From popstars to politicians

Images showcase financier's links to the glitterati

- Geraldine McKelvie Senior correspondent

A trove of documents related to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by the US justice department.

Comprising thousands of files, the cache shows photographs of the late financier and his accomplice, the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, alongside some of the most significant figures from the last century. The images help illustrate the relationships Epstein and Maxwell forged with royalty, politicians, musicians and actors.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Several pictures of Mountbatten-Windsor in the cache of files released on Friday appear to show how he gave Epstein and Maxwell access to British high society.

One undated picture shows the former prince, now 65, reclining across the legs of five women, with Maxwell smiling down at him. Sky News said on Saturday it believed the picture was taken at Sandringham, the royal estate in Norfolk where King Charles and his family will this week spend Christmas. The broadcaster said it had cross-referenced the image with other pictures taken there. Another photograph, believed to have been taken in June 2000, shows the trio in the royal box at Ascot. A third image appears to show them hunting at Balmoral.

Bill Clinton