Jeffrey Epstein befriended Prince Andrew to extort money from Queen, John Bryan claims

A banker infamously papped sucking Sarah Ferguson’s toes has made a bombshell claim about Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with Prince Andrew.

The banker who was photographed sucking Sarah Ferguson’s toes claims paedophile Jeffrey Epstein planned to extort money from the late Queen Elizabeth II by blackmailing her son Prince Andrew.

John Bryan, the Texan millionaire who was infamously papped sucking on Fergie’s toes just months after she separated from Prince Andrew in 1992, said Mr Epstein befriended rich and powerful men only to blackmail them.

“Epstein made [rich men] pay to avoid scandal. He made hundreds of millions of dollars this way,” Mr Bryan told The Mirror in London.

Sarah Ferguson and John Bryan’s toe sucking scandal. Picture: The Sun

Prince Andrew. Picture: Getty

“He tried to lure Andrew into his web but his ultimate mark was the Queen,” Mr Bryan said.

“I believe Andrew is innocent. If he was involved in ‘orgies’, as has been alleged, then Epstein would have used that to bribe the Queen into paying out millions. But Andrew never gave him the ammunition to do so.”

Mr Epstein took his life in prison in 2019. Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years jail this year for sex trafficking minors for Mr Epstein.

John Bryan, friend and financial advisor to the Duchess of York, is surrounded by the media as he leaves his Solicitors office in London. Picture: Rebecca Naden/Getty Images

The comments come after Mr Bryan told The Mail Online he was secretly brought in to help restore the Duke of York’s reputation after a “car crash” TV interview with the BBC over his friendship with Mr Epstein in 2019.

Mr Bryan said Prince Andrew shouted “I don’t care anymore” after the Queen had asked him to step down from his royal duties, and his daughter, Princess Beatrice told him “you’ve hurt our family”.

His claims about Mr Epstein come after King Charles III was “displeased” Prince Andrew was invited to a shooting party.