A string of young women were secretly ushered through back entrances at Buckingham Palace on the instructions of Prince Andrew, who used a recurring coded message to bypass royal security protocols.
Staff grew weary of the calls, which came through the duty office repeatedly over a number of years. Andrew invariably used identical wording each time, telling whoever answered: "Mrs Windsor will arrive shortly, please let her in and show her up."
One source said: "It was common knowledge that Andrew liked to have young women visit Buckingham Palace.
"He would phone the duty office and always say the same thing — 'Mrs Windsor will be arriving shortly – please let her in and show her up'.
"This was always via one of the out of sight staff entrances.
"It was so frequent that they used to just roll their eyes and say 'yes sir'. It went on for years.
"The royal protection officers hated being assigned Andrew as he was so unpleasant and dismissive."
Women arrived at the Palace having undergone next to no background checks. Andrew's standing within the Royal Household meant questions were rarely asked, despite the situation being a persistent source of anxiety among senior courtiers.
A second source said: "Buckingham Palace isn't the fortress you think it is. A lot of them had no security clearance whatsoever.
"Few details, if any, were taken because of his status within the Royal Household. It was regularly discussed by courtiers but nothing was ever done to challenge it."
Documents released from Epstein's files reveal women were granted access to the Palace by Andrew after being procured by the convicted paedophile. A Romanian model and a woman from Russia were among those brought to a private dinner at the Palace on an occasion when the late Queen had travelled to Balmoral, reports The Sun.
The Bucharest-born woman, described as being in her early twenties, drew glowing praise from Epstein, who rated her as "perfect" and claimed Andrew was equally captivated, calling her "beautiful", adding: "No man looks at your clothes, they see through them."
He emailed Andrew promising more fun, to which the royal eagerly replied: "Yes please!"
In 2010 Epstein also wrote to a Russian woman named Irina to set up a night with Andrew, saying: "The evening of the 22nd confirmed."
She replied: "Great!!!!!!! Should I email him (redacted). I can't wait! Thank you."
Epstein writes: "Yes."
Irina was later paid $5,000 by Epstein.
A third woman was brought to Britain by Epstein that same year for a sexual encounter with Andrew at his former home, Royal Lodge in Windsor. A non-British woman in her twenties at the time subsequently hired American attorney Brad Edwards to pursue her case. Edwards confirmed his client and Andrew were intimate before she received a guided tour of the Palace followed by tea.
Thames Valley Police said it was actively assessing the allegations. The force had already been in discussions with prosecutors regarding separate accusations that Andrew channelled sensitive trade data to Epstein. A spokesperson said: "We take any reports of sexual crimes extremely seriously and encourage anyone with information to come forward."
Gordon Brown has formally contacted Scotland Yard calling for a criminal inquiry into Andrew's connections to Epstein, pointing to documentation showing 90 flights carrying trafficked women landed at British airports, with Stansted's private terminal among the key entry points.
The Metropolitan Police has repeatedly resisted pressure to open a formal investigation. Brown hit back, saying: "I have asked the Met urgently to re-examine their decision-making.
"The emails tell us in graphic detail how Epstein was able to use Stansted Airport…to fly in girls from Latvia, Lithuania and Russia."
Officers had previously taken statements from Virginia Giuffre, who has accused Andrew of abuse, alongside several other women with links to Epstein's trafficking network, during a 2015 inquiry. The force concluded the subsequent assessment "has not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct" but said it remained open to "new and relevant" information.
Brown, writing in the New Statesman, said he had received private briefings suggesting the original investigation failed to scrutinise key flight records. He said: "I have been told privately that the investigations related to the former Prince Andrew did not properly check vital evidence of flights.
"I have asked the police to look at this as part of the new inquiry. The Stansted revelations alone require them to interview Andrew."
He added: "The evidence suggests some in the UK were complicit in trafficking. It demands an in-depth police investigation, and is by far the biggest scandal of all."
Flight documentation shows Epstein's aircraft made 90 trips through British airports, with Stansted in Essex emerging as a central hub. A quarter of those journeys — 15 in total — took place after Epstein received a custodial sentence in 2008 for procuring sex from an underage girl.
The Essex airport reportedly served as a transfer point between aircraft, with passenger manifests left deliberately vague. Passenger lists were stripped of identifying information, with women aboard recorded under no name whatsoever, while the identities of numerous male passengers were withheld entirely.
A 2012 email read: "JE mentioned he may use the Boeing on Dec 7th London to NY.
"He told me he would fly Paris to London, Stansted UK to meet the boeing there with (redacted).
"I did some work since (redacted) has no UK visa, where she can enter UK and make transfer to Boeing."
Another email reads: "She'll be escorted in side to clear, once boeing is ready to depart she is escorted to aircraft and we depart."
A separate message to Epstein described one woman as "just turned 18, 179cm, very cute, speaks English, I saw her in real 3 years ago . . . I will send you the video".
Dame Vera Baird, who held the role of victims commissioner from 2019 to 2022, added her voice to growing demands for a formal police investigation. She said: "It is time to investigate this. And we look quite odd if we don't. There seems to be immunity."
Pressure is also building on the Royal Family to disclose what, if anything, senior members knew about Andrew's behaviour. US Democratic congressman Ro Khanna said: "The King has to answer what he knew about Andrew. Just stripping Andrew of a title is not enough.
"Andrew needs to come before our committee and start answering questions.
"If you have allegations of raping a young girl I don't think the appropriate punishment is you no longer get to be a prince."
The former duke has consistently maintained his innocence. Stansted Airport clarified that responsibility for passenger processing at its private terminal rested with Border Force.
