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Documents released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have revealed a photograph featuring Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Peter Mandelson, and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This marks the first known image capturing all three individuals together, though the exact time and place of the picture remain unspecified. However, ITV News reported that the photo was likely taken between 1999 and 2000 at Martha’s Vineyard in the United States, prior to Epstein’s 13-month prison sentence and sex offender registration.
The image shows the trio seated around a wooden deck table, with mugs sporting US flag designs placed before them. Importantly, appearing in these DOJ documents does not imply any criminal conduct. Both Mountbatten-Windsor and Lord Mandelson have been arrested separately on suspicion of misconduct in public office connected to their associations with Epstein but were later released while investigations continue. Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing, while Lord Mandelson maintains he believes he acted lawfully and only became aware of Epstein’s true nature after his death in 2019.
Mountbatten-Windsor revealed that he first met Epstein in 1999 through Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s British girlfriend, whom he had known since her university days. The association with Epstein has had significant consequences: Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles, and Lord Mandelson was dismissed from his position as the UK’s ambassador to the US. Mountbatten-Windsor has faced allegations from Virginia Giuffre claiming he engaged in sexual activity with her when she was a minor. Although a civil case brought by Giuffre was settled without an admission of guilt, Mountbatten-Windsor has vehemently denied these charges.
The photograph was among thousands of documents—comprising three million pages, 180,000 images, and 2,000 videos—released by the DOJ in January. As journalists and the public continue to sift through this extensive material, additional images have surfaced depicting Mountbatten-Windsor in physical contact with an unidentified, fully clothed individual, alongside photos showing him looking directly at the camera. Mountbatten-Windsor was detained in February in Norfolk on allegations related to sharing confidential information with Epstein and has denied wrongdoing throughout. He served as a UK trade envoy from 2001 to 2011.
The setting of the newly uncovered photograph closely resembles that of another picture found alongside Lord Mandelson’s message in Epstein’s 2003 “birthday book.” Email correspondence between Mandelson and Epstein’s assistant Lesley Groff suggests the photo may have been taken at Martha’s Vineyard, with Mandelson describing that venue as the “first time I met Jeffrey.” The Daily Telegraph later linked these emails to the images. Mandelson was dismissed as ambassador after emails surfaced in which he expressed support for Epstein during the latter’s 2008 sex offence charges. Additional pictures released by the DOJ include images of Mandelson in his underwear.
The Metropolitan Police have initiated an investigation into allegations that Lord Mandelson passed sensitive government information to Epstein during his tenure as a government minister. Although Mandelson has not made recent public statements about the Epstein files, sources indicate he maintains he acted legally and was not driven by financial motives. Epstein died in a Manhattan prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, and Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence for her role in recruiting and trafficking teenage girls for Epstein’s abuse
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