On 21 July 2011, the day it was announced that the former prince would step down from the role, Epstein wrote, "I assume he knows that this is Charles doing".
The email was in response to a message from an associate, who said: "Lots of TV coverage on PA and always big feature on you. Insane."
Sky News believes PA refers to Prince Andrew.
The former prince served as the UK's special representative for international trade and investment between 2001 and 2011. The role gave him access to senior government and business contacts around the world.
He stepped back from the role amid increasing scrutiny and criticism about his continued relationship with the US financier and convicted sex offender.
A photo of the two men walking in New York made headlines in the months ahead of him stepping down.
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The three million files released by the US Department of Justice provide a glimpse into fragments of personal conversations that were occurring when Andrew and Epstein's relationship was making headlines 15 years ago.
The convicted sex offender had been emailing friends about the news Andrew had lost his official trade role all day.
Epstein said, in another email about the news, "I'm sure this is good for him, he will now be free".
He also sent a news article about Andrew stepping down to Ghislaine Maxwell, who asked, "why?" Epstein responded, "I think he wants to make money".
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on his 66th birthday.
After 11 hours of questioning, he was released under investigation.
Last week in a statement, the King stressed that Buckingham Palace would help the police if it was approached as part of the investigation.
He wrote: "What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities.
"In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation. Let me state clearly: the law must take its course.
"As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter."
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing.
The force said it had "inadvertently" revealed information about why the ex-business secretary had been taken into custody on Monday.
Lawyers for Lord Mandelson had claimed the arrest was due to the "baseless" claim that he was preparing to flee the country for the British Virgin Islands.
Sky News understands officers had originally planned to interview him under caution, without arrest, next month.
Some media reports named the source of the flight risk claim as the Lord Speaker, Lord Forsyth.
But addressing the Commons before PMQs on Wednesday, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle revealed it was him, saying he had done so "in good faith, as is my duty and responsibility".
A statement from the Met said it had since apologised to him "for inadvertently revealing information during an investigation into allegations of misconduct in public office".
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Lord Forsyth is to meet the Met on Thursday to ask how he was incorrectly named as the source.
Sky News understands he wants to know why the Met didn't correct the reporting and issue an apology. The Met has been approached for comment.
Meanwhile, the investigation into Lord Mandelson continues after he was bailed in the early hours of Tuesday.
The misconduct in public office probe relates to allegations he passed market-sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein when he was in Gordon Brown's government.
Lord Mandelson has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
Deividas Skebas, 26, stabbed Lilia Valutyte in the heart as she played with a hula hoop in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 28 July 2022.
Skebas, a Lithuanian who has schizophrenia and told police he was being controlled by a chip implanted in his brain by the US space agency NASA, denied murder but admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
He was convicted of murder by a jury at Lincoln Crown Court on 5 February.
Lilia's mother, Lina Savickiene, said she found her daughter "covered in blood and with the hoop around her".
She initially thought "something might have happened" with the hula hoop and described shouting for help while attempting to cover her daughter's wounds as she became pale.
An off-duty police officer tried to help save Lilia, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
Skebas was judged mentally unfit to stand trial in 2023, but that assessment changed in spring 2025 and a criminal trial began at Lincoln Crown Court in January this year.
Jurors were told there was no dispute he had killed Lilia but they had to decide what his state of mind was at the time of the attack.
Prosecutors said he had known what he was doing in stabbing Lilia - who would have turned 13 this year - and tried to avoid being caught.
Skebas appeared by video-link from high-security facility Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire wearing a navy blue zip-up jumper and stared ahead without reacting as his sentence was read out by Mr Justice Choudhury on Wednesday.
In his sentencing remarks, the judge said Lilia was a "happy, lively girl as carefree as any nine-year-old should be", adding that Skebas committed a "shocking and horrific act of violence" on her.
He added: "She should have been safe. She was playing in a pedestrianised area and just yards away from her mum."
Mr Justice Choudhury said Skebas had been a user of drugs including cannabis and amphetamines, which would "likely worsen" his schizophrenia.
Opening the Crown's case against Skebas last month, Christopher Donnellan KC told jurors: "This deliberate murder was clearly a wicked act. He knew his conduct was wrong. He knew he was killing a child."
Mr Donnellan told the court on Wednesday: "This was a particularly vulnerable victim, a young girl aged nine. The offence took place with a degree of planning or premeditation."
Jurors heard Skebas loitered around the area until it was quiet before he stabbed the girl with a Sabatier paring knife he bought from a Wilko shop two days earlier.
In the days after the attack, Skebas shaved his beard, tucked the knife behind a radiator and tried to leave the UK for Lithuania on a bus.
Lilia's mother said in an impact statement read by her husband, Aurelijus Savickas, on the day Skebas was convicted: "This is not something you recover from.
"Sometimes terrifying thoughts overwhelm the mind and during this trial there have been many, many more.
"Why her? Why us? The questions remain unanswered."
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The court heard Skebas was arrested two days after the attack, but his mental health was "declining" so he was taken to hospital.
He told detectives he had eaten a piece of rice which he believed was a microchip, and that he had "the power to resurrect" Lilia if the police contacted "his controller in NASA".
In CCTV footage shown to jurors, Lilia could be seen playing with a hula hoop while Skebas watched her from the end of the road, occasionally touching his back pocket, where Mr Donnellan said the knife was hidden.
The force of the attack caused Lilia to fall backwards onto the shutters of the shop next to her mother's store.
An off-duty police officer, Detective Constable Andrew Pearson, who was nearby at the time started running after the defendant, but after hearing "noises of distress" he tried to save Lilia's life.
The girl was pronounced dead at just after 7pm, within an hour of the attack.
In mitigation, defence barrister Andrew Campbell-Tiech KC said Skebas remains dangerous "not merely to himself but in the absence of medication... a danger to others".
He added: "This young man has been subject to a serious and dangerous condition for many, many years."
The judge told Skebas that although he has been sentenced to life imprisonment, "alternative arrangements may have to be made" because of his current mental state.
It added that six others on the speedboat were injured.
The Cuban commander of the border patrol boat was also wounded, according to Cuba's interior ministry.
It said the injured were evacuated and are receiving medical attention.
The ministry said the incident is under investigation to establish exactly what happened.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio said no US government personnel were involved.
He added he was awaiting confirmation about whether those in the incident were US citizens, saying: "We're going to verify information independently and reach our own conclusions."
The Florida-registered speedboat came within one nautical mile of a channel on Falcones Cay, on Cuba's north coast, when it was approached by five members of a Cuban patrol unit, the interior ministry also said.
The crew of the speedboat then opened fire, wounding the commander of the Cuban vessel, the statement added.
Florida's attorney general James Uthmeier said he was ordering prosecutors to open a separate investigation with other state and federal law enforcement partners.
"The Cuban government cannot be trusted, and we will do everything in our power to hold these communists accountable," he wrote on X.
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Florida congressman Carlos Gimenez, a Cuban-American former mayor of Miami, demanded an "urgent" investigation into what he called a "massacre", adding US authorities "must determine whether any of the victims were US citizens or legal residents".
"This regime must be relegated to the dustbin of history!" he wrote on X.
None of the dead or wounded on the speedboat were identified, but Cuba said it was registered in Florida and provided the boat's registration number.
"Faced with the current challenges, Cuba reaffirms its commitment to protecting its territorial waters, based on the principle that national defence is a fundamental pillar for the Cuban state in safeguarding its sovereignty and stability in the region," the interior ministry statement said.
It comes amid a time of heightened tensions between the US and Cuba following increased pressure from Donald Trump's administration.
The two countries previously collaborated on combating drug smuggling and other crimes, but have ceased to do so.
The US has also blocked virtually all oil shipments to the island, piling pressure on its Communist-run government.
The chancellor will deliver her financial update on the afternoon of 3 March in the House of Commons. An exact time has yet to be confirmed, but she is only expected to speak for about 20 minutes, compared with an hour for a budget.
Last November's budget was preceded by much speculation, followed by announcements of large tax rises, bringing tax as a share of GDP to an all-time high.
But Ms Reeves and the Treasury have said the spring statement - rebranded from the spring budget - will be low-key and no major announcements will be made. She is not even expected to carry her statement in her famous red box.
Despite it not being a "major" event, the spring statement can influence the government over whether to raise or cut future taxes and spending.
Will the OBR be involved in the spring statement?
Ms Reeves will outline the latest economic forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) - which will then be published after the chancellor has delivered her speech.
So, despite it being "low-key", it will still be a critical moment as it will show what effect the last budget and the government's policies have had.
The OBR produces two forecasts a year, which indicate how the economy is expected to perform and if the government is likely to meet the tax and spending rules it has set.
The OBR was thrown into the spotlight at the last budget when it accidentally leaked its assessment, therefore revealing the budget - about 40 minutes before Ms Reeves stood up to deliver her announcement.
This time, following a security review, the Treasury will publish the OBR's forecast on gov.uk, instead of on the OBR's own website.
It will be the first time in the OBR's 16-year history it will not publish a formal assessment of the government's progress towards meeting its fiscal rules.
However, this will be enough for economists to figure out the size of the chancellor's headroom, which could have an impact on the economy.
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Will Rachel Reeves raise taxes?
The chancellor has said she will not be making any major announcements, but she could make minor changes to tax policy.
However, this could be politically risky as she could then be accused of deploying stealth taxes.
It would also open her up to attacks from opposition parties - and, as seen before, potentially from her own party.
What is the current state of the UK economy?
Despite inflation falling sharply, the UK economy remains fragile, and inflation (currently at 3%) is still above the Bank of England's target of 2%.
There are also concerns about growth, with the UK's GDP growing just 0.1% in the last three months of 2025 - but it grew by 1.3% over the whole of 2025.
Unemployment has reached its highest level since 2021, increasing to 5.2% in the three months to December 2025. The unemployment rate among 16 to 24-year-olds across that period was 16.1%, the highest since 2014, according to ONS data.
But when it comes to wages, they are continuing to grow, with annual growth in weekly earnings in the last quarter of 2025, excluding bonuses, rising by 4.2%.
There was an increase in tax receipts due to the government previously raising taxes, which created a £30.4bn government budget surplus in January - £15.9bn more than the year before and the highest (without adjustment for inflation) since monthly records began in 1993.