1999 The year that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor said he first met Jeffrey Epstein, introduced by Ghislaine Maxwell. He visited Epstein’s private island in February.
2002 An article in New York Magazine said Lord Mandelson attended a party at Epstein’s Manhattan home alongside Donald Trump. First emails in the Epstein files between Mandelson and Epstein begin, when he wrote a memo encouraging Tony Blair to meet Epstein.
2003 Mandelson wrote a message to Epstein describing him as his ‘best pal’. Bank statements appear to show that from 2003 to 2004 Epstein paid £54,750 into accounts of which Mandelson was believed to be a beneficiary.
2006 As police in Florida suggest Epstein should be charged with four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, Lord Mandelson tells him: ‘I am here whenever you need.’
2008 Epstein is sentenced to 18 months in prison. Mandelson urges him in an email to ‘fight for early release’.
2009 Mandelson stays at Epstein’s Manhattan apartment while the paedophile is in jail, an internal report by JP Morgan bank suggests.
Epstein is released in July. Two months later, he sent Mandelson’s now husband Reinaldo Avila da Silva £10,000. On June 13 the files suggest Mandelson leaked Epstein a sensitive No10 document proposing £20billion of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans.
2010 Files suggest Mandelson forwarded minutes of a meeting between chancellor Alistair Darling and US treasury secretary Larry Summers five minutes after he received them. On May 9, he appears to give Epstein notice of a €500billion euro bailout by the EU.
2013 The last known time that Mandelson visited Epstein at his New York mansion.
2016 Documents show Mandelson remained in contact with Epstein until at least 2016.
2019 Epstein, arrested on sex trafficking charges, is found dead in his cell. In November, Andrew gives his Newsnight interview.
2022 Maxwell is jailed for 20 years in February after being convicted for her role in helping to lure and groom underage girls for Epstein to abuse.
2025 In February, Keir Starmer appoints Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the United States. He is sacked in September.
2026 – Mandelson is arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He has denied wrongdoing. It comes after he resigned from the House of Lords and was booted out of the Privy Council.
