LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer backed the UK ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson Wednesday after details emerged of the diplomat’s friendship with disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson called the late Epstein his “best pal” and an “intelligent, sharp-witted man” in a 2003 letter, released to the public just a week before US President Donald Trump was due to pay a state visit to Britain.

Letter from UK ambassador to deceased billionaire paedophile released by US lawmakers

Prime Minister’s support comes as Wes Streeting says Mandelson ‘has more to say’ on association with paedophile