London — Stress is growing on the previous Prince Andrew to offer proof to a U.S. congressional committee investigating convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister prompt he ought to testify.
Keir Starmer declined to remark immediately about King Charles III’s disgraced youthful brother however advised reporters touring with him for the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg that as a “common precept,” individuals ought to present proof to investigators.
“I do not touch upon his explicit case,” Starmer stated. “However as a common precept I’ve held for a really very long time is that anyone who has acquired related data in relation to those form of instances ought to give that proof to people who want it.”
The previous prince, now often known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has thus far ignored a request from members of the Home Oversight Committee for a “transcribed interview” about his “long-standing friendship” with Epstein. Andrew was stripped of his royal titles and honors final month because the royal household tried to insulate itself from criticism about his relationship with Epstein.
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Starmer’s feedback got here after Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the committee’s rating Democrat, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, a Democrat from Virginia, stated Andrew “continues to cover” from severe questions.
“Our work will transfer ahead with or with out him, and we are going to maintain anybody who was concerned in these crimes accountable, irrespective of their wealth, standing or political social gathering,” they stated in an announcement launched on Friday. “We are going to get justice for the survivors.”
