British PM's chief of staff resigns over Mandelson scandal

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigned Sunday saying he took responsibility for advising Starmer to name Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. despite his known links to Jeffrey Epstein.

This as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may have knowingly shared confidential information with Epstein when the former prince was UK trade envoy in 2001 to 2011, newly released documents reveal.

Morgan McSweeney's dramatic resignation as Starmer's chief of staff came after MP's called for someone to take responsibility for the escalating Mandelson scandal.

It was a bitter blow for the British prime minister who had said all week that he had full confidence in McSweeney.

McSweeney admitted he was wrong to advise Starmer to appoint Mandelson as US ambassador in 2025 despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and he took full responsibility.

Starmer fired Mandelson from his job in September. But he now faces a political storm after newly released documents suggested Mandelson sent sensitive information to Epstein during the 2008 financial crisis.

Starmer's government has promised to release its own emails and other documentation related to Mandelson's appointment which it says will show that Mandelson misled officials.

Mandelson, a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour Party, has not been arrested or charged.

This as a recently-released batch of Epstein file documents reveals that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor while trade envoy passed on reports to Epstein of visits to Singapore, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Vietnam,

and confidential information of investment opportunities.

Under official guidance, trade envoys have a duty of confidentiality over sensitive, commercial, or political information about their official visits. Andrew has consistently denied any wrongdoing.