role as trade ambassador following questions about his "close" friendship with Saif Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan EFTA00436833 leader, and with Tarek Kaituni, a convicted Libyan arms dealer. But it is the Duke's links to Epstein, who is alleged to have abused up to 40 young girls, that now pose the great

rew in 2001 and they have been friends since. She was his guest at Ascot in 2007, although she denies rumours that they have ever been a couple. ■ Tarek Kaituni, a convicted Libyan gun smuggler, is an old friend . In 2008 he and Andrew enjoyed a four-day holiday to Tunisia. Kaituni was convicted of buying a