Prince Andrew kept in contact with Jeffrey Epstein 5 years longer than he claimed: report

Disgraced royal Prince Andrew kept in contact with Jeffrey Epstein for five years after he claimed to have cut off contact with the pedophile financier, to a new report claims.

In December 2015, King Charles’ brother gave Epstein information about a potential business deal in China, according to emails that were reportedly leaked from former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak’s email account.

Andrew previously said in an infamous BBC interview that he hadn’t met with or spoken to Epstein since December 2010, when he visited the sex offender’s Manhattan home and was pictured walking in conversation with him in Central Park.

The emails, which were reported by Reason and the Times of London, represent the latest report that the Duke of York was in contact with Epstein longer than he claimed.

Separately, it was revealed earlier this year that Andrew allegedly told Epstein the pair would “play some more,” in an email sent in February 2011, according to court documents.

“Keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!” reads the email from a “member of the British Royal Family,” believed to be Prince Andrew.

The new timeline suggests the royal, 65, allegedly kept in contact with Epstein even after new accusers came forward with lawsuits against the registered sex offender — and a year after the prince himself was accused of having sex with trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre.

In late 2015 — Andrew — who has recently come under scrutiny for his ties to an alleged Chinese spy — told Epstein that a spate of kidnappings had sparked a growing demand for private security among wealthy Chinese families.

“Weathy chines [sic] looking for to start personel [sic] protection co in Beijing, kidnapping has begun,” Epstein wrote to Barak in an email dated Dec. 19, 2015, according to a report in Reason.

“Where did you see it? EB,” Barak responds, to which Epstein replies, “andrew,” a screengrab of the emails shows.

“The Prince? EB,” Barak writes back. “yes,” responds Epstein — who had just invested millions in a security start-up with the former Israeli PM.

Andrew’s alleged 2015 correspondence with Epstein came shortly after the Prince played a leading role in welcoming China’s President Xi Jinping to the UK for a state visit.

Andrew — who is eighth in line for the British thrown — had visited Beijing the previous year, and later exported an investment venture, Pitch@Palace, to the communist nation with the help of Yang Tengbo, who has been accused by British intelligence of being a Chinese spy.

Yang has denied espionage allegations.

Barak’s inbox was reportedly leaked online by a WikiLeaks-copycat site, Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoS), in May after being hacked by an anti-Israeli group called Handala, which has reported ties to Iran.

Prince Andrew, who has been stripped of his royal titles and military honors, told “BBC Newsnight” in November 2019 that he flew to New York in 2010 “with the sole purpose” of ending their friendship.

“And to this day, I never had any contact with him from that day forward.”

He flew in the financier’s private jet multiple times, and visited his private Caribbean island of Little St. James.

In 2022, Andrew paid Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre an undisclosed sum, thought to be around $16 million, to settle her civil claim for sex assault without admitting of wrongdoing.

Andrew has denied sexually abusing anyone or participating in sex trafficking.

Giuffre died by suicide in April at her home in Western Australia.

Earlier this month, Maxwell claimed she hadn’t introduced her friend Andrew to Epstein, but that the Prince’s wife, Sarah Ferguson, had pushed for a friendship with the wealthy pedophile.

She also defended Andrew against what she called “bulls–t” claims of sex allegations which she said were made up to make money and attack the Royal Family.

The bombshell comments came after Maxwell — who is currently serving 20 years for sex trafficking victims to Epstein — carried out a two-day interview with US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the contents of which were released by the US Department of Justice.

Neither Barak or Andrew have addressed the latest allegations.

Barak previously said he knew nothing about Epstein’s parties or trafficking of girls and young women.

Buckingham Palace did not respond immediately to requests for comment.