The leaking of confidential Treasury information by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor continues to shine an embarrassing spotlight on the amount of confidential government briefing notes that the ex-Prince leaked whilst he was UK trade envoy from 2001-2011.  On Friday, the Telegraph revealed that Mountbatten-Windsor asked Amanda Thirsk, his then deputy private secretary, to procure obtaining confidential government documents in February 2010 relating to the Icelandic financial crisis. It was revealed that Amanda Thirsk emailed Michael Ellam, the Treasury’s director general of global finance on February 8th 2010, to request a memo on Iceland's financial situation. She did this with the intention of giving this memo to the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor In the email, Thirsk wrote: “The Duke of York met with the prime minister of Iceland at Davos and would very much like to receive an update note on the latest position between the UK and Iceland on the matter of the deposits and the deposit scheme.” The request resulted in a confidential memo being passed to Mountbatten-Windsor. Such revelations have continued to raise questions over how much market sensitive information the former Prince passed on to Epstein and other financiers between 2001 and 2011. It has also been revealed that Mountbatten-Windsor had passed the information to his friend and advisor Jonathan Rowland, former chief executive of Banque Havilland, a bank that had been buying up distressed assets from an Icelandic lender in the previous year. British banks and institutions, including many UK councils, were implicated in the Icelandic financial crisis. This had stemmed from banks expanding and taking on clients from a new global customer base, including many British clients. When the Icelandic banking system imploded, the Icelandic government prevented foreign banking clients from withdrawing their funds in an attempt to stabilise the economy. Mountbatten-Windsor, then the UK’s trade envoy, wrote to his friend Jonathan Rowland : “I pass this on to you for comment and a suggestion or solution? “The essence is that Amanda is getting signals that we should allow the democratic process [to] happen before you make your move. Interested in your opinion? A”. Banque Havilland was under investigation by Icelandic financial authorities at the time. The bank had been acquired by Banque Havilland after the Icelandic institution collapsed. Thames Valley Police confirmed that they are evaluating claims on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s sharing of confidential trade reports with former financier and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Under the recently ratified Epstein Files Transparency Act, the US Department of Justice published an additional 3 million pages of the files on 30 January 2026. This newly released batch encompasses roughly 180,000 images and 2,000 videos. Included in the Epstein Files are some of the world’s wealthiest, well-known individuals – among them is the former Duke of York and his ex-wife, author Sarah Ferguson.   Mountbatten-Windsor was a Trade Envoy to the UK for ten years, from 2001-2011. Though not considered a civil servant, “a Trade Envoy carries with it a duty of confidentiality in relation to information received.” Email exchanges published in the recent files suggest that on 7 October 2010, Mountbatten-Windsor sent Epstein information about his trip to China, Vietnam, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The ex-Prince was joined by a handful of Epstein’s business partners during his visit. Shortly after his homecoming, images presented within the files indicate that Andrew forwarded Epstein official reports from his Asia tour on 30 November 2010, a mere five minutes after he received them from his former assistant, Amit Patel.   Mountbatten-Windsor faced widespread scrutiny upon his return from Asia in 2010, characterised by claims that he spent “nights with prostitutes” in Hong Kong, as well as his supposed close relationship with an ‘alleged’ Chinese spy. Additional email correspondence from 2010 shows Mountbatten-Windsor’s message to Epstein, enclosed with a confidential conference document relating to “investment opportunities in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.”   The files presented further email exchanges among the financier and former Duke, most of which were after 2008 – when Epstein first pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18. Following a BBC Newsnight interview, in which Andrew discussed his ties to Epstein, The Royal Family has actively detached themselves from the ex-Prince. His Majesty King Charles III officially stripped Andrew of his remaining royal titles in early November 2025. A Kensington Palace spokesperson has responded to the revelations surrounding the ex-Prince by saying that "I can confirm The Prince and Princess (of Wales) have been deeply concerned by the continuing revelations”, and that they are “focused on the victims.” D...