"Driving the news: The Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest trove of Epstein files include photos that show Mountbatten-Windsor kneeling over a woman lying on the floor. Her face is redacted. Other newly uncovered documents suggest the ex-prince may have shared confidential information with Epstein about his official work as trade envoy for the U.K. in 2010 and 2011. These were among a raft of revelations that spurred resignations and departures across the business world and European politics in recent weeks."
"Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied wrongdoing in connection with his relationship with Epstein. In the latest round of Epstein files, however, emails showed he may have forwarded confidential trade documents to Epstein, an allegation police cited in a statement about his arrest. What they're saying: "Let me state clearly: the law must take its course," King Charles III wrote in a Thursday statement following the arrest. He said the authorities have his "full and wholehearted support and co-operation.""
"Catch up quick: In 2019, Mountbatten-Windsor stepped back from his royal duties because his Epstein association was a "major disruption" to his family's work. The U.S. DOJ in 2020 formally requested an interview with Mountbatten-Windsor as part of its criminal investigation into Epstein. Charles formally stripped his brother of royal and nobility titles last year over his ties to Epstein. He was also evicted from the royal estate in Windsor."
Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested amid allegations tied to newly released Jeffrey Epstein files. Emails in the DOJ trove suggest he may have forwarded confidential U.K. trade documents to Epstein. Photographs in the files reportedly show him kneeling over a woman whose face is redacted. King Charles III said the law must take its course and offered full cooperation with authorities. Mountbatten-Windsor stepped back from royal duties in 2019 and was later stripped of titles and evicted from Windsor. The U.S. DOJ requested an interview in 2020. He settled a 2022 lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre; Giuffre died last year.
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