Andrew told Epstein he wanted to be his 'pet' in grim email update

The disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that he wanted to be his "pet" in an email among the 3million documents released as part of the Epstein files. The King's brother made the uneasy remark in a note to the disgraced financier in August 2010, which appears to show him discussing an unspecified business deal in London.

Andrew wrote: "God it's cold and dank here! Wish I was still a pet in your family!" He signed the message off with "A".

The note is just one of hundreds of documents released by the US Department of Justice that features the former prince, including images which appear to show him crouched over an unidentified woman who is lying on the floor. Elsewhere in the document dump, screenshots and scans appear to show Andrew exchanged emails with Epstein about a "beautiful" Russian woman, and invited him to Buckingham Palace.

The former prince has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.

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