Peter Mandelson had four dates scheduled in the diary to see Epstein

Peter Mandelson had four dates scheduled in the diary to see Jeffrey Epstein… after the tycoon’s jail term

• Mandelson was due to meet Jeffrey Epstein four times between 2010 and 2013
• The four meetings were set despite Epstein being registered as a sex offender 

Peter Mandelson was scheduled to have four meetings with Jeffrey Epstein after the tycoon served time in prison for having sex with underage girls.

The paedophile’s private calendars reveal that the ex-Labour Cabinet Minister was due to meet the financier between 2010 and 2013, even though he was a registered sex offender.

The diaries even suggest Lord Mandelson stayed at his £63 million New York mansion in 2012.

The Mail on Sunday can also reveal that Prince Andrew was so comfortable in Epstein’s home he invited a close friend over for tea.

The calendars were revealed as part of hundreds of documents handed over by Epstein’s estate during an investigation by the government of the US Virgin Islands, where he had a private island.

Peter Mandelson (pictured) was scheduled to have four meetings with Jeffrey Epstein after the tycoon served time in prison for having sex with underage girls

They shed light on the network of associates cultivated by Epstein, who hanged himself in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.

The disgraced billionaire was jailed for 13 months in June 2008 for soliciting a minor for prostitution as part of a sweetheart plea deal. 

After leaving jail, Epstein had to register as a sex offender and was subject to a 12-month house arrest, which expired in July 2010.

Despite this Lord Mandelson, a former EU commissioner for trade, appears to have met Epstein several times.

Lord Mandelson declined to confirm if the meetings had taken place – but other figures who appear on the documents have said their get-togethers did go ahead.

At the time, the peer was out of public office but being tipped to lead the IMF or the World Trade Organization.

They shed light on the network of associates cultivated by Epstein (pictured in 2017), who hanged himself in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking

The first two meetings were listed for Epstein’s New York townhouse on March 1 and March 3, 2010, when he was still under house arrest.

The March 1 entry says Lord Mandelson was due at 7.30pm while Benjamin Wegg-Prosser, referred to as ‘Peter’s friend’, was due to arrive at 1pm.

READ MORE: Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein continued to ‘entertain’ up to SEVEN young girls a day after conviction – and was so obsessed with their teeth he had a dentist’s chair at his mansion

Mr Wegg-Prosser was Lord Mandelson’s assistant and was previously Tony Blair’s director of strategic communications. 

He now works at Global Counsel, Lord Mandelson’s consulting company, as a managing director.

An entry for May 28 2012 said: ‘** Peter Mandelson to arrive in the evening from Shelter Island WILL HE STAY AT HOUSE?**’

Shelter Island is an island in The Hamptons, the millionaires’ playground east of New York.

The entry for Wednesday, May 30 reads: ‘** Peter Mandelson possibly leaves today if meetings organised for Boston, otherwise depart Thurs for DC **’ 

The final entry is for April 4, 2014 and is a dinner with Mandelson, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, investor Mort Zuckerman and Jes Staley, the former head of JP Morgan, who has been accused of abusing Epstein’s victims.

Previous reports have shown photos of Lord Mandelson on Epstein’s island in 2005 and at his birthday in 2006, but the diaries are the first suggestions of meetings after his prison sentence.

Mr Wegg-Prosser confirmed his meeting with Epstein did take place and said that it was ‘of no consequence and thankfully was never to be repeated’.

Meanwhile, The Mail on Sunday has learned that Prince Andrew invited family friend Katherine Keating, 41, daughter of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, to Epstein’s mansion.

He was photographed peering around the door of the disgraced billionaire’s home on December 6, 2010 as he waved goodbye to her.

One source said: ‘Andrew told Emily Maitlis in his Newsnight interview he went to New York to sever ties with Epstein so it seems counterintuitive he would feel comfortable enough to invite an old family friend over for tea. You have to wonder what was he thinking?’

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