Buckingham Palace was handed emails six years ago that appear to show Prince Andrew shared confidential information while serving as a government trade envoy, the BBC has reported.
The broadcaster said an archive of more than 30,000 emails was passed to the lord chamberlain in 2020. Court documents seen by the BBC suggest the cache contained details of the former prince's financial dealings.
The emails reportedly came from the account of British businessman Jonathan Rowland, an associate of Prince Andrew, and were obtained during a legal dispute. Their full contents are unknown, but they are understood to include correspondence dating up to June 2013.
The BBC said the archive was later obtained by Kevin Stanford, formerly of All Saints, and had been forwarded to the palace just months after Andrew stepped down as a working royal. Authorities in Monaco and Luxembourg were also informed.
Prince Andrew was arrested on his 66th birthday in February on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, amid allegations he passed sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein. Thames Valley police have issued a fresh appeal for information and are examining a claim of inappropriate behaviour at Royal Ascot.
The palace said it could not comment due to the ongoing police inquiry. The revelations follow Andrew's 2019 Newsnight interview, in which he failed to apologise for his friendship with Epstein, and a £12m settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she was trafficked by Epstein to be abused by Andrew.
