Epstein files latest: Trump responds to new Epstein files - as Sarah Ferguson's 'favour' request to late paedophile revealed

A second woman has made allegations of having a sexual encounter with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after being sent to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein.

The encounter allegedly took place at the Royal Lodge in Windsor in 2010, the former duke's residence at the time, when the woman was in her 20s, her lawyer told the BBC.

It is alleged the woman was given a tour of Buckingham Palace and tea after spending the night with Andrew, the BBC reported.

Buckingham Palace routinely records the names of tour guests. It is understood the palace cannot corroborate the claims without breaching her anonymity.

Andrew previously faced serious accusations of sexual misconduct from Virginia Giuffre.

 He made a financial payment to her in an out-of-court settlement in 2022 after Ms Giuffre had launched a civil case against him.

Andrew has denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein and vehemently rejected the allegations involving Ms Giuffre, who took her own life in April last year.

Paste BN has approached Andrew for comment on the latest reported accusations.

We can bring you more emails now from the latest tranche of Epstein files.

They appear to relate to a settlement agreement for Hartmoor, a company founded by Sarah Ferguson in 2006 to help manage and promote her own business interests.

Hartmoor then collapsed in 2009 with reported debts of more than $1m.

Details of the settlement were forwarded by Ferguson's office - when she was still known as the Duchess of York - to US lawyer and businessman David Stern in early October 2009.

Stern then himself forwarded the email on to Jeffrey Epstein.

It is unclear what the details of the original email or the settlement itself were, or why they were sent to Stern.

Stern, whose email has been redacted, died in 2020.

Being mentioned in these documents is not a sign of wrongdoing.

A leading UK government figure has suggested Peter Mandelson should also testify in the US over his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.

Housing Secretary Steve Reed was asked on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips whether the former ambassador should lose his Labour party whip in the House of Lords over the latest documents released on Friday.

They include images of Mandelson in his underwear and Epstein sending thousands of pounds to Mandelson's husband to pay for his osteopathy course fees.

Reed said the latter was to do with declarations of donations from two decades ago, and he doesn't have an answer.

Asked if Mandelson should testify to the US Congress - as Keir Starmer said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should - he said: "If anybody has information or evidence that they can share that might help to understand what's gone on and bring justice for these victims then they should share it.

"Whether that is Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, whether it's Lord Mandelson, or whether it's anybody else."

The minister added that people have a "moral obligation to share what they know".

Asked whether the government would comply with a theoretical extradition request for Andrew from the US government, Reed said he can't answer as it's "entirely hypothetical".

Watch Reed's full interview...

By David Blevins, US correspondent

It was instantly overwhelming and strangely anticlimactic.

The Epstein drop came not with revelation but with weight.

A digital thud. More than three million pages flooded the public square.

It was framed as transparency but felt more like looking through clouded glass.

Names, dates, emails, logs - raw material - spilled into the open without guidance.

It is the bureaucratic equivalent of saying everything and saying nothing at the same time.

In an exchange of emails on 9 February 2011, Sarah Ferguson asked Jeffrey Epstein for help with when a "wire" would be made to Columbia University.

It is unclear what the wire was.

Ferguson's email address has been redacted.

"I am embarrassed and sorry to ask you, as it is such a favour. What shall we do?" she said.

Responding the same day, Epstein said: "I need to speak to Andrew - don't worry".

Ferguson then replied by telling Epstein that Andrew was currently at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.

Both mentions of 'Andrew' appear to be references to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

A reminder, simply being mentioned in the records is not a sign of wrongdoing.

In an interview with the Evening Standard on 7 March 2011, Ferguson apologised for accepting £15,000 from Epstein.

"I would never have anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again. I abhor paedophilia and any sexual abuse of children. It was a gigantic error of judgment."

We can now bring you some more emails released in the latest drop of Epstein files. 

Two emails were sent from an unknown person - whose identity has been redacted - to Jeffrey Epstein in July and August 2010 respectively.

Both emails mention the Royal Lodge in Windsor, where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and family lived from 2004 until October last year.

In the earlier email, the sender said they would be with "PA" at the residence. It is unclear what this abbreviation stands for.

The second email appears to be the sender forwarding a message sent to them by "F". Again, it is unclear what this stands for.

"Can you come down to Royal Lodge on sept 1st.. To a big meeting of the way ahead of ME! Prince Andrew is calling it for 10:30am and then lunch afterwards," the message said.

It added the F individual "would really need" their help and "cannot do this" without them.

The sender asked Epstein if it was better that they "do NOT go" to the meeting, after being told by "PA" that it's their choice.

We do not know what the meeting was about, or why Epstein was being asked about it.

In a statement issued on 17 October 2025, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor reiterated that he "vigorously" denies the accusations against him.

Elon Musk has again distanced himself from having close ties with Jeffrey Epstein on social media.

The billionaire features in several documents released on Friday, including an email exchange in November 2012 in which he asks Epstein "what day/night will be the wildest party" on his island.

In other emails sent between the two men in late 2013, Musk discussed a visit to Epstein's island in the Caribbean.

Responding to another user on X last night, Musk said:

"They are trying to deflect responsibility to me from the truly guilty. I have NOT been to any of Epstein’s party, his plane or his island.

"But many others have. Those who have committed serious crimes need to be prosecuted."

Earlier in the day, Musk said on the platform that "no one pushed harder" than him to have the Epstein files released, but that "some email correspondence with him could be misinterpreted and used by detractors to smear my name."

Our data and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire looks at some of the most notable documents discovered so far in the latest release of Epstein files.

It includes more emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein, footage of a deposition and a number of eye-raising photographs, many of which have parts redacted.

Sir Keir Starmer has said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should testify before the US Congress over his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaking to reporters on his way back from Japan yesterday, the PM said: "In terms of testifying I have always said anybody who has got information should be prepared to share that information in whatever form they are asked to do that."

He added: "You can't be victim-centred if you're not prepared to do that.

"Epstein's victims have to be the first priority.

"As for whether there should be an apology, that's a matter for Andrew." 

The comments come after Starmer used similar language in November.

When asked this time about the revelations surrounding the husband of former US ambassador Peter Mandelson, Starmer said he was removed the post "in relation to the further information that came to light" last September.

"I've nothing more to say in relation to Peter Mandelson," he added.

Donald Trump has addressed the latest release of Epstein files for the first time overnight.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew to Florida, the US president said the documents had cleared him of allegations about his links with Jeffrey Epstein.

"I didn't see it myself but I was told by some very important people that not only does it absolve me, it's the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical left," he said.

Watch Trump's response...

Trump had a history with Epstein, who he knew socially, describing him in 2002 as a "terrific guy" who liked women "on the younger side". 

But after the paedophile's death in 2019, the president said they had "had a falling out" and had not spoken in 15 years.

Trump is named in some of the newly released documents, including in what appears to be internal emails by federal investigators from August 2025 looking into accusations involving the him and Epstein. 

The emails give no indication that any claims had been substantiated, and investigators noted several of the accusers were deemed not credible.

He was also named in documents previously released last year, including in flight logs for Epstein's private plane between 1993 and 1997.

The US president has consistently denied any wrongdoing, and simply being mentioned in the records is not a sign of wrongdoing.