🔗 Share this article Congressional Committee Seeks Interview with the Duke of York in Epstein Probe A American legislative committee looking into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has formally written to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Britain’s Prince Andrew, demanding that he participate in questioning as part of its probe into Epstein’s illegal activities. In a document released on Thursday, a lawmaker, the leading Democrat on the House oversight panel, requested that King Charles III’s sibling cooperate with its inquiry. The formal request to respond to queries follows a week after Mountbatten Windsor was relieved of his HRH style and agreed to give up his property in Windsor. Records and Claims Mountbatten Windsor’s name features in records and travel logs obtained from Epstein’s estate and made public by the committee. He has also been charged by one of Epstein’s accusers, the late Virginia Giuffre, of misconduct. “The committee will investigate claims of wrongdoing by Mountbatten Windsor, and will demand data on Epstein’s network, network, and associates based on the men’s longstanding and thoroughly recorded friendship,” the committee said in a statement. It demanded details from Mountbatten Windsor on details of his relationship with Epstein, who took his own life in a New York prison cell in 2019. Andrew has consistently strongly denied any misconduct. Details of the Letter “It has been publicly reported that your relationship with Mr Epstein started in 1999 and that you stayed connected through and after his 2008 sentencing for procuring minors for commercial sex acts,” the letter said. It added: “It has also been claimed that you went with Epstein to his New York home, the Queen’s residence at Balmoral, and to Mr Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands, where you have been alleged of assaulting young girls. This close relationship with Mr Epstein, combined with the freshly uncovered 2011 electronic correspondence in which you wrote to him ‘we are in this together’, further confirms our suspicion that you may have key insights about the offenses committed by Mr Epstein and his partners in crime.” A announcement regarding the letter said it was co-signed by 13 other Democrats on the committee and demands a response by 20 November. Earlier Comments and Collaboration The letter arrives a week after another Democrat on the committee told: “Andrew should be asked to testify before the oversight committee. The people should be able to know who was abusing women and young girls alongside Epstein.” However, the representative does not hold the ability to legally require the duke and Congress itself cannot force testimony from a overseas individual. In 2020, US officials said that Mountbatten Windsor failed to cooperate 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 lawyers to follow up on his public commitment that he was “prepared to help any relevant law enforcement agency”. “It’s fair for people to know whether Prince Andrew has honored with that assurance,” the attorney said, adding that to date he had “offered zero cooperation”. Appeals for Transparency The representative said in a comment that “affluent and well-connected men have escaped accountability for far too long. Now, former Prince Andrew has the chance to tell the truth and provide redress for the affected individuals. We will not cease advocating for answerability and clarity for those affected of Epstein and his network of co-conspirators.” Another signatory, a Virginia Democrat, said that after hearing testimony to the committee from Epstein’s victims, as well as media coverage of released files, “it is vital that Andrew assists with the ongoing probe. If he is not guilty, then he can clear his name.” The lawmaker continued: “And if not, our probe will demonstrate that, and the survivors will receive much-delayed redress. The royal household’s actions removing Andrew of his titles indicate there is additional to this case.” The letter came on the same day the British king publicly stripped Mountbatten Windsor of his HRH style. Charles III publicly made the change – which had been revealed a week ago – by issuing a “official document” which the monarch’s office released in the Gazette, the UK’s official public record.