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A American legislative body probing pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein has sent a letter to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Britain’s Prince Andrew, demanding that he undergo a deposition as part of its investigation into Epstein’s wrongdoings.

In a document made public on Thursday, a California congressman, the senior Democrat on the House oversight committee, urged that King Charles III’s sibling assist with its investigation.

The official demand to answer questions follows a week after Mountbatten Windsor was lost his HRH style and consented to surrender his rented residence in Windsor.

Records and Claims

Mountbatten Windsor’s name is listed in records and aviation records subpoenaed from Epstein’s estate and publicly released by the committee. He has also been accused by one of Epstein’s victims, the late Virginia Giuffre, of abuse.

“The panel will probe claims of wrongdoing by Mountbatten Windsor, and will demand information on Epstein’s network, network, and associates based on the men’s enduring and thoroughly recorded friendship,” the committee said in a statement.

It demanded information from Mountbatten Windsor on details of his relationship with Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York prison cell in 2019. Andrew has consistently categorically denied any misconduct.

Content of the Letter

“It has been publicly reported that your association with Mr Epstein started in 1999 and that you continued associating through and after his 2008 conviction for procuring minors for prostitution,” the letter said.

It continued: “It has also been reported that you traveled with Epstein to his New York home, the Queen’s home at Balmoral, and to Mr Epstein’s personal island in the US Virgin Islands, where you have been alleged of harming underage individuals. This strong bond with Mr Epstein, combined with the recently revealed 2011 digital communication in which you wrote to him ‘we are in this together’, further bolsters our suspicion that you may have important details about the wrongdoings committed by Mr Epstein and his accomplices.”

A announcement regarding the letter said it was co-signed by 13 other Democrats on the committee and demands a answer by 20 November.

Earlier Comments and Cooperation

The letter arrives a week after another Democrat on the committee stated: “Andrew should be summoned to testify before the committee. The citizens deserves to know who was assaulting women and underage individuals alongside Epstein.”

However, the lawmaker does not have the ability to compel the former prince and Congress itself cannot force statements from a overseas individual.

In 2020, US agencies said that Mountbatten Windsor failed to respond to US requests for an meeting. The then US attorney for the southern district of New York said that lawyers and the FBI had approached Andrew’s legal team to inquire on his public commitment that he was “willing to help any suitable law enforcement agency”.

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

Appeals for Accountability

The representative said in a statement that “rich and influential men have evaded accountability for far too long. Now, former Prince Andrew has the option to tell the truth and secure justice for the survivors. Oversight Democrats will not cease pushing for accountability and openness for those affected of Epstein and his network of partners.”

Another endorser, a Virginia Democrat, said that after listening to accounts to the committee from Epstein’s survivors, as well as public reporting of leaked documents, “it is crucial that Andrew assists with the current investigation. If he is not guilty, then he can vindicate himself.”

The lawmaker continued: “And if not, our probe will reveal that, and the victims will receive belated justice. The monarchy’s actions stripping Andrew of his titles suggest there is more to this situation.”

The letter was issued on the same day the British king publicly revoked Mountbatten Windsor of his royal title. Charles III publicly made the change – which had been declared a week ago – by issuing a “official document” which the crown office made public in the Gazette, the UK’s official public record.