Lord Mandelson once declared he was 'intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich' - but his penchant for the super-wealthy has been getting him in trouble for nearly three decades.
Labour's Prince of Darkness has always enjoyed the finer things in life, and has never shied away from cultivating risky relationships to indulge in them.
As more details of his friendship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein come to light, 71-year-old Mandelson is finishing his political career in the way it began - embroiled in sleaze.
Catherine Macleod, a former special adviser to late Labour grandee Alistair Darling, said Mandelson has fallen victim to his 'fatal attraction'.
'He manages to work his way around people with influence and contacts,' she told Times Radio.
