London — Stress is rising on the previous Prince Andrew to provide proof to a U.S. congressional committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister urged he ought to testify.
Keir Starmer declined to remark immediately about King Charles III’s disgraced youthful brother however informed reporters touring with him for the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg that as a “common precept,” folks ought to present proof to investigators.
“I do not touch upon his explicit case,” Starmer mentioned. “However as a common precept I’ve held for a really very long time is that anyone who has obtained related data in relation to those form of circumstances ought to give that proof to people who want it.”
The previous prince, now often called Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has thus far ignored a request from members of the House Oversight Committee for a “transcribed interview” about his “long-standing friendship” with Epstein. Andrew was stripped of his royal titles and honors last 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, mentioned Andrew “continues to cover” from critical 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 celebration,” they mentioned in a press release launched on Friday. “We are going to get justice for the survivors.”
