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Devastating new emails released by the US Department of Justice show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sent photos of his daughters Eugenie and Beatrice to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Bombshell new documents released on Friday show pictures of the princesses were included in communications sent to billionaire predator Epstein in 2011 and 2012.

The never-before-seen files pile more pressure on former Prince Andrew over his association with Epstein, who was convicted as a paedophile in 2008. At the time of the emails being sent to Epstein, Andrew's daughter Eugenie would have been between 21 and 22, and Beatrice would have been aged between 23 and 24.

Andrew, who was stripped of his titles by King Charles late last year, is also shown to have sent the emails and photos after he claimed to have stopped all contact with Epstein.

The first photograph of the princesses Andrew sent appears to be a seasonal greeting card delivered from his "HRH The Duke of York" email address on December 21, 2011. It reads "Wishing you much joy and happiness at this time and for the year ahead" and is signed by Andrew.

The picture of Beatrice and Eugenie shows the pair smiling for the camera wrapped up for snowy conditions, with Beatrice wearing a silver crown Christmas cracker hat and Eugenie sporting a fur hat.

The following year on December 20, 2012, family photos were again included. Princess Beatrice was shown having climbed Mount Blanc in the Alps with a caption "HRH Princess Beatrice climbing Mount Blanc, France, 7th September".

Princess Eugenie appears on the card in a yellow fluorescent outfit taking part in a bike ride in London. The caption for her photo reads: "HRH Princess Eugenie Night Rider, London, 10th June, 2012".

Andrew has signed the greeting card, which also shows a photo of himself abseiling The Shard in London and Sarah Ferguson on her trip to the Great Slave Lake in Canada.

Andrew has always strongly denied any wrongdoing in connection with his relationship with Epstein, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019.

More pictures released on Friday appear to show Andrew crouched over an unidentified woman. The images are among more than three million documents published by the US Department of Justice relating to disgraced paedophile financier Epstein, including images of a man kneeling on the floor next to a woman lying down.

The undated pictures were released in a document of 100 pages of photographs, and also appear to show the former duke touching the woman's abdomen. Another unidentified person's feet are up on a table in the background. They have no captions and it is not known where they were taken.

Elsewhere in the document dump, screenshots and scans appear to show the former prince exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein about a "beautiful" Russian woman and invited him to Buckingham Palace.

In an August 2010 exchange, two years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution, for which he served 13 months in a jail work-release programme, the financier writes: "I have a friend who I think you might enjoy having dinner with."

In response, "The Duke" replies: "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. A."

In response to a redacted email, "The Duke" says: "Great. Any other information you might know about her that might be useful to know? Like what have you told her about me and have you given her my email as well?"

Epstein then writes: "She 26, russian, clevere beautiful, trustworthy and yes she has your email."

The email account labelled "The Duke" replies: "That was quick! How are you? Good to be free?"

Epstein says: "(redacted).. great to be free of many things."

The exchange ends with "The Duke" saying: "So many opportunities that I am frustratingly not allowed to participate in.

"And so many that are obvious but can't get anyone to fire on. Must come and see you sometime soon."