🔗 Share this article House Committee Asks for Questioning with Andrew in Jeffrey Epstein Investigation A US congressional panel looking into sex offender financier Jeffrey Epstein has reached out to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, previously Britain’s Prince Andrew, requesting that he undergo questioning as part of its inquiry into Epstein’s wrongdoings. In a document published on Thursday, a lawmaker, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, asked that King Charles III’s sibling help with its investigation. The written appeal to respond to queries comes a week after Mountbatten Windsor was relieved of his princely title and consented to give up his leased home in Windsor. Records and Allegations Mountbatten Windsor’s name features in documents and travel logs subpoenaed from Epstein’s estate and made public by the committee. He has also been accused by one of Epstein’s accusers, the late Virginia Giuffre, of abuse. “The panel will probe accusations of misconduct by Mountbatten Windsor, and will request details on Epstein’s activities, associates, and accomplices based on the men’s longstanding and well-documented friendship,” the committee said in a statement. It sought particulars from Mountbatten Windsor on specifics of his relationship with Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019. Andrew has repeatedly categorically denied any impropriety. Content of the Letter “It has been documented that your association with Mr Epstein commenced in 1999 and that you continued associating through and after his 2008 guilty verdict for trafficking underage girls for prostitution,” the letter said. It stated further: “It has also been claimed that you journeyed with Epstein to his New York residence, the Queen’s residence at Balmoral, and to Mr Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands, where you have been charged of abusing underage individuals. 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 supports our concern that you may have valuable information about the offenses committed by Mr Epstein and his accomplices.” A notification regarding the letter said it was supported by 13 other Democrats on the committee and requests a answer by 20 November. Past Comments and Assistance The letter follows a week after another Democrat on the committee commented: “Andrew should be summoned to appear before the oversight committee. The public has the right to know who was abusing women and underage individuals alongside Epstein.” However, the lawmaker does not possess the authority to legally require the former prince and Congress itself cannot compel evidence from a non-US citizen. In 2020, US agencies said that Mountbatten Windsor failed to reply to US requests for an interview. The then US attorney for the southern district of New York said that lawyers and the FBI had contacted Andrew’s attorneys to follow up on his public commitment that he was “prepared to help any appropriate law enforcement agency”. “It’s fair for people to know whether Prince Andrew has honored with that pledge,” the attorney said, adding that to date he had “provided zero cooperation”. Calls for Transparency The congressman said in a comment that “affluent and powerful men have avoided the law for far too long. Now, former Prince Andrew has the chance to come clean and provide redress for the victims. We will not stop pushing for responsibility and openness for those affected of Epstein and his gang of partners.” Another signatory, a Virginia Democrat, said that after listening to evidence to the committee from Epstein’s survivors, as well as public reporting of leaked documents, “it is vital that Andrew works together with the ongoing probe. If he is innocent, then he can prove his innocence.” The lawmaker continued: “And if not, our examination will demonstrate that, and the survivors will receive belated accountability. The monarchy’s actions removing Andrew of his honors suggest there is additional to this situation.” The letter was issued on the same day the British king officially revoked Mountbatten Windsor of his princely title. Charles III formally made the alteration – which had been declared a week ago – by issuing a “letters patent” which the crown office made public in the Gazette, the UK’s public registry.