Prince Andrew was told Epstein saw Staley as close friend, court hears

FCA presents email evidence it claims shows bank boss and child sex offender were like family'

Prince Andrew was among a number of high-profile contacts of Jeffrey Epstein who were told that the child sex offender considered the former Barclays boss Jes Staley to be a close friend and like family", a court has heard

A package of emails presented at the upper tribunal in London marked the first time that the prince was explicitly mentioned in the case launched by Staley in hopes of overturning a lifetime ban from working in the City.