Former Duke of York Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been asked to appear before a U.S. Congress committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes.
Democratic committee members have requested Mountbatten Windsor provide information “based on the men’s longstanding and well-documented friendship.”
Meanwhile, official paperwork has been filed to strip him of his royal titles.
Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein was a well-known American hedge fund manager and a convicted sex offender.
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in a controversial deal to charges related to sex-trafficking minors. He served 13 months in jail.
In 2019, police arrested him again on new federal sex trafficking charges. Epstein was denied bail and died in his jail cell while awaiting trial.
He was known to be friends with an array of high-profile politicians, celebrities, and the wealthy.
In 2024, a U.S. court unsealed documents revealing Epstein’s associates, including Mountbatten Windsor. He has repeatedly rejected allegations of wrongdoing in connection to Epstein.
In 2022, Mountbatten Windsor settled a lawsuit with the late Virginia Giuffre over claims Epstein trafficked and forced her to engage in sexual activity while she was underage. He did not admit wrongdoing.
Last month, the London Metropolitan Police said it is “actively looking into the claims” that Mountbatten Windsor tried to find incriminating information about Giuffre in 2011.
Investigation
Democratic members of the U.S. House Oversight Committee issued a letter to Mountbatten Windsor requesting “he submit to questioning” for an “investigation into Epstein’s sex trafficking operations.”
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The letter notes flight logs showing Mountbatten Windsor’s travels to Epstein’s private island and on his plane while “[Epstein’s] criminal activities were ongoing”.
It also details the pair’s “friendship,” as well as claims made in Giuffre’s memoir, released last month after her death earlier this year.
The letter, signed by 16 members of Congress, said a 2011 email exchange where Andrew told Epstein “we are in this together”, “further confirms our suspicion that [Mountbatten Windsor] may have valuable information” about Epstein’s crimes and “co-conspirators”.
It requests Mountbatten Windsor “make [him]self available” for an interview on the record.
The Committee has asked for a response by 20 November.
Royal titles
Mountbatten Windsor announced on 17 October he would stop using the title of Duke of York.
Two weeks later, King Charles III announced all his titles will be removed, and that he had been asked to leave his royal residence.
On 5 November (local time) a notice was published to The Gazette – the UK’s official public record – confirming Mountbatten Windsor “shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of ‘Royal Highness’ and the titular dignity of ‘Prince’.”
Names
A local council in Victoria is looking at changing the name of a street called Prince Andrew Avenue after a request from residents.
Speaking to ABC on Wednesday, Whittlesea City Council CEO Craig Lloyd said the change “is up to the... majority of residents.”
In 2022, Prince Andrew High School in Canada was renamed due to allegations against its namesake, and in May, Prince Andrew School on the British Overseas Territory Saint Helena voted to drop its name.
