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A American legislative panel investigating sex offender financier Jeffrey Epstein has reached out to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, once Britain’s Prince Andrew, demanding that he submit to an interview as part of its probe into Epstein’s illegal activities.

In a letter published on Thursday, a California congressman, the leading Democrat on the House oversight panel, requested that King Charles III’s sibling assist with its probe.

The written appeal to provide testimony follows a week after Mountbatten Windsor was lost his HRH style and consented to vacate his property in Windsor.

Documents and Claims

Mountbatten Windsor’s name features in papers and aviation records secured from Epstein’s estate and made public by the committee. He has also been alleged by one of Epstein’s accusers, the late Virginia Giuffre, of abuse.

“The panel will investigate accusations of abuse by Mountbatten Windsor, and will seek information on Epstein’s network, circle, and accomplices based on the men’s longstanding and extensively reported friendship,” the committee said in a statement.

It requested details from Mountbatten Windsor on specifics of his association with Epstein, who killed himself in a New York detention facility in 2019. Andrew has consistently categorically denied any wrongdoing.

Details of the Letter

“It has been publicly reported that your association with Mr Epstein commenced in 1999 and that you stayed connected through and after his 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting minors for commercial sex acts,” the letter said.

It stated further: “It has also been claimed that you went with Epstein to his New York property, the Queen’s home at Balmoral, and to Mr Epstein’s secluded island in the US Virgin Islands, where you have been alleged of abusing underage individuals. This intimate friendship 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 wrongdoings committed by Mr Epstein and his partners in crime.”

A notification regarding the letter said it was co-signed by 13 other Democrats on the committee and requests a answer by 20 November.

Previous Comments and Collaboration

The letter arrives a week after another Democrat on the committee commented: “Andrew should be asked to appear before the committee. The public should be able to know who was assaulting women and young girls alongside Epstein.”

However, the congressman does not hold the ability to legally require the ex-royal and Congress itself cannot oblige testimony from a non-US citizen.

In 2020, US authorities said that Mountbatten Windsor did not respond to US requests for an meeting. The then US attorney for the southern district of New York said that authorities and the FBI had contacted Andrew’s attorneys to follow up on his previous pledge that he was “willing to help any relevant law enforcement agency”.

“It’s reasonable for people to know whether Prince Andrew has followed through with that assurance,” the attorney said, adding that to date he had “offered no cooperation”.

Appeals for Transparency

The representative said in a statement that “rich and well-connected men have escaped the law for far too long. Now, ex- Prince Andrew has the chance to be honest and provide justice for the victims. The committee will not halt fighting for responsibility and transparency for survivors of Epstein and his group of partners.”

Another signatory, a Virginia Democrat, said that after receiving evidence to the committee from Epstein’s survivors, as well as news accounts of leaked documents, “it is vital that Andrew assists with the ongoing investigation. If he is not guilty, then he can clear his name.”

The lawmaker continued: “And if not, our examination will show that, and the survivors will receive belated redress. The monarchy’s actions stripping Andrew of his titles indicate there is further to this story.”

The letter came on the same day the British king officially revoked Mountbatten Windsor of his princely title. Charles III publicly made the adjustment – which had been announced a week ago – by issuing a “letters patent” which the crown office released in the Gazette, the UK’s public registry.