Molly StubbsThe Times Magazine has received hundreds of complaints on their Instagram after revealing this week’s cover star as the disgraced Lord Peter Mandelson. Lord Mandelson was revealed to be in ‘The Epstein Files’, the cache of documents, images and videos related to billionaire pedophile, trafficker, and rapist Jeffrey Epstein, in September 2025. Mandelson was appointed to the role of British Ambassador to the United States in February 2025 after being nominated in December 2024. That same month, when preparing to take up his role, Mandelson said: “I regret ever meeting [Jeffrey Epstein] or being introduced to him by his partner Ghislaine Maxwell. “In tomorrow’s magazine: The latest Jeffrey Epstein files lay bare Peter Mandelson’s friendship with the late paedophile, including financial gifts of $75,000 and leaking a confidential government memo.

Source: The Times February 08, 2026 01:04 UTC