Strain is rising for the previous Prince Andrew to present proof to a U.S. congressional committee investigating the convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister steered he ought to testify.
Keir Starmer declined to remark instantly 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 “normal precept” folks ought to present proof to investigators.
“I don’t touch upon his specific case,’’ Starmer mentioned. “However as a normal precept I’ve held for a really very long time is that anyone who has obtained related info in relation to those form of circumstances ought to give that proof to people who want it.’’
The previous prince, now generally known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has to date 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.
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 an announcement launched on Friday. “We’ll get justice for the survivors.”