The British Royal Family's Prince Andrew, once a close associate of deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has emphatically claimed for years that he broke off their friendship in its entirety in late 2010 because of Epstein's legal issues and the disturbing allegations against him of sex trafficking underage girls.

Yet, an email from 2011 has just turned up that strongly suggests that Andrew lied about when, exactly, he ended all contact with Epstein, the Daily Mail reported.

Meanwhile, the British prince and other former associates of the late pedophilic financier are likely growing more concerned about being publicly exposed and humiliated, as President Donald Trump's pick to head the FBI, Kash Patel, recently vowed full public transparency on who was involved with Epstein's sex trafficking.

2011 email contradicts prior claim

The Daily Mail reported Prince Andrew's emphatic claim about when he ended all contact with Epstein has come under question as a result of developments in a legal case involving the former head of Barclays Bank, Jes Staley, who is also alleged to have made "misleading statements" about his close friendship with Epstein.

Recent legal filings in that case included numerous damning emails, some of which linked together all three individuals -- Epstein, Staley, and Andrew -- as close associates and mutual friends.

One of those emails was sent by Andrew to Epstein on Feb. 28, 2011, to discuss recent news reports on the sex trafficking allegations against Epstein but concluded with the message, "Keep in close touch and we'll play some more soon!!!!"

Andrew lied about when he ended contact with Epstein

The content and date of that email is critical, per the Daily Mail, in that it sharply contradicts and undermines Prince Andrew's claim in a disastrous 2019 Newsnight interview of when, precisely, he cut ties with Epstein over his prior criminal conviction and continuing allegations of sex trafficking young girls.

Andrew was repeatedly queried about his December 2010 visit to New York City, during which he stayed for several days at Epstein's mansion, though he was ostensibly there to completely sever their relationship.

Recalling a walk together in Central Park in which they mutually agreed to not be friends any longer, Andrew insisted that he left town "the next day and to this day I never had any contact with him from that day forward."

The revelation of the conflicting dates of the email versus Andrew's claim prompted a sharp response from Spencer Kuvin, a Florida attorney who represents several of Epstein's alleged victims, who told the Daily Mail, "The 2011 email clearly contradicts Andrew's previous claims he stopped contacting Epstein in 2010. There should be further investigation."

The attorney added, "The comment of 'play some more soon' -- they're not tennis partners, the only thing they were doing was partying together."

Trump's FBI could fully expose Epstein's sex trafficking ring

As if that wasn't bad enough for Prince Andrew, he and other former Epstein associates are likely worried about the possibility of being further exposed if President Trump's pick to head the FBI is confirmed.

During a recent confirmation hearing, Patel was pressed by a Republican senator about the prior administration's refusal to cooperate on efforts to uncover the full extent of Epstein's child sex trafficking ring and was asked if he would be more cooperative with lawmakers in that regard.

"Absolutely, Senator," Patel replied. "Child sex trafficking has no place in the United States of America, and I will do everything -- if confirmed as FBI Director -- to make sure the American people know the full weight of what happened in the past and how we are going to countermand missing children and exploited children."