According to the files, Mandelson is said to have, among other things, passed on the decision for a 500 billion euro rescue package in the euro crisis to Epstein the day before it was announced. Epstein had amassed a large fortune by managing other people’s money. According to reports, Mandelson has not yet responded to the call from the USA to share knowledge about Epstein with Congress.
In the case of former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the files suggest that he may have passed confidential information to Epstein during his time as trade commissioner from 2001 to 2011. The 66-year-old lost his titles and military honors in the course of the scandal. It is now a matter of him also losing his eighth place in the line of succession to the throne.
Mandelson has already lost his seat in the British House of Lords. The government also wants his title of Lord to be revoked.
The British media reacted to the ex-minister’s interim arrest in a similar way to Andrew with breaking news and live tickers. A photo of the fallen royal was also taken at the moment he left the police – and went around the world. “Mandelson arrested over ‘secrets passed to Epstein,’” headlined The Times newspaper.
Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch of the Conservatives said, according to the BBC: “Seeing the man he (Starmer) appointed to the highest post in the diplomatic service being arrested by the police is an image that I think will stay with us for many, many years.” The arrest was “the defining moment” of the prime minister’s term in office, Badenoch said.
