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The letter requests Andrew respond by 20 November. Alamy Stock Photo

Ex-prince Andrew summoned by US Congress for interview to explain Epstein links

A letter sent to him to day states that he has until 20 November to respond.

MEMBERS OF US Congress have written to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor requesting he sit for a “transcribed interview” in connection with his “long-standing friendship” with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In the letter, which was sent to the former prince today, the US politicians said the House Oversight Committee had identified “financial records containing notations such as ‘massage for Andrew’ that raise serious questions”.

“We write to seek your co-operation in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s (Committee) investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operations,” the letter reads. 

“The committee is seeking to uncover the identities of Mr Epstein’s co conspirators and enablers and to understand the full extent of his criminal operations.

Well-documented allegations against you, along with your long-standing friendship with Mr Epstein, indicate that you may possess knowledge of his activities relevant to our investigation.

“In the interest of justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, we request that you co-operate with the committee’s investigation by sitting for a transcribed interview with the Committee.”

The letter, signed by 16 members of Congress, requested Andrew responds by November 20.

The formal request comes as Britain’s King Charles officially stripped his disgraced brother of both his prince title and style of His Royal Highness today.

Buckingham Palace made the announcement last week amid the continued scrutiny over Andrew’s relationship with Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.

download (3) Andrew pictured with Virginia Giuffre centre and Ghislaine Maxwell. US Dept of Justice US Dept of Justice

It also followed the publication of his main accuser Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoirs, and the US government’s release of documents from the paedophile’s estate.

Giuffre alleged she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times – once at convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s home in London, once in Epstein’s address in Manhattan, and once on the disgraced financier’s private island, Little St James.

The incident at Maxwell’s home allegedly occurred when Virginia Giuffre was 17 years old.

Andrew is accused of taking part in an orgy with “underage” girls, as well as Virginia Giuffre, during the alleged incident on Little St James.

The former prince vehemently denies all allegations made against him.

With reporting from Press Association

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