problematic positions tied to a convicted sex offender’s private events, raising political and ethical concerns.
Police continue reviewing the contents of the Epstein files as part of broader inquiries into Mountbatten-Windsor’s conduct and possible links to sensitive government information.
What happens next could include further testimony from former and current protection officers and parliamentary oversight hearings.
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