Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson are ‘out of the highlight’ for now, however a royal knowledgeable says there’s a ‘worry of the unknown’ as extra Epstein information are set for launch

As stress mounts on US legislators to launch extra of the so-called Epstein information, there’s a “worry of the unknown” surrounding the previous Duke and Duchess of York, a royal knowledgeable tells the Mirror.

The US Division of Justice (DOJ) was given a deadline of 19 December 2025 to launch the overwhelming majority of the Epstein information – the paperwork regarding its dealing with of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his then girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell – however solely a fraction of the full quantity have been launched and plenty of have been closely redacted.

There has since been a variety of requires extra to be made public and two members of congress within the US Home of Representatives have written to a federal choose asking him to intervene within the authorized proceedings and to nominate a particular grasp to “oversee the federal government’s dealing with of the discharge”.

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The letter despatched on January 8 referred to a current submission by the DOJ detailing the variety of Epstein information it had launched thus far, and claimed the Division “can’t be trusted with making necessary disclosures” underneath the Epstein Information Transparency Act. In accordance with royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams, the continued discuss of what would possibly come out is probably going taking part in closely on the minds of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, who have been each stripped of their titles and honours final 12 months following allegations and revelations about their decades-long friendship with late intercourse offender Epstein. “The state of affairs with the Epstein information has the potential to be much more damaging,” he informed the Mirror. “As a result of they’re so huge in quantity and there have been so many redactions, it raises the plain query of what else could also be there, due to this fact I’m certain each Andrew and Sarah are fearing that there’s extra to return.”

{A photograph} of Andrew, who has denied any wrongdoing, mendacity on the laps of girls was included within the batch of information launched shortly earlier than Christmas. The paperwork additionally included an electronic mail chain between somebody known as “A” in Balmoral and Maxwell, who’s presently serving a 20-year jail sentence for intercourse trafficking.

Final 12 months Sarah, the previous Duchess of York, misplaced her title and was dropped from a variety of charities she labored with. Richard says she “seems to have gone to floor” within the aftermath of the drama, however suspects she has hopes of redeeming herself within the eyes of the general public.

“She in all probability desires to make a comeback, which has achieved earlier than to an extent, however I believe would have the best problem in negotiating that,” he mentioned. “However with so many charities distancing themselves from her, I can’t see any plans for a comeback going anyplace.

“In the intervening time the highlight is off them, but when the second comes the place extra is found, it is going to be firmly again on them. And that’s the most important downside for them – they merely don’t know what’s coming.”

He continued, “The state of affairs has actually weakened the royal household over an extended interval. Whereas issues do transfer on, we don’t know the place exactly they may transfer on to, it’s a worry of the unknown.”

Of their letter despatched earlier this month, Republicans Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie claimed that as a result of the DOJ figures have been “self-reported and internally inconsistent with prior representations”, they’d “affordable suspicion that the DOJ has overstated the scope of responsive supplies, thereby portraying compliance as unmanageable and successfully delaying disclosure.” It known as the DOJ’s conduct a “flagrant violation of the necessary disclosure obligations” underneath the Epstein Information Transparency Act, and mentioned its behaviour had “brought about severe trauma to survivors”.

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