Andrew urged ‘to comply’ with Jeffrey Epstein probe request after titles stripped | Royal | News
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has been urged by a Government Minister to comply with the US investigation into the crimes of late pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein if asked.
Describing Andrew as now an “ordinary member of the public”, Sir Chris suggested he should travel to the US to answer questions about the crimes of late pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein if asked.
He said: “I think, like any member of society, if there were such requests from another jurisdiction, I would expect every sane person to comply with that request. So I feel exactly the same in this case.”
He added: “Basically what I’m saying is that if Andrew was asked to do something by a Senate committee, then I would think he would want to comply.”
Sir Chris added that he “warmly” supported the Government’s decision to strip Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his titles.
Business secretary Sir Chris Bryant told BBC Breakfast: “I wholeheartedly support what the King has done today. I think the vast majority of people in this country will think it’s the right thing to do.”
Meanwhile, York Central MP Rachael Maskell said the monarchy needed to become more “responsible” following the King’s decision to strip Andrew Mountbatten of Windsor’s titles.
Ms Maskell told the BBC’s Today programme: “I think the world has moved on and we need the monarchy to be accountable in every sense, at least to the public. When we see 80% of the public saying ‘remove these titles’, I’m sure there’s a sense of relief across the country now that this has been done.”
Ms Maskell, who introduced a bill to the House of Commons to make it easier for the King to remove the nobility, suggested the law still needed to be changed.
He said: “We know, for example, that our peers are being imprisoned, so I think we need to look at the whole system. And his Bill would allow people with all kinds of nobles, baronets, dukes, princes and princesses to remove those titles, a mechanism that could be brought forward for all circumstances, not just one situation.”
