Andrew should give evidence to Epstein committee, Starmer suggests
Suhas Subramanyam, a Democrat who sits on the committee, said Andrew “has been hiding from us, and I think he will continue to try to hide from people doing meaningful investigations of this matter”.
This week, Donald Trump signed a bill that will force the Justice Department to release a cache of Epstein’s emails within 30 days, with some exemptions.
The US president had previously resisted publishing the emails, which could include further evidence of his own association with the disgraced financier, calling the push for release a Democrat-led “hoax” to “deflect” attention away from his work.
But he changed his mind after significant pushback from congressional Republicans and Epstein victims.
On signing the bill, which passed with just one objection, he wrote: “Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed, because I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!”
Speaking about Mountbatten-Windsor’s potential involvement in the congressional investigation, Starmer added: “A general principle I’ve held for a very long time is that anybody who has got relevant information in relation to these kind of cases should give that evidence to those that need it.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Starmer has largely avoided commenting on Mountbatten-Windsor’s involvement with Epstein.Credit: Getty Images
The Labour government last month rejected calls for a debate on whether to strip Mountbatten-Windsor of his remaining title, the dukedom of York, which can only be removed by parliament.
A Downing Street spokesman said at the time: “We know that the royal family would not want to take time from other important issues.”
Mountbatten-Windsor’s association with Epstein, which included visits to his private island, Little St James, has plagued him for more than five years.
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The former prince paid an out-of-court settlement to Virginia Giuffre in 2022 after she accused him of sexual assault and rape, without admitting wrongdoing.
Giuffre died by suicide in April. Mountbatten-Windsor stood down from all royal duties in 2019 and renounced his remaining titles last month, with the agreement of King Charles, amid concern from Buckingham Palace that his personal life was distracting from the work of the monarchy.
In a statement released at the time, Mountbatten-Windsor said he would “no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me”, adding: “As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”
