“Buckingham Palace would love it”
New emails revealed: Epstein wanted to defame plaintiff Andrew
November 12, 2025 – 20:34Reading time: 3 minutes
Epstein apparently planned to protect the British royal family. To do this, he suggests a targeted campaign against a woman.
In the Jeffrey Epstein abuse scandal, the former Prince Andrew is back in the spotlight. The youngest brother of King Charles III. has faced serious allegations for years. Internal email histories from 2011 now show how committed Epstein was to protecting Andrew’s reputation — and specifically sowing doubt about his accusers. Most likely it was Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died in April and accused Andrew of molesting her as a minor when she was 15 years old.
On Wednesday, US Democrats in the House of Representatives published, among other things, a history of emails between Jeffrey Epstein and PR consultant Peggy Siegal. In it, Epstein wrote that the women who accused Andrew “could easily be exposed as liars.” In Epstein’s estimation, “Buckingham Palace would love it.” Epstein suggested hiring someone to screen the women. He actually wrote: “I promise, he’s a fraud. You and I will be able to perform at Ascot for the rest of our lives.” Annual horse races took place in the English city, often attended by English aristocrats and high society.
Epstein also claimed in his 2011 email that there was a police report about the Andrew plaintiff in question. However, the media did not publish it because no one wanted to be seen as “attacking the victim”. Epstein recommended that Siegal convey this to media entrepreneur Arianna Huffington. He also compared Andrew’s accuser with Nafissatou Diallo, the plaintiff in the harassment case involving former French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The latter was accused of raping a chambermaid, but the credibility of his accuser was later questioned.
Epstein also commented on photos of Andrew and Giuffre that came to light several years ago — and questioned the ages of those affected: “The girl in the photo was never 15, she was a telephone operator when she first worked for him,” he claimed in an email. Siegal was careful in responding to his email, but asked Epstein to summarize his statement in the correct language so it could be forwarded if necessary.
