Recently unveiled documents have disclosed that Jeffrey Epstein requested a woman to acquire a Snow White costume, just weeks before the former Barclays CEO allegedly referenced the Disney princess in an email to Epstein.

This exchange is part of a collection of files released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday, which includes 180,000 images and 2,000 videos.

On June 20, 2010, Epstein sent a message to the unnamed woman saying, “I would love to take photos of you in a Snow White costume. You can get it from the costume store,” to which she responded, “Will get it!”

This interaction occurred just three weeks prior to Jes Staley allegedly emailing Epstein on July 10, writing, “That was fun. Say hi to Snow White.”

Staley, who denies any knowledge of this email, has seen this become one of the most contentious exchanges between him and Epstein. Staley has consistently maintained that their relationship was purely professional.

Additionally, an email from what appears to be a different individual, dated the same day, mentioned, “The Snow White was f***** twice as soon as she put her costume.”

The correspondence provides no information on the ages of the women involved, and there is nothing in the newly disclosed emails to suggest Staley was copied into or aware of the exchanges.

It is also unclear whether all references to ‘Snow White’ relate to the same individual.

The newly uncovered trove of emails also contains disturbing exchanges between Epstein and the unnamed woman, including messages describing girls and young women.

In one April 2010 email, she wrote: ‘Milan could be interesting as well. Girls are hungry there,’ adding: ‘May be we pick one girl from all the girls i ve seen tostart with? I will make snaps and videos tmw…’

In a later email from September that year, she described another woman as ‘the second – 21,’ writing: ‘Discrete, not stupid but not too smart… stubborn, wants to study acting, looked a bit lost, no goals in life, was late for one hour, rents a room in east village, doesn’t like to go to places where all models go’.

Staley said in 2025 that he had not known about Epstein’s ‘monstrous activities’ during the years they were in contact.

He stepped down as Barclays chief executive in 2021 following a Financial Conduct Authority investigation into his relationship with Epstein, after a letter sent by the bank to the regulator was found to be misleading.

The former investment banker attempted last year to overturn a lifetime ban imposed by the FCA, which prohibits him from holding senior management roles in financial services.

During court proceedings, he was questioned about whether he had ever referred to women accompanying Epstein as Disney characters, including Snow White. He replied: ‘No’.

He added: ‘I honest to God, when I went through the emails I have no idea what this refers to. I have no idea who Snow White is’.

Staley ultimately failed to overturn the ban, with the judges ruling that he had acted ‘without integrity’ by approving a letter that downplayed the closeness of his relationship with Epstein.

Last year, the ex-Barclays chief also told a court that the paedophile financier introduced him to Lord Peter Mandelson, who on Monday resigned his membership of the Labour Party.

The former cabinet minister, who was sacked as US ambassador last year because of his past connections to Epstein, appeared in the latest release of files by the US Department of Justice on Friday.

Documents suggest Epstein made £55,000 in payments to Lord Mandelson in three separate £18,000 transactions in 2003 and 2004.

Police are also now being urged to investigate the politician after he was accused of leaking ‘confidential and market-sensitive’ No10 emails to Epstein.  

In his letter to Labour’s general secretary on Sunday, Lord Mandelson said: ‘I have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, and I feel regretful and sorry about this.’

He added: ‘Allegations which I believe to be false that he made financial payments to me 20 years ago, and of which I have no record or recollection, need investigating by me.

‘While doing this, I do not wish to cause further embarrassment to the Labour Party, and I am therefore stepping down from membership of the party.

‘I want to take this opportunity to repeat my apology to the women and girls whose voices should have been heard long before now.

‘I have dedicated my life to the values and success of the Labour Party and in taking my decision, I believe I am acting in its best interests.’

In a fresh humiliation, a photo has also emerged of Lord Mandelson in his underwear chatting to a woman in a bathrobe, seemingly at Epstein’s Paris apartment. 

Included in the tranche of recently revealed files is a video showing Epstein describing himself as a ‘tier one’ sexual predator during a sit-down interview.

Epstein, wearing glasses and a black shirt, is also asked whether he ‘is the Devil himself’ by the interviewer, who does not appear on screen, but he is believed to be Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon. 

‘No, but I do have a good mirror,’ the convicted paedophile responds, before the interviewer hits back: ‘It’s a serious question. Do you think you’re the devil himself?’

Epstein says: ‘I don’t know. Why would you say that?’

The interviewer begins to explain, saying, ‘because you have all the attributes’, before Epstein cuts him off: ‘No, the devil scares me.’

It is not clear when or where the interview was filmed, who filmed the video, or why Bannon in particular was chosen to question Epstein. 

‘What are you, [a] class 3 sexual predator?’ the interviewer asks Epstein.

‘Tier 1. I’m the lowest,’ the American financier responds.

More than three million pages of documents related to the late sex offender were released on Friday.

The publication of the documents came six weeks after a December 19 deadline to release all the files, as mandated in the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed Congress and was signed into law in November.

US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the release ‘marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process’, indicating that the US Justice Department views its role as complete.

However, Democrats continue to contend that the department has withheld a vast quantity of documents – potentially around two-and-a-half million – without proper justification.

Among the images published in the Epstein files are photographs showing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor kneeling on all fours over a female lying on the ground.

He is staring directly at the camera in one, while in another, he places his hand on the woman’s stomach, who is unidentified and remains fully clothed.

But like much of the material published by the US justice department on Epstein, no further context on where or when they were taken is given.

However, distinctive pieces of home decor seen in the background of the three images suggest Mountbatten-Windsor was likely inside the paedophile financier’s seven-storey New York home.

These include a leopard-print chair, large mahogany doors, and patterned floors, which have all been seen in images previously shared of the property.

Moreover, a picture of Woody Allen released by the US authorities in December also appears to have been taken inside the same room where Andrew was photographed.

The film director and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, were reportedly regular guests at the £60million townhouse, which Epstein used to build his connections with the rich and powerful.

The former Duke of York, who has faced years of scrutiny over his past friendship with Epstein, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

Formerly known as Prince Andrew, Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal title in October after mounting scrutiny over his links to the late sex offender.

Among the released documents from Friday’s drop are emails that show Epstein had organised for the former Duke of York to have dinner with a 26-year-old Russian woman in London in 2010.

In a message sent to a contact saved as ‘The Duke’, the paedophile financier wrote: ‘I have a friend who i think you might enjoy having dinner with.’

In response, ‘The Duke’ writes: ‘Of course. I am in Geneva until the morning of 22nd but would be delighted to see her.’

‘Will she be bringing a message from you? Please give her my contact details to get in touch,’ he continues. The email was signed off ‘HRH The Duke of York KG’.

In another email, ‘The Duke’ asks for more information about the woman.

‘She 26, russian, clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy and yes she has your email,’ Epstein writes.

‘The Duke’ replies: ‘That was quick! How are you? Good to be free?’

The emails were sent in August 2010, six months after Andrew celebrated his 50th birthday.

The arrangement was also proposed after Epstein was released from jail in July 2009, having served 13 months of an 18-month sentence for soliciting prostitution from a minor, for which he was registered as a sex offender.

A month after the dinner invitation, in September 2010, further emails between Epstein and ‘The Duke’ suggest Andrew invited the financier to have dinner with him at Buckingham Palace.

The disgraced former Prince appeared to say the pair could meet at the royal residence after the convicted sex trafficker asked for ‘private time’.

‘I am just departing Scotland should be down by 1800. I’ll ring you when I get down if you can give me a number to ring,’ the contact listed as ‘The Duke’ wrote.

‘Alternatively we could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots of privacy. A.’

A second woman has alleged she was sent to the UK by Epstein to have sex with Mountbatten-Windsor.

It comes as the UK Government continues to pressure the former prince to testify before the US Congress.

‘In terms of testifying, I have always said anybody who has got information should be prepared to share that information,’ Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told reporters.

The alleged encounter is said to have taken place at his former 30-bedroom mansion, Royal Lodge, in Windsor, in 2010.

The woman, who is not British and was in her 20s at the time, said she was given a tour of Buckingham Palace and tea after spending the night with the former prince.

While the Palace records the names of visitors, it has not been possible to corroborate her claims without revealing her identity.

This is the second woman to allege that she was sent to the UK by Epstein to have sex with Mountbatten-Windsor.

Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that she was brought to London to have sex with the former Prince in 2001 when she was 17, was the first.

Ms Giuffre, who took her own life last April, said she was forced to have sex with Mountbatten-Windsor twice more in 2001 and 2002 – once in New York and again on Epstein’s private Caribbean island. Andrew has always denied Ms Giuffre’s claims.

It is the first time an Epstein survivor has claimed they were sexually abused at a royal residence.