Peter Mandelson Stops Short Of Apologising For Epstein Friendship: 'I Was Not Culpable'

Former US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson

Lord Peter Mandelson has refused to apologise for his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, insisting he is “not culpable”.

The former ambassador to the US was sacked in September after unearthed emails found Mandelson had told Epstein “your friends stay with you and love you” even as he was facing child underage sex charges in 2008.

Their friendship was already public knowledge prior to Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador last year...