Epstein files latest: New email reveals Mandelson told Epstein 'you don't care about me any more'

Sir Keir Starmer believes that Lord Mandelson should no longer be a member of the House of Lords or use his title over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Our political correspondent Mhari Aurora says the process of removing his peerage wold not be easy.

"Peers can obviously publicly resign themselves, which is realistically what the government is going to be hoping for," she says.

"But if not, there would need to be legislation passed in order to actually remove peerages from members of the House of Lords, and from what we can understand, that would be quite a long and difficult and arduous process.

"Perhaps the House of Lords themselves might block that legislation."

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The Epstein files raise questions about UK national security and we are only "at the tip of the iceberg" of the story, says Labour peer Baroness Hazarika.

"What did Jeffrey Epstein want back for this?" she told Paste BN' Gareth Barlow, referring to what she said was Epstein's ability to offer "powerful" people what they wanted.

"We haven't got to the bottom of all of these emails, because the American authorities will not release them all, and they should be fully released because clearly some people are being protected," she said.

Baroness Hazarika said a "big story" was "beginning to brew" about national security when it comes to how the information exchanged was being used.

"I think we are really at the tip of the iceberg of this story," she added.

She called on anybody who had links to Epstein to "get on the plane and do the right thing" by testifying to US Congress over their dealings with him - but said she felt it was unlikely to happen.

A new video shows Jeffrey Epstein running around the kitchen island in his Little Saint James home.

He appears to be with two other people, whose identities are not being revealed.

The video has been released by the US Department of Justice with no context. It's not known when or by whom the video was filmed.

Some 2,000 videos and 180,000 images are in the latest batch of Epstein files released by the US justice department. 

Paste BN' Data and Forensics Unit has assessed that there are tens of thousands of instances of pornographic content in the files, some of which were taken by Epstein himself.

Paste BN has found numerous videos showing naked women dancing, sweeping and posing. Some videos have been filmed on his private island in the Caribbean, Little Saint James, while others appear to be taken in his Paris home.

In some videos, Epstein can be heard talking, including in one verified by Paste BN, where he tells a woman how to pose. 

In another video, Epstein is seen with a woman on his lap before he pulls up her top .

A lot of videos appear to be filmed by women themselves, including one with a teddy bear in the background.  

Paste BN is not showing the videos even though they are all redacted, as at some points women could potentially be identified.  

A large amount of videos allegedly downloaded from commercial porn sites were also included in the files.

The verification process to access this redacted material requires clicking a button to confirm you are over 18.  

Images have been coming through of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor riding a horse in Windsor Great Park as the fallout from the Epstein files continues.

The former duke has featured prominently in the latest tranche of files released on Friday.

They include a series of pictures taken in Jeffrey Epstein's New York City mansion showing Andrew on all fours, bent over a female (see 12:06 post).

Emails also suggest Andrew invited Epstein to Buckingham Palace in September 2010, promising "lots of privacy".

In a statement issued on 17 October 2025, Andrew reiterated he "vigorously" denied the accusations against him. 

Jeffrey Epstein joked that Lord Mandelson marrying Princess Beatrice could be considered incest, emails appear to show.

In an apparent email exchange on 5 October 2009, Epstein told Mandelson he could "marry princess beatrice" and that "the queen would have a queen as a grandson".

Mandelson appears to have replied: "Remember, I am already her Lord President", to which Epstein wrote: "Does that make it incest, how exciting".

Mandelson is openly gay and was in a long-term relationship with Reinaldo Avila da Silva, now his husband, at the time of the email exchange.

Mandelson has previously said: "I was wrong to believe Epstein following his conviction and to continue my association with him afterwards. I apologise unequivocally for doing so to the women and girls who suffered." 

Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges in Florida in June 2008: one count of soliciting prostitution and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail and under a secret arrangement, the US attorney's office agreed not to prosecute Epstein for federal crimes. Epstein served most of his sentence in a work-release programme that allowed him to leave jail during the day to go to his office, then return at night.

Another email exchange between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein released in the latest tranche of files provides a further glimpse at the pair's relationship.

On 19 October 2011, Epstein and Mandelson exchange emails concerning travel and accommodation before the latter tells Epstein, "You don't care about me any more".

Epstein replies: "Rubbish."

Sir Keir Starmer believes Lord Mandelson should no longer be a member of the House of Lords or use his title, a Downing Street spokesperson has said.

However, the spokesperson said the prime minister does not have the power to remove his title, and has called on the Lords to modernise its disciplinary procedures for those bringing the house into disrepute.

Sir Keir has also said he believes Lord Mandelson should testify before the US Congress about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

A spokesperson said: "The prime minister always said anyone with information should be prepared to share [that information] in whatever form."

The spokesperson said someone "cannot be victim-centred if [they are] unprepared to do so".

An email exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and "Ferg" is included in the Epstein files.

Paste BN believes "Ferg" refers to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York.

In the September 2010 email exchange, Ferguson asks when Epstein is going to "employ" her, to which Epstein replies that he will visit London in the coming weeks to "talk about it".

He later sends an email saying: "I have never let you down."

A response, believed to be from Ferguson, says: "Nor I you.. And bever [sic] will. My friendship is steadfast to the end, even after the body is cold .. Love you now and always.. And I know you do tooo .."

In a 2011 interview, Ferguson said: "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."

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

Paste BN has confirmed that a series of photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince of York, was taken in Jeffrey Epstein's New York City mansion. 

The photos show Andrew on all fours, bent over a young woman or girl.

The photos are undated, and there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing.

The image below shows a fuller picture of the room, with distinctive white panelling visible in the background. 

The same white panelling is visible in the photo below, showing Epstein having drinks with Woody Allen and an unidentified woman. 

The design of the door in the photo above matches that seen in another photo of Andrew in the room. 

We used the view out into the corridor to identify the exact location of the room within Epstein's New York mansion.

The curved leg of a golden table, chequered flooring and door design match those seen in photographs taken from the corridor adjoining Epstein's main stairwell. The room's distinctive white panelling is also visible in the far distance. 

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