Former prince Andrew reportedly investigated by FBI over Maxwell emails and alleged sex trafficking links

The FBI investigated Prince Andrew over allegations he sought young girls for sex during an official, taxpayer-funded royal tour, according to newly surfaced documents.

The files, uncovered from the wider Jeffrey Epstein case, show US agents examined the Duke of York’s alleged links to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

Central to the investigation were a series of emails referenced in a 2020 FBI application to search electronic devices seized from Epstein’s properties.

According to The Sun, In those documents, Andrew is believed to have been referred to under the alias “Individual-5” — and, in other previously reported correspondence, as the so-called “Invisible Man”.

The “Invisible Man” label is understood to be a nickname used in emails between Maxwell and associates to discreetly refer to a high-profile individual, alleged to be Andrew, without explicitly naming him.

Investigators pointed to several messages they said supported suspicions of sex trafficking.

In one email, “Individual-5” asks Maxwell: “Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?”

An FBI agent wrote in the court filing that they believed this was a request for “young females to engage in sex acts”.

Another message, sent ahead of Andrew’s 2002 visit to Peru for Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee, read: “As for girls well I leave that entirely to you.”

A further email from Maxwell referenced “2 legged sight seeing (read intelligent pretty fun…)” — which investigators suggested could be coded language.

Together, these emails were reportedly interpreted by authorities as possible attempts to arrange encounters with young women, though the language itself is indirect and not explicit.

The correspondence formed part of a broader effort by US authorities to question Andrew as a “person of interest” in the Epstein investigation.

However, he repeatedly declined requests to be interviewed by American officials.

The documents also reference his six-day, publicly funded trip to Peru in 2002, which took place around the same time as some of the emails were exchanged.

It is not alleged in the documents that any specific offences took place during the tour, but investigators examined the timing as part of their inquiries.

Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after stepping back from royal duties, has consistently denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any criminal offence.

He has not travelled to the United States for several years.