Disgraced royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ‘very depressed’, believes he is innocent, says royal author

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains in denial and depressed over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, as newly released emails between the pair reveal how the ex-prince likes to address himself.

Disgraced royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is depressed and still believes he is innocent and any chance of redeeming himself remains far-fetched, royal author Robert Jobson said.

One of Britain’s most renowned royal authors, Robert Jobson, said the former Duke of York may never be able to recover from the scandal that erupted over his long-running friendship with deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

“I think it’s very difficult for Andrew to redeem himself, I think he’s been proven to have lied and it was pretty damning that interview he gave with (BBC’s) Emily Maitlis,” he told this masthead.

Royal author Robert Jobson at the Foreign Press Association event in London. Picture: Supplied

“Then to have made statements that to have been proven now to be untrue, the fact that he did continue contact with Epstein after 2010, it makes people question everything that was said.

“I understand that he’s very depressed and he still believes he was innocent of what he has been accused of, but the reality is a lot of money has been paid money out.

“Tragedy unfolded even worse for Virginia Giuffre-Roberts and her family”.

Andrew, 65, paid Ms Giuffre a reported £12m ($A24.1m) in 2022 but denied any wrongdoing in relation to any allegations of sexual abuse in relation to the mother-of-three who committed suicide in April.

A fresh tranche of documents provided by Epstein’s estate, some of which also mentioned US President Donald Trump, was released by the US House Oversight Committee on Wednesday local time.

Among the thousands of documents was the email conversation from March 2011 in which Andrew repeatedly pleaded with the couple to make it clear that he had no involvement in the alleged activities.

The former British royal’s emails to the late sex pest always came from a sender simply known as “The Duke,” copies of their messages show.

Prince Andrew’s sign off in an email to Jeffrey Epstein. Picture: United States District Court

Mr Jobson, who addressed international media at a Foreign Press Association event in Central London on Thursday (Friday AEDT) questioned if there are “any other smoking guns” in relation to Andrew’s alleged conduct.

The British author’s latest book titled, ‘The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal and Survival,” chronicles the British royal family’s history from the early 20th century including the abdication crisis of King Edward VIII and Wallace Simpson in 1936 and other royal scandals.

Sophie Elsworth speaks to royal author Robert Jobson at a Foreign Press Association event in London. Picture: Supplied

It also delves into the fallout from the love affairs of Princess Diana and Prince Charles and the destruction caused by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle before they left the UK.

Mr Jobson, dubbed the ‘godfather of royal reporting’, said despite the scandals surrounding the former Duke of York who was recently stripped of his titles by his older brother King Charles III, far bigger scandals have engulfed the royal family and years down the track the fallout will seem “like a blip”.

King Charles III, Camilla, the Queen Consort, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex watch as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is placed into the hearse at the state funeral service in Westminster Abbey. Picture: AP

“The biggest crisis faced was the constitutional crisis with Edward VIII and the abdications,” he said.

“Closer to that was probably the break up of the marriage of Charles and Diana because that had more constitutional implications because they were direct in line to the throne … and many people doubting whether Charles could ever become king”.

Their divorce was finalised in 1996 and Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997.

Mr Jobson also believes any chance of Australia becoming a republic has been derailed after the failed voice referendum in 2023.

“I think the voice referendum probably put that back a bit,” he said.

Sarah and Andrew attend a Requiem Mass, a Catholic funeral service, for the late Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral in London on September 16, 2025. Picture: AFP

The royal author also thinks it will be difficult for Prince Harry and his wife to ever be welcomed back to the UK after leaving in 2020 and doubts peace will be made between the two princes.

“It would be nice if they would (repair their relationship) because it would end an ongoing sore,” he said.

“If that story doesn’t get resolved it’s going to continue to be a theme, a narrative of his (Prince William’s) reign which I’m sure is not what he wants.

“It would be nice to see Diana’s sons put arms around each other and say, ‘let bygones be bygones’ but it doesn’t seem that that’s going to be the case”.

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