The disgraced Duke of York, 64, wrote to the late serial sex trafficker on the same day a photo of him with then-17-year-old Virginia Giuffre emerged, a court has heard.

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein that they would “play some more soon” two months after he claims to have ended contact with the convicted paedophile. Newly surfaced messages have revealed the Duke of York remained in contact with the disgraced financier until February 2011 - despite having claimed he cut him off in December 2010.

Timeline of scandals as its revealed he was in touch with Epstein months longer than claimed - Late monarch’s middle child has seen his reputation damaged over his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey E