Former Prince Andrew’s Trade Envoy Role and the Vetting Failure Now Under Scrutiny (5/22/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · May 22, 2026 · 10m

The British government says it has found no evidence that formal security vetting or due diligence was carried out before Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was appointed as the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment in 2001. Newly released historical documents show that Queen Elizabeth II was “very keen” for Andrew to have a prominent role promoting Britain’s interests, and officials appear to have treated the appointment as a continuation of the royal family’s existing trade-promotion work rather than as a post requiring serious scrutiny. That matters because the job…