Why I’m in the Epstein Files
‘Always knew you were a nonce.’ That text, from a coworker in London, is how I learnt my name had appeared in the latest tranche of the Epstein Files. In the moments prior, I had been sweating profusely – unlike a certain former prince. I can explain. Yesterday afternoon, the US Department of Justice released three million pages of documents relating to the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex trafficker and financier. Among the documents: an email from a certain ‘Duke’ inviting him for dinner at Buckingham Palace; messages to Peter Mandelson’s husband offering to transfer £10,000; mentions of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Bill Gates (all of whom