Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein: Friendship, allegations

Prince Andrew’s relationship with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein came under renewed scrutiny in June 2019 as investigators pursued new trafficking and conspiracy charges against the disgraced financier.

The Daily Mail surfaced footage of the Duke of York at Epstein’s Manhattan home reportedly filmed in December 2010, after Epstein had faced jail time for underage prostitution charges and registered as a sex offender.

The footage is the latest in the nearly 20 years of documented contact between Andrew and Epstein, a time identified to have overlapped with Epstein’s alleged recruiting and eventual abuse of underage girls by him and his associates.

The Duke’s name was in Epstein’s “ Little Black Book” and on flight logs for the financier’s plane. Buckingham Palace has never denied a friendship between Epstein and Andrew but has repeatedly denied he had sexual relations with any underage girls.

Here’s a look at the pair’s connections through the years.