🔗 Share this article Congressional Panel Asks for Questioning with Andrew in Jeffrey Epstein Inquiry A American legislative committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has reached out to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, previously Britain’s Prince Andrew, requesting that he participate in an interview as part of its probe into Epstein’s illegal activities. In a letter published on Thursday, a lawmaker, the leading Democrat on the House investigative committee, urged that King Charles III’s sibling cooperate with its investigation. The formal request to provide testimony arrives a week after Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of his HRH style and opted to give up his leased home in Windsor. Files and Accusations Mountbatten Windsor’s name appears in papers and flight logs subpoenaed from Epstein’s estate and disclosed by the committee. He has also been alleged by one of Epstein’s victims, the late Virginia Giuffre, of abuse. “The panel will probe accusations of misconduct by Mountbatten Windsor, and will request data on Epstein’s activities, network, and associates based on the men’s long-term and thoroughly recorded friendship,” the committee said in a press release. It sought information from Mountbatten Windsor on particulars of his friendship with Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019. Andrew has repeatedly strongly denied any impropriety. Details of the Letter “It has been documented that your association with Mr Epstein started in 1999 and that you stayed connected through and after his 2008 guilty verdict for procuring minors for sex work,” the letter said. It added: “It has also been reported that you traveled with Epstein to his New York home, the Queen’s residence at Balmoral, and to Mr Epstein’s personal island in the US Virgin Islands, where you have been charged of assaulting minors. This close relationship with Mr Epstein, coupled with the recently revealed 2011 electronic correspondence in which you wrote to him ‘we are in this together’, further confirms our concern that you may have key insights about the crimes committed by Mr Epstein and his accomplices.” A statement regarding the letter said it was co-signed by 13 other Democrats on the committee and requests a response by 20 November. Earlier Comments and Assistance The letter follows a week after another Democrat on the committee told: “Andrew should be summoned to give evidence before the panel. The citizens deserves to know who was abusing women and underage individuals alongside Epstein.” However, the representative does not hold the power to compel the duke and Congress itself cannot oblige testimony from a non-US citizen. In 2020, US officials said that Mountbatten Windsor neglected to respond to US demands for an interview. The then US attorney for the southern district of New York said that prosecutors and the FBI had reached out to Andrew’s legal team to inquire on his earlier promise that he was “willing to help any suitable law enforcement agency”. “It’s just for people to know whether Prince Andrew has fulfilled with that assurance,” the attorney said, adding that to date he had “provided absolutely no cooperation”. Demands for Justice The congressman said in a statement that “rich and well-connected men have evaded accountability for far too long. Now, ex- Prince Andrew has the chance to come clean and secure justice for the survivors. The committee will not halt advocating for accountability and clarity for survivors of Epstein and his gang of partners.” Another signatory, a Virginia Democrat, said that after listening to accounts to the committee from Epstein’s survivors, as well as media coverage of released files, “it is crucial that Andrew cooperates with the current investigation. If he is innocent, then he can vindicate himself.” The lawmaker continued: “And if not, our investigation will show that, and the victims will receive belated redress. The Royal Family’s actions taking away Andrew of his honors show there is additional to this case.” The letter was issued on the same day the British king officially stripped Mountbatten Windsor of his royal title. Charles III officially made the alteration – which had been revealed a week ago – by issuing a “official document” which the monarch’s office made public in the Gazette, the UK’s government journal.