Pressure on Charles to strip Andrew of all royal ties after damning email

Duke said to have told Epstein: 'We're in this together'

- By Paul Jeeves

Disputed...snap said to show Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre; right, Epstein with Maxwell

PRESSURE is growing on the King to cut all royal links left to his brother Andrew after a leaked email apparently from the duke to Jeffrey Epstein said they were "in this together".

The message was the day after a purported snap of the prince with sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre was published. Andrew also told the financier to "keep in touch" despite his conviction for child abuse offences.

The email, dated February 28 2011, appears to undermine the Duke of York's stance in his infamous Newsnight interview where he said he had stopped contacting the billionaire in December 2010 after they were filmed in Central Park, New York.

In the email, reported by The Sun and The Mail on Sunday, Andrew apparently wrote: "I'm just as concerned for you! Don't worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it.

"Otherwise keep in close touch and we'll play some more soon!!!!"

He reportedly signed off with: "A, HRH The Duke of York, KG" - the KG is his title Knight of the Garter, which the prince has held since 2006.