Big Gates and Andrew, formerly Prince Andrew.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's ties to Jeffrey Epstein were resurfaced Friday, when House Democrats released a trove of photos from the late sex offender's estate.

"These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world," the Democrats wrote in a post to X announcing the cache of images. Their move comes amid a battle with the White House over the release of the so-called "Epstein Files" – documents from the once-powerful financial adviser's estate connected to his yearslong abuse of young women.

Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew of the British royal family, appears in one of the photographs, alongside Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

While Democrats claimed they planned to release some 95,000 photos, only 19 are currently available.

Andrew was stripped of his royal title earlier this year and pushed out of his plush home at Royal Lodge amid reports of his association with Epstein, who died by suicide in a Manhattan jail in August 2019, while awaiting federal sex-trafficking charges.

Andrew's late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, stripped him of his patronages and military associations in 2022, making him a royal persona non grata. The decision occurred after the settlement of a sex-abuse lawsuit filed against him by Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in Australia earlier this year.

In October, the scandal widened as Giuffre's memoir, "Nobody's Girl," published posthumously, shed light on a shocking cache of allegations against the former royal. It came directly on the heals of a report alleging Andrew asked police to help him dig up dirt on her after she accused him of sexual abuse.

In the book, Giuffre alleges that she was groomed by jailed Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, and paid to have sex with Andrew.

"Soon, Epstein would give me $15,000 for servicing the man the tabloids called 'Randy Andy' – a lot of money," she wrote, adding later: "I hadn't wanted to have sex with the prince, I said, but I felt I had to. Our livelihoods depended on it, for one thing, but I also truly believed there was no way for me to free myself from Epstein and Maxwell's grip."

Contributing: Wendy Naugle, Edward Segarra, Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY

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