An email sent from an individual named A, stating they are at Balmoral and asking Ghislaine Maxwell for inappropriate friends, is among the latest tranche of Epstein files released on Tuesday.
The message, sent to Maxwell on 16 August 2001, begins: I am up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family. Later in the email, the sender asks: How's LA? Have you found me some new inappropriate friends? before signing off see ya A xxx.
Balmoral Castle is a royal residence.
The emails do not indicate any wrongdoing. The BBC has contacted Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's team for a response. The former prince has previously denied all wrongdoing.
He has also previously stated he did not see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to his [Epstein's] arrest and conviction.
The message was sent from email address abx17@dial.pipex.com entitled The Invisible Man and forms part of the more than 11,000 files published on Tuesday.
In an email sent back to this address on the same day, Maxwell wrote: So sorry to disappoint you, however the truth must be told. I have only been able to find appropriate friends.
A different email address - aace@dial.pipex.com - is listed in Epstein's phone book under a contact labelled Duke of York, a previously released image showed.
A further exchange between Maxwell and The Invisible Man also published on Tuesday shows the alias attached to both email addresses.
The messages, sent in February 2002, discuss plans for a trip to Peru.
In October, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lost use of his prince and Duke of York titles following scrutiny over his links with Epstein. The US Department of Justice is releasing documents, known as the Epstein files, related to ongoing investigations into the convicted sex offender's activities.
Additionally, a formal request from the DOJ dated April 2020 for assistance from British authorities to interview Prince Andrew provides more context to the inquiry, but emphasizes that he is not a target of the investigation.
