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A American legislative committee investigating sex offender financier Jeffrey Epstein has formally written to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, once Britain’s Prince Andrew, demanding that he submit to questioning as part of its inquiry into Epstein’s wrongdoings.

In a letter published on Thursday, a California congressman, the senior Democrat on the House oversight committee, requested that King Charles III’s brother assist with its inquiry.

The official demand to respond to queries arrives a week after Mountbatten Windsor was lost his HRH style and opted to vacate his leased home in Windsor.

Documents and Claims

Mountbatten Windsor’s name appears in records and flight logs obtained from Epstein’s estate and disclosed by the committee. He has also been alleged by one of Epstein’s accusers, the late Virginia Giuffre, of misconduct.

“The committee will probe claims of wrongdoing by Mountbatten Windsor, and will seek data on Epstein’s operations, network, and accomplices based on the men’s longstanding and well-documented friendship,” the committee said in a statement.

It demanded information from Mountbatten Windsor on particulars of his association with Epstein, who took his own life in a New York jail cell in 2019. Andrew has always vehemently rejected any impropriety.

Details of the Communication

“It has been documented that your association with Mr Epstein began in 1999 and that you stayed connected through and after his 2008 conviction for trafficking underage girls for prostitution,” the letter said.

It continued: “It has also been reported that you traveled with Epstein to his New York residence, the Queen’s residence at Balmoral, and to Mr Epstein’s secluded island in the US Virgin Islands, where you have been alleged of assaulting young girls. This intimate friendship with Mr Epstein, coupled with the newly disclosed 2011 digital communication in which you wrote to him ‘we are in this together’, further supports our suspicion that you may have key insights about the offenses committed by Mr Epstein and his co-conspirators.”

A announcement regarding the letter said it was supported 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 told: “Andrew should be called to appear before the committee. The citizens should be able to know who was harming women and underage individuals alongside Epstein.”

However, the representative does not have the authority to legally require the ex-royal and Congress itself cannot force statements from a non-US citizen.

In 2020, US officials said that Mountbatten Windsor neglected to respond to US appeals for an meeting. The then US attorney for the southern district of New York said that authorities and the FBI had reached out to Andrew’s lawyers to check on his public commitment that he was “ready to help any relevant law enforcement agency”.

“It’s just for people to know whether Prince Andrew has honored with that assurance,” the attorney said, adding that to date he had “provided absolutely no cooperation”.

Demands for Justice

The representative said in a announcement that “rich and well-connected men have escaped justice for far too long. Now, ex- Prince Andrew has the opportunity to be honest and provide redress for the affected individuals. Oversight Democrats will not halt fighting for responsibility and openness for survivors of Epstein and his network of accomplices.”

Another endorser, a Virginia Democrat, said that after receiving evidence to the committee from Epstein’s accusers, as well as news accounts of disclosed papers, “it is vital that Andrew works together with the ongoing investigation. If he is not guilty, then he can vindicate himself.”

The lawmaker added: “And if not, our examination will show that, and the affected individuals will receive long overdue redress. The monarchy’s actions taking away Andrew of his titles suggest there is further to this story.”

The letter came on the same day the British king publicly removed Mountbatten Windsor of his royal title. Charles III publicly made the adjustment – which had been announced a week ago – by issuing a “official document” which the monarch’s office released in the Gazette, the UK’s official public record.