Gordon Brown says police must interview Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over Epstein links
Former Labor prime minister Gordon Brown has called for police to interview Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over a reported sex trafficking network in and outside the UK run by his friend Jeffrey Epstein.
He asked the Metropolitan Police to urgently re-examine its decision-making in the investigation into whether Epstein’s victims were trafficked to Britain and called for a full investigation.
Nearly 90 flights linked to the convicted sex offender landed at or departed from UK airports from the early 1990s to 2018, according to a BBC investigation in December; Some of them included British women who said they were abused by Epstein.
Ex-prime minister says he has found more evidence of Epstein’s trafficking network in UK Stansted airport on flights from Latvia, Lithuania and Russia paid for by convicted pedophile Epstein.
Mr Brown insisted the King’s brother should be questioned as part of a full investigation and said he was fundamentally shocked by the evidence about planes carrying trafficked women.
Mr Brown wrote: New Statesman Noting that at least one of the flights was linked to Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, he said: “I have been told privately that investigations into the former Prince Andrew have not properly checked vital evidence relating to the flights. I have asked the police to look at this as part of the new investigation.”
“Even Stansted’s revelations require them to interview Andrew.”
Thames Valley Police are already in talks with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over allegations that Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, as UK trade envoy, shared secret reports with Epstein.
The former chancellor and Prime Minister wrote that emails in the Epstein files revealed that some British girls were on dozens of flights from UK airports on Epstein’s so-called “Lolita Express.” He said visas were issued and payments were made to transport them.
About 15 flights were approved after Epstein was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008.
The messages revealed in “graphic detail” how Epstein used Stansted to traffic girls from Eastern Europe.
One email titled “Girl” describes a young woman as “just turned 18, 179 cm, very cute, speaks English” and adds: “I actually saw her 3 years ago… I will send you the video in the next email”.
The King’s brother, who has denied any wrongdoing, was stripped of his royal titles, honors and his home, the Royal Lodge at Windsor, last year over his friendship with Epstein.
Mr. Brown also questioned the competence of British officials, claiming they “had little or no idea who was being trafficked in our country and in whose name other than Epstein.”
“The evidence suggests that some individuals in the UK are complicit in human trafficking. This requires a full investigation,” he wrote.
He added: “I have asked the Met to urgently re-examine the decision-making processes in its investigations and subsequent reviews.
“Even the women whose names appear in the Epstein files, which should have been requested from the US Department of Justice months ago, do not appear to have been contacted by British investigators.”
Mr Brown called for compensation paid to Peter Mandelson after he was sacked as US ambassador – rumored to be more than £40,000 – to be transferred to a fund for victims of crime.
Pressure is mounting on Mr Mountbatten-Windsor to provide evidence to the US Congress about what he knows about Epstein’s crimes.
Sky Roberts, the brother of Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was sexually assaulted three times by the then royal family, wanted Mr Mountbatten-Windsor to fly to the US to answer questions.
In Congress on Wednesday, Ted Lieu, the Democratic representative of California, showed two photographs of the former prince on all fours, crouching over an unidentified woman, and asked the attorney general, Pam Bondi, why they were not used to prosecute Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor.
The former prince paid millions to settle a civil sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in 2022, despite insisting he had never met Ms. Giuffre.
Independent He approached Andrew for comment.
