Time to see the Andrew files – we must know what he did as envoy

It has been reported that his elder brother opposed the appointment on the grounds that Andrew was “a disaster waiting to happen”, but it was pushed through by the late Queen, prime minister Tony Blair and, according to reports at the time, Mandelson, who knew Andrew through their joint patronage of the NSPCC. Charles’s concern proved accurate, as Andrew proceeded to use his position to chase women, play golf and line his own pockets. The latest release of documents reveal that in November 2010, Andrew forwarded reports from visits to Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam and China to Epstein five minutes…