🔗 Share this article Congressional Committee Requests Interview with Andrew in Jeffrey Epstein Probe A US congressional committee probing convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has formally written to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Britain’s Prince Andrew, requesting that he submit to an interview as part of its probe into Epstein’s illegal activities. In a document published on Thursday, a US representative, the senior Democrat on the House oversight panel, requested that King Charles III’s younger brother assist with its inquiry. The written appeal to answer questions arrives a week after Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of his HRH style and consented to vacate his rented residence in Windsor. Documents and Allegations Mountbatten Windsor’s name is listed in records and aviation records obtained from Epstein’s estate and made public by the committee. He has also been accused by one of Epstein’s survivors, the late Virginia Giuffre, of sexual assault. “The panel will investigate allegations of wrongdoing by Mountbatten Windsor, and will request data on Epstein’s activities, associates, and accomplices based on the men’s long-term and well-documented friendship,” the committee said in a statement. It demanded information from Mountbatten Windsor on specifics of his relationship with Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York detention facility in 2019. Andrew has consistently vehemently rejected any impropriety. Substance of the Letter “It has been widely reported that your association with Mr Epstein began in 1999 and that you stayed connected through and after his 2008 guilty verdict for procuring minors for commercial sex acts,” the letter said. It added: “It has also been alleged that you journeyed with Epstein to his New York home, the Queen’s estate at Balmoral, and to Mr Epstein’s personal island in the US Virgin Islands, where you have been alleged of assaulting young girls. This strong bond with Mr Epstein, coupled with the newly disclosed 2011 electronic correspondence in which you wrote to him ‘we are in this together’, further bolsters our suspicion that you may have key insights about the crimes committed by Mr Epstein and his partners in crime.” A statement regarding the letter said it was co-signed by 13 other Democrats on the committee and requests a reply by 20 November. Past Remarks and Cooperation The letter follows a week after another Democrat on the committee told: “Andrew should be called to give evidence before the oversight committee. The people deserves to know who was harming women and minors alongside Epstein.” However, the representative does not hold the power to subpoena the duke and Congress itself cannot compel evidence from a foreign national. In 2020, US officials said that Mountbatten Windsor failed to cooperate to US requests for an discussion. The then US attorney for the southern district of New York said that authorities and the FBI had reached out to Andrew’s legal team to inquire on his previous pledge that he was “ready to help any suitable law enforcement agency”. “It’s reasonable for people to know whether Prince Andrew has fulfilled with that public commitment,” the attorney said, adding that to date he had “offered no cooperation”. Calls for Transparency The representative said in a statement that “affluent and powerful men have evaded the law for far too long. Now, ex- Prince Andrew has the opportunity to come clean and provide justice for the victims. Oversight Democrats will not cease pushing for answerability and transparency for those affected of Epstein and his network of accomplices.” Another endorser, a Virginia Democrat, said that after receiving testimony to the committee from Epstein’s survivors, as well as public reporting of disclosed papers, “it is vital that Andrew cooperates with the current inquiry. If he is not guilty, then he can vindicate himself.” The lawmaker continued: “And if not, our probe will demonstrate that, and the victims will receive long overdue justice. The monarchy’s actions taking away Andrew of his honors indicate there is further to this story.” The letter came on the same day the British king formally 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 monarch’s office released in the Gazette, the UK’s government journal.