Files suggest David Stern was Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘man in the palace’, passing messages to the former prince until 2019

Jeffrey Epstein wanted his 26-year-old Belarusian girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, and her friend, Jen, to have a good time in London – and he knew just who to ask.

“Karyna – my girlfriend, and Jen, the tall girl who you’ve met will be London Tues and Wed,” the 63-year-old disgraced financier apparently wrote in April 2016 to an aide to the then Prince Andrew. “They have never been there before. If you are around, I’d appreciate any help you can give them.”

The email’s recipient was David Stern, the director of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Pitch@Palace business, whose registered office lay within Buckingham Palace. Stern, a German national who is now 48 and believed to live in the United Arab Emirates, was only too pleased to help.

He seemingly emailed Shuliak and suggested they meet at Green Park tube station in central London and then take in the changing of the guard at the palace a short walk away. There would be a further treat, although not one he seemingly wished to explicitly disclose in an email.