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Members of a US congressional committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case have intensified their calls for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to reply questions on his ties to the late financier and intercourse offender, the BBC reported on Saturday.
King Charles stripped Andrew of his title of prince and evicted him from his mansion within the grounds of Windsor Castle on Thursday, responding to the outrage that had constructed across the royal over years of damaging headlines about his habits.
Buckingham Palace stated the censures had been wanted regardless that Andrew has continued to deny the allegations made towards him.
In the US, the King’s move led to extra calls for Andrew to reveal all he is aware of about Epstein, notably within the gentle of the expression of sympathy for victims of abuse in Thursday’s assertion from the palace.
The BBC stated no less than 4 Democrat members of the House Oversight Committee investigating the US authorities’s dealing with of the Epstein case had renewed calls for Andrew to testify.
It quoted one in all them, Democrat congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, saying: “Come clear, come earlier than the US Congress, voluntarily testify, don’t wait for a subpoena come and testify and inform us what you understand.
“Not just to give justice to the survivors but to prevent this from ever happening again.”
Another Democrat congressman, Suhas Subramanyam, stated Andrew might seem remotely with a lawyer and converse to the panel privately.
Buckingham Palace has been requested to remark.
On Friday, UK commerce minister Chris Bryant informed the BBC that Andrew ought to go to the US to reply questions on Epstein.
Separately on Saturday, the police watchdog for England and Wales, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, stated that in gentle of media studies about Andrew it had contacted the Metropolitan Police to “understand if there are any matters that would meet the criteria for a referral to us.”
In response, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police stated that in 2016 officers had concluded that “other jurisdictions and organizations” had been higher positioned to pursue the precise allegations and a choice was made not to proceed to a full legal investigation.