UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer suggested that former Prince Andrew should testify before the United States Congress regarding his link to Jeffrey Epstein.
“I don’t comment on his particular case,” Starmer said. “But as a general principle I’ve held for a very long time is that anybody who has got relevant information in relation to these kind of cases should give that evidence to those that need it.”
Starmer’s comments follow U.S. congressmen demanding that the former prince respond to the House Oversight Committee’s requests on the matter.
“Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s silence in the face of the Oversight Democrat’s demand for testimony speaks volumes. The documents we’ve reviewed, along with public records and Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s testimony, raise serious questions he must answer, yet he continues to hide,” Ranking Member Robert Garcia (R-CA) and Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) said in a statement. “Our work will move forward with or without him, and we will hold anyone who was involved in these crimes accountable, no matter their wealth, status, or political party. We will get justice for the survivors.”
The former prince gave up his title in October following the publication of excerpts of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, where she described sexual encounters with the royal.
“In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family,” a statement released by the former prince read. “I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life.”
