Newly released letters show Epstein was given warning over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault which some readers may find distressing.

Letters which have recently been released by the US government reveal that Jeffrey Epstein was warned to stay away from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor following his release from prison.

Back in 2008, the American financier had spent 13 months behind bars after being jailed for child sex offences. Upon his release, he was told to avoid the man formerly known as Prince Andrew.

The letters have come to light shortly after emails between Epstein and his associates were leaked, with one claiming that President Trump 'knew about the girls'.

Trump was mentioned several times in the emails, dated between 2011 and 2019, with one even claiming that the 79-year-old 'spent hours' with one of Epstein's victims at the paedophile's house.

Released by the Democrats from the Oversight Committee online, Trump and the White House have accused them of 'deflecting' from the recent shutdown of the US government, amid the claims being made against him.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein was highly criticised by the UK press (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Also among the 20,000 pages of documents released by the US government this week is a PR plan for Epstein following his release from prison, put together by PR firm Osborne & Partners. The document was titled 'Issues of Reputation'.

Andrew, whose royal titles were recently stripped, was facing negative press in the UK tabloids at the time - with Epstein's release coming shortly after the Daily Mail first published the infamous picture of Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre's waist.

Giuffre went on to claim that Andrew had slept with her three times, including when she was 17 years old. Andrew has always denied these claims.

This picture of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with Vigrinia Giuffre was published in 2011 (US district court)

At the time, the PR firm cited the coverage of Andrew in their plan, with the memo to Epstein reading: “It is disastrous for you to be seen in any way to facilitate his lifestyle, or to help with his well documented issues.

“Their [the UK press] sole interest in you and Ghislaine [Maxwell] is as a means to attack Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.

“You need to studiously avoid any involvement whatsoever with the couple, which will lessen the interest and we can establish a constructive relationship on your behalf with them.”

Epstein, a convicted sex offender and paedophile, was told to stay away from Andrew (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

The PR firm told Epstein that an 'urgent priority' for him to attend to was about the results around him on major search engines and how they needed to be changed.

They explained at the time: “Today, when anyone types in your name, a majority of the first few pages of the results are references to the charges, to paedophilia, to Prince Andrew, to unflattering stories – many of which link back to the Mail websites.

“We have hired an excellent team of Israeli experts for other clients, and there are many firms that claim to be able to optimise results this way but fail to deliver.

“I cannot overstate the importance of this, because it is the initial source of information on you for many people.”

LADbible has contacted Osborne & Partners for a comment.