Former minister and ambassador Peter Mandelson, arrested for his links to Jeffrey Epstein

LondonNew police operation in the UK targeting Jeffrey Epstein's pedophilia and corruption ring. Just four days after the seismic event. arrest of Andrew Mountbatten WindsorPeter Mandelson, brother of King Charles III, the former Labour minister and former British ambassador to the United States, was also arrested Monday afternoon at his home in Camden, north London. Three plainclothes officers, equipped with body cameras, escorted him to the police station. at a police station to be questioned by Metropolitan Police officers.

Mandelson was dismissed by the premier Keir Starmer was arrested last September for his links to Epstein. This afternoon's arrest comes as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office, the same offense for which Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains embroiled, after spending nearly twelve hours at a North West police station last Thursday, his 66th birthday, while three of his residences were searched. The searches at Royal Lodge, the 32-room mansion on the grounds of Windsor Castle where he has lived for the past two decades, concluded this Monday.

As for Mandelson, police recently searched one of his properties in Wiltshire and his London home. Authorities are investigating whether the man, who was a key figure during Tony Blair's era, is involved in any wrongdoing. leaked highly sensitive government documents to Jeffrey Epstein during his time as Minister for Business in Gordon Brown's government (2007-2010). The compromised information included details about the European Union's euro bailout in the context of the 2008 financial crisis, details of Brown's resignation, and data on sales of public assets.

A crisis for Keir Starmer

The figure of Mandelson, historically known in the political circles of the British Isles as the Prince of darkness Because of his behind-the-scenes influence and his calculating, Machiavellian style, he now faces an investigation that also includes alleged payments of £56,000 from Epstein, in addition to further transfers directed to her husband. The politician vehemently denies receiving these payments and any other criminal conduct.

The revelations in early February, known in based on Epstein's files released by the Justice Department On January 30, they caused a A very serious political crisis for Keir Starmer. He premier He appointed Mandelson as ambassador to the United States in December 2024, despite prior warnings about his friendship with the American pedophile. After being dismissed from the post, new evidence about the depth of that relationship forced Mandelson to leave the Labour Party and the House of Lords.

Now, with the former Prince Andreu and the Prince of darkness Under the scrutiny of the justice system for crimes that could carry prison sentences, the United Kingdom faces one of its most serious crises of confidence since the Profumo affair in the 1960s. Mandelson's arrest comes during a very bad week for the Labour government, which faces a crucial by-election in northern England this Thursday and, if it fares poorly, could once again put the spotlight on Starmer's leadership, whose continued tenure is increasingly being questioned within the party and the parliamentary group.