Jeffrey Epstein used his private jet – the so-called ‘Lolita Express’ – for dozens of flights to the UK, newly-released files show, including trips to see Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Flight logs from the Epstein files have revealed dozens of flights taken by the paedophile financier on his ‘Lolita Express’ jet to the UK – including to see Andrew.
New analysis of the millions of documents released by the US Department of Justice from their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein show he made 90 flights to and from British airports on his private jet, with a number of these coinciding with known meetings with the former prince. Andrew has long denied any wrongdoing stemming from his relationship with Epstein.
The majority of Epstein’s flights took place in North America, including ones used to traffic his young victims between his homes in New York, the US Virgin Islands and Palm Beach, Florida.
Here’s a list of Epstein’s most infamous flights to the UK:
Sandringham shooting weekend, December 2000
In December 2000, Epstein’s jet travelled from JFK Airport in New York to Luton before securing permission to land at RAF Marham, a short drive from the Sandringham estate.
Photographs released years later captured Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Andrew out on the grouse moors dressed in tweeds during this shooting weekend. Another image from a recent release of files showed Andrew reclining across the legs of five people whose faces were redacted, with his head near a woman’s lap while Maxwell smiles down at him.When the group departed via Norwich Airport, the flight log recorded Epstein, Maxwell, a passenger listed as ‘Kelly Spamm’, US hotel tycoon Tom Pritzker, and an unnamed female.
Morocco to London, March 2001
This journey began with Epstein, Maxwell, and 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre departing Palm Beach, Florida.
After stops in Canada and Paris, they were joined by interior designer Alberto Pinto, his sister Linda, Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, and a woman who has not been named
They travelled to Granada in Spain, and then to Tangier, Morocco, where the Pintos and the unnamed woman departed. Roberts, Epstein, and Maxwell continued to London for a two-day stay.
Virginia Giuffre, who died last year, alleged she was taken to Maxwell’s Knightsbridge mews house and the Mayfair nightclub Tramp during this trip. She claimed she was forced to have sex with Andrew, who was always denied all allegations against him.
The infamous photograph of Andrew with his arm around Giuffre, with Maxwell smiling in the background, was allegedly taken at the Knightsbridge flat during this visit. Flight logs from this leg also list passengers identified as ‘Roger’ and Emmy Taylor, Maxwell’s British personal assistant.
Meeting with Tony Blair, May 2002
In the spring of 2002, Epstein’s Boeing 727-100 arrived at Luton Airport from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.
The next day, Epstein had a private, 30-minute meeting with then-Prime Minister Tony Blair in London, which was arranged following intense lobbying by Peter Mandelson.
Mandelson emailed Blair’s chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, to describe Epstein as “a friend” and an “advisor to the super-rich.” He also claimed that former US President Bill Clinton wanted to introduce Epstein to Blair.
A memo detailing this controversial meeting was reportedly buried by government officials for over two decades before finally being released via a Freedom of Information request. In 2025, a spokesperson for Blair confirmed that the meeting took place, adding that it “lasted less than 30 minutes” and was “long before his crimes were known of”.
Two days after the meeting, on May 16, the jet departed for Nice in the south of France.
Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday, July 2006
Epstein’s jet arrived at Luton Airport on July 14, 2006, ahead of a “masked ball” celebrating Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday.
The party was held the next day at Royal Lodge, the former Duke of York’s Windsor mansion.
Photographs from the gardens show Epstein in fancy dress wearing a US military uniform, standing alongside Ghislaine Maxwell in a feathered boa mask and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in a coat and tails.
Epstein attended this event despite an active arrest warrant having been issued against him in the US two months earlier for the sexual assault of a minor. The jet departed for Paris Charles de Gaulle on July 18, and Epstein was arrested in Florida just eight days after the birthday party.
