Prince Andrew could be 'destroyed' by a cache of more than 100 secret emails contained in the Epstein files, the Irish Mail on Sunday has been told.
Numerous sources have revealed that potentially 'incriminating' emails between Andrew and the convicted paedophile are contained in hundreds of thousands of documents currently being reviewed by the US Congress before being made public.
One source said: 'If you think what's happened to Mandelson is bad, then you have no idea what will happen when the Andrew emails are released. They are embarrassing and incriminating, and he could be destroyed.'
Peter Mandelson was fired as UK ambassador to the US this week after a string of embarrassing emails between himself and Epstein were released.
David Boies, the lawyer who represented Andrew's accuser, Virginia Giuffre, says he believes there is enough evidence to open a criminal investigation into the prince.
Andrew vehemently and consistently denied Ms Giuffre's claims that she was sex-trafficked to him by Epstein. In 2022, the duke reached a reported £12m (€13.8m) civil settlement with Ms Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year, with no admission of guilt.
Several emails between Andrew and Epstein have already been revealed in legal papers over the years, including one in which the prince said: 'Keep in close touch and we'll play some more soon!!' That email, from February 2011, was unearthed in court documents from a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority against Epstein's personal banker, Jes Staley. Legal documents said the email was sent 'by a member of the British royal family', which the BBC and others widely reported was Prince Andrew.
The MoS understands that there are 'at least' 100 emails involving Andrew contained within the Epstein files. Some come from an account with Pipex, one of the UK's first commercial internet providers. That email address is listed alongside multiple phone numbers for the duke found in Epstein's infamous 'little black book'.
Another source said: 'There are potentially incriminating emails between Andrew, Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - who was subsequently jailed for her role as a child sex trafficker for Epstein - which haven't come out yet.
'Andrew was in regular contact with Maxwell by email and Epstein used email to co-ordinate trafficking of his victims...'If I were Andrew I'd be very worried. Look what the emails did to Mandelson,' they added.
Meanwhile, Giuffre's lawyer Mr Boies told Piers Morgan on his YouTube show 'there are between 10 and 20 men we have enough information on that should entail a serious prosecutorial investigation.' When Morgan asked, 'Is one Prince Andrew?', Boies replied: 'Yes.'
Both Mandelson and Andrew may be 'invited' to testify before the House Oversight Committee, the US congressional committee which is reviewing hundreds of thousands of Epstein-related documents. A source said: 'As UK citizens, they cannot be subpoenaed to testify but they can be invited, which is a polite word for Congress demanding they appear. They can refuse but it wouldn't be a good look for either of them.'
The Oversight Committee last week released Epstein's 50th birthday book which contained a 10-page tribute from Mandelson describing Epstein as his 'best pal,' showing the disgraced diplomat on Epstein's private island.
Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury, who sits on the committee, said: 'We are working on a list of additional documents, witnesses and others associated with these crimes that the committee intends to move a vote for subpoenaing.'
She said anyone who contributed to Epstein's birthday book - which includes Mandelson and former president Bill Clinton - 'is likely to be called to explain their actions.' Donald Trump has claimed a cartoon of a naked woman with his 'signature' as the pubic hair in the book is 'fake'.
Former US attorney general Alexander Acosta, who negotiated Epstein's 2008 'sweetheart deal' which saw him spend just 13 months in jail after pleading guilty to just two charges of prostitution involving a minor, will appear before the committee on Friday.
British socialite Maxwell, 63, is currently serving 20 years in jail after being found guilty on child sex trafficking charges. She is due to appear before the committee next month. Another committee member, Congressman Ro Khanna said: 'Rich and powerful men who covered for Epstein must be held accountable.' A source said: 'Andrew's mistaken if he thinks this is going away.'
