With a dash of his usual bluster and arrogance, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor famously shrugged off the party he hosted at Sandringham Estate as ‘a straightforward shooting weekend’.
But an extraordinary picture, released as part of a damning trove of 300,000 documents from the so-called Epstein Files, has this weekend raised new questions about precisely what took place at one of the Royal Family’s most cherished residencies.
The black-and-white photograph shows Andrew, who was stripped of his royal titles last month, sprawling across the laps of five elegantly attired women.
Neither the date nor location of the photograph was released, but The Mail on Sunday can reveal it captures a raucous scene from a party hosted by Andrew for paedophile Jeffrey Epsteinand his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwellat Sandringham in early December 2000, to mark Maxwell’s 39th birthday.
Furthermore, claims of a debauched event at Queen Elizabeth’s cherished private residence in Norfolk have surfaced, which runs counter to Andrew’s account of the event.
Lubricants, condoms and drugs to enhance sexual experiences were all found after the party, according to a bombshell book. Although not pictured, depraved financier Epstein, accused of abusing 1,200 women and girls, is understood to have attended the party.
The Windsor Legacy by Robert Jobson claims that bathrooms were littered with the paraphernalia, including sex drugs called poppers.
Citing a ‘palace source’, Mr Jobson writes: ‘Staff were stunned to discover the bathrooms were stocked not only with toiletries, but poppers, lube and condoms.’
The photograph shows Andrew – smiling for the camera in a bow tie and dinner jacket – with his face close to the bare legs of one of the women, all of whom have had their identities protected by US Government lawyers.
Maxwell, serving a 20-year prison term for helping Epstein abuse young girls, hovers in the scene, alongside another woman whose identity is also protected.
The photo was taken in Sandringham’s lavish saloon, which serves as the Royal Family’s sitting room.
On Christmas Eve, the family gets together in the room for afternoon tea, and on Christmas Day, they watch the King’s Speech.
Royal author Andrew Lownie, the photograph of Andrew’s party in the heart of the 237-room Sandringham House would ‘horrify his family’. ‘It is one of their private inner sanctums, and they will be appalled that Andrew treated it as just another place to have fun and show off to his friends.’
It is only one of many remarkable pictures that reveal Epstein and Maxwell’s access to the affluent society, thanks to the former prince.
In one photo, released on Friday by the US Department of Justice, Epstein and Maxwell are seen with Andrew in the Royal Box at Ascot. They were personal guests of Andrew on June 22, 2000, at Ladies’ Day, which Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother also attended. Andrew later described Epstein as his ‘plus one’ and not a guest of the Royal Family.
The released files also include a photograph of Epstein and Maxwell shooting on moorland at Balmoral. The former prince reportedly invited the couple to stay at the Scottish estate in 1999.
Andrew has been dogged by allegations that he sexually assaulted then 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre after she was trafficked by Epstein. He has constantly and vehemently repudiated all accusations.
There are really no surprises here. The wealthy and elite have been carrying on like this for centuries, but what annoys the most is the hypocrisy of it all when they try to tell us that we need to live by the moral code, which they do not. Say as I do, but not as I do.
However, no one listens to them, not anymore, and they are skating on very thin ice.
This is all very stupid because our oppressors are not going to let the peasants a glimpse behind the psychotic curtain.
They all look down their noses at us – the judiciary, ministers, politicians and anybody who implements the rules by which we, the peasants, have to live.
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