Palace was given Andrew’s 30,000 trade envoy emails in May 2020

Politics
31 May 2026 • 4:20 PM MYT
The Independent
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Palace was given Andrew’s 30,000 trade envoy emails in May 2020

  • An archive of 30,000 emails, taken from a personal business contact of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was delivered to the Lord Chamberlain at Buckingham Palace in May 2020.
  • Court documents suggest these emails would have shown Andrew sharing confidential government information while serving as a trade envoy between 2001 and 2011.
  • Thames Valley Police are currently investigating the former Duke of York for allegations of sexual misconduct in their inquiry into potential misconduct in public office.
  • Andrew was arrested in February on his 66th birthday on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, following allegations he passed sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein.
  • The emails, which were the subject of a legal dispute, reportedly include details of Andrew sharing a confidential Treasury briefing on the Icelandic financial crisis with businessman Jonathan Rowland.

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