Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s right-hand man joked about having sex on the island where Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women, The Telegraph can disclose.
In emails released by the US Department of Justice, David Stern wrote that if he wanted “action” he would go to Little Saint James, the private Caribbean island owned by the disgraced financier.
The emails were sent in 2010, after Epstein had been convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution.
Mr Stern, 48, a little-known German investor, went on to become the then Prince Andrew’s closest business adviser. The emails will raise fresh questions over Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Epstein.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is driven away from the police station where he was held for questioning on Thursday, his 66th birthday – East Anglia News Service
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on Thursday – his 66th birthday – over accusations that he shared confidential information with Epstein while serving as British trade envoy from 2001-2011.
But there are also growing questions over the role of Mr Stern. The Telegraph revealed last week that he struck a secret business deal with the Chinese state, and asked Epstein to help him buy “prime real estate” in North Korea.
In their emails, Mr Stern and Epstein repeatedly used the letter “P” as a derogatory description for young women.
The newly uncovered emails between Mr Stern and Epstein from November 2010 reveal he also used the term when discussing having sex on Epstein’s island.
Talking about a potential deal involving a London banker called Harry, Mr Stern asked Epstein if he should mention it at a meeting with another businessman, to which Epstein replied: “Its ok to mention as long as harry wont f— you”.
Mr Stern then replied that if he wanted sex, he would go to Little Saint James, referred to as LSJ, Epstein’s hideaway in the US Virgin Islands.
The email exchange between David Stern and Jeffrey Epstein, who had been convicted two years previously of soliciting a minor for sex
Little Saint James, a 72-acre island that Epstein called “Little St Jeff’s”, is at the centre of some of the most horrific allegations of abuse from Epstein’s underage victims. It was where the paedophile would traffic and abuse victims as young as 14.
Details of Mr Stern’s comments come after a Government minister suggested Mr Mountbatten-Windsor could face an inquiry over his relationship with Epstein.
On Sunday, Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary, refused to rule out a judge-led inquiry into the pair’s links.
Any independent inquiry would be designed to establish the facts of the former prince’s links with Epstein, and consider the wider issues or failures in his position as trade envoy.
Jeffrey Epstein with a young woman whose identity has been concealed. His private documents released by the US department of justice feature many photographs of the paedophile financier, often semi-clothed, with girls
Last week, there were also suggestions that Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s former protection officers may have turned a blind eye to some of his activities, particularly on Epstein’s island.
The Metropolitan Police said it was “identifying and contacting” former and serving protection officers and asking them to “consider carefully” whether they had seen or heard anything.
Epstein was convicted of child sex offences in 2008 and died in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
David Stern at Royal Ascot in June 2016 with the then Duke of York – Max Mumby
The financier used Mr Stern over the course of a decade to carry out various tasks, ranging from passing messages to Mr Mountbatten-Windsor and meeting senior business chiefs to finding “cute” personal assistants for Epstein in Russia and China.
Mr Stern acted on Epstein’s behalf while also serving as a director of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s Pitch@Palace business, which was based within Buckingham Palace. He resigned from the organisation in 2019.
Mr Stern did not respond to a request for comment.
