Prince Andrew facing fresh questions as new legal document highlights issue

According to court documents the convicted paedophile emailed a banker to say: “Andrew just sat next to me at dinner."

During his Newsnight interview, Andrew said he had gone to New York to end his friendship with Epstein and made no mention of any other contact.

Epstein was released from prison following a 13-month sentence for ­soliciting a minor for ­prostitution in 2008, before Andrew claimed he met him in December 2010 to break off their friendship.

But while he was under house arrest in Florida, the Duke of York visited the convicted sex offender earlier that same year.

The court documents are from a civil case brought by the US Virgin Islands Government against JP Morgan in New York.

New emails suggest Andrew acted as an intermediary between Epstein and then JP Morgan boss Jes Staley.

Police in Florida started investigating Epstein in 2006, before he was jailed for soliciting a minor for prostitution.

But the disgraced tycoon was found dead in 2019 in his jail cell while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.

Prince Andrew was pressured to step down as a working royal in 2019 due to his affiliations with Epstein.

The Duke was stripped of his military titles, royal patronages and suffix of His Royal Highness.

The latest revelations come after Andrew's holiday plans have been wrecked by a change made at one of the Royal Family residences.

King Charles's Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire will be open to the public every day until August 16.

This is a step away from tradition as it is two weeks longer than normal and coincides with the period the Duke of York would normally stay at the Balmoral.

Prince Andrew often holidays at the estate in Scotland with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and their children Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.