Documents give further insight into former royal’s ties to sex offender and raise fresh questions for Donald Trump

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked Jeffrey Epstein’s fixer Ghislaine Maxwell to arrange meetings with “inappropriate friends” while she sought “friendly and discreet and fun” girls on his behalf, the latest documents from the Epstein files appear to show.

The largest release yet of files concerning the financier and convicted child sex offender – which also raise fresh questions for the US president, Donald Trump – include emails in the name of “A” exchanging detailed messages with Maxwell that appeared to identify the author as Andrew.

The emails from 2001 and 2002 appear to give further insights into the relationship between the former prince and Epstein, which has been under scrutiny since it emerged in 2011.