Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked to tell investigators what he know about Epstein, AP explains

Описание: (2 Feb 2026)
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London - 2 February 2026
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Danica Kirka, The Associated Press:
"The recent release of documents into the investigation of the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, have led to calls for former Prince Andrew to appear before a congressional committee to say what he knows about his friendship with the late financier. But let's take a moment back shall we, and think about what happened the last time Prince Andrew faced questioning about his friendship with Epstein. To be frank, it absolutely backfired for him. He showed no empathy for the victims. He was unbelievable and it led to him losing his place in the House of Windsor as a working royal."

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2. Wide of Andrew and Ferguson walking towards chapel at Windsor Castle

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Danica Kirka, The Associated Press:
"Ultimately, he was stripped of his titles and the ability to be called Prince, he's now called Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Experts say he's really unlikely to face this, to face any sort of questioning again but victims advocates say he really should. He really should because it would help the victims put together the broad jigsaw of what happened to them at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein."

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4. Various of Andrew after the Coronation of King Charles at Westminster Abbey
STORYLINE:
Former Prince Andrew saw his reputation destroyed six years ago and became the butt of internet jokes when he gave a disastrous interview to the BBC about his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

He’s unlikely to take that risk again even as Prime Minister Keir Starmer, U.S. congressmen and lawyers representing Epstein’s victims call for him to tell investigators what he knows about Epstein and his network of rich and powerful friends.

The pressure for Andrew to testify is growing after the latest release of documents from the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into Epstein revealed further unsavory details about links between the two men.

Attorney Gloria Allred, who represents many of Epstein’s victims, said on Monday that Andrew has a duty to provide any evidence that could help investigators understand how Epstein was able to abuse so many women for so long, and who else might have been involved in his crimes.

But the last time Andrew tried to answer questions about his friendship with Epstein it ended in disaster.

After the 2019 interview with Maitlis, Andrew was pilloried for offering unbelievable explanations for his continued contact with Epstein following the financier’s 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution, and for failing to show empathy for the victims.

Last fall, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his royal titles, including the right to be called a prince, as he tried to insulate the monarchy from the continuing revelations about his younger brother’s relationship with Epstein, which have tarnished the royal family for more than a decade. The former prince is now known simply as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Andrew has also been ordered to vacate Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion near Windsor Castle that has been his home for more than a decade.

Documents released on Friday suggest that Epstein sought to arrange a date between Mountbatten-Windsor and a “beautiful’’ 26-year-old Russian woman, and that the former prince offered Epstein dinner at Buckingham Palace.



Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019.



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