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Discuss and debate today’s biggest talking points, directly with our journalists. | | Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with Ghislaine Maxwell at Royal Ascot in 2000 |  | Fiona Parker Senior News Reporter | A fresh dump of Epstein documents has heaped further embarrassment on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Among the thousands of files in the latest releases is a series of emails written by Andrew, who refers to himself as “A” or “The Invisible Man”.
The correspondence (seen below) in March 2002 shows “A” asking Ghislaine Maxwell to find “some new inappropriate friends” and, in a separate email, Maxwell offering to find Andrew some “fun girls” when he was in Peru to represent the late Queen.  | He describes himself as “distraught” when Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend tells him she could only find “appropriate” ones.
In other messages, Maxwell appears to ask if a Lima-based recipient would be a “tour guide” for the late Queen Elizabeth’s son, suggesting he would be happy with “two-legged sight-seeing”.
The Palace might have hoped the focus on Andrew would have dissipated when he was stripped of his official titles in October, but the emails could be the thin end of the wedge.
The documents also reveal that he was wanted for questioning by the FBI about his friendship with not one, but two millionaire sex offenders, and will reignite questions about whether Maxwell procured girls for him.
Other revelations include a letter seemingly incriminating Donald Trump, reports of a cellmate of Epstein trying to kill him a week before he died and details about a second ultra-wealthy sex offender who befriended Andrew. The former prince has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
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Epstein letter about Trump’s love of ‘nubile young girls’ is fake, DoJ suggests ➤
Cellmate ‘tried to kill Epstein’ weeks before his death ➤
The other ultra-wealthy sex offender who befriended Andrew ➤ | | Michael Mosbacher Treat yourself. We’ll soon be deprived of this simple pleasure Continue reading ➤ Mike Warburton The latest step in HMRC’s plan to confiscate your money Continue reading ➤ Angela Epstein It’s Christmas, not ‘the holidays’. I love it, and I’m not even a Christian Continue reading ➤ | Enjoy our best experience. Join us today and you’ll also unlock our award-winning app. | | Jan Etherington with her late husband Gavin Petrie, who she nursed through Alzheimer’s at their home in Suffolk | | For seven years, Jan Etherington cared for Gavin Petrie, her husband, after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, prostate cancer and COPD. She chronicled it for The Telegraph, railing against the bureaucracy of the care system and the huge responsibility that family carers have. When she woke up beside Gavin on Nov 4, she had no premonition that it would be the last day of his life. Now, as she reflects on life without him, she asks: who cares for the carers and the lonely at Christmas? Continue reading ➤ | |  | | Magnificently lit at Christmas, Lincoln Cathedral is filled with eccentric details | | They are among our greatest buildings, and provide a focal point for a fascinating city break – especially around the festive period. UK travel expert Sarah Baxter picks 10 of the best cathedrals, while writers including Tim Stanley and Christopher Howse reveal their personal favourites. Continue reading ➤ | | | When Miranda Newsom saw a biological male in the women’s changing rooms at her local gym, she refused to stay silent. The 60-year-old approached him to object, only to find herself being filmed and accused of threatening him. Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex, Newsom says she has since been “punished” for protecting a female-only space – not for violence, but for the “inappropriate” pronouns she used. Continue reading ➤ | | | For most people, Christmas is a time for splashing out – but not for our diarist in week’s How I Spend It. It’s all “commercialised nonsense” and people “need to wake up”, he says. And don’t get him started on Royal Mail... Continue reading ➤ | | | The Parsons took in Ronnie, a homeless man they recognised from Sunday school | | On Dec 23, 1975, Rob and Dianne Parsons answered the door to a homeless man asking for help. Ronnie Lockwood’s arrival began a remarkable story of friendship and humanity as his vulnerability and gentle nature came to enrich the family. This story of how the Christmas spirit can change lives will move everyone who reads it. Continue reading ➤ | | | Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A, supporting vision as well as immune and skin health | Christmas dinner has a reputation for being a calorie-dense blowout – but there is a lot of goodness to be found on your plate. So, do sprouts outrank red cabbage, or do carrots trump parsnips? Nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert assesses festive favourites, ranking them from best to worst for nutritional value. Continue reading ➤ Below are two more insightful articles for you this morning: - For many, smoked salmon is a staple. However, is it really as healthy as fresh fish? The science is more complicated than you might think, but our Health team has demystified it.
- Alcohol, cabin bag sizes and etiquette disputes are fuelling bad behaviour on flights. These are the best times and days to fly to avoid “air rage”.
| | Sarah Knapton, our Science Editor, and Joe Pinkstone, our Science Correspondent are back for a special Christmas edition of Inexplicable. Today, they weigh up an age-old question: Is Santa Claus real?
A sceptical reader writes...
Dear Sarah and Joe,
“If Santa Claus is real, how can he deliver all the presents to children in the world in one night?
“It doesn’t seem possible to me, and I’ve never seen him, so I think he must be made up.”
Isobel, 7
Sarah and Joe answer...
Of course Father Christmas is real, Isobel – but yes, his Christmas Eve exploits do tend to defy physics, so we understand why you are questioning his existence.
In fact, nobody knew how Santa visited all the world’s children until fairly recently, when scientists combined Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and quantum physics in what has become known as the Grand Unified Theory of Santa, or Guts.
Read the full answer here ➤
Plus, send in your questions for Sarah and Joe here ➤ | |
The King’s Speech will be broadcast at 3pm on Christmas Day across the BBC, as well as on ITV1 and Sky One. From which location, teased in this new photograph released late last night, will King Charles III speak? | Yuletide pop Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal Reader Correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
What’s your ideal festive playlist? We should begin with a mention of Chris Rea. The man behind that December (and, let’s be honest, late November) mainstay, Driving Home for Christmas – died on Monday, aged 74. Readers have been paying tribute. Roberta Wills wrote: “Great voice. Driving Home for Christmas is up there with the best Christmas songs.”
Peter Williman added: “I was privileged to have nearly front-row seats at a concert of his in the 1980s. His style, voice and guitar riffs were fabulous, and I always turn the sound up when I hear one of his numbers.”
Of course, Rea came to have decidedly mixed feelings about his biggest hit – and it’s fair to say that Yuletide pop isn’t to everyone’s taste. For every Maurice Lappin (“Fairytale of New York for me”) there is a Linda Wilby, who admitted that she had taken to visiting shops with “a pair of ear defenders purchased from a local builders’ store” to block out the tunes.
Another option, if you’ve reached your Wham! limit, is to go DIY. Jim Hardie wrote: “I was brought up in a musical family in Scotland. My mother was always singing and my father played the violin. At this time of year, with all the Christmas music, it was intoxicating.”
Andrew McCaddon, meanwhile, recommended “the music of William Byrd as a relaxing alternative to incessant festive tunes”. I second that. The piece of music currently stuck in my head, though, is one that I heard on Radio 3 (which, though it takes its share of criticism in this section, has done a brilliant job this month). It’s a version of the 15th-century Boar’s Head Carol, performed by the American vocal quartet Windborne. Try it. Now I’d like your suggestions for Christmas Eve listening. Send them here, and my favourites will feature in this afternoon’s edition of From the Editor PM, for which you can sign up here.
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