Prince Andrew Urged to Cooperate with Epstein Examination as Starmer Calls for Transparency
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated that anyone with relevant information regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case should be prepared to share it, in comments widely interpreted as a call for Prince Andrew to cooperate with a US congressional probe. the remarks come after Andrew ignored a request to testify before the House oversight Committee.
Starmer declined to comment specifically on Andrew’s case but reiterated his long-held “general principle” that individuals with pertinent details should disclose them. “Anybody who has got relevant information in relation to these kind of cases should give that evidence to those that need it,” he told reporters at the G20 summit in Johannesburg.
US legislators have criticised Andrew for his “silence” during their investigation into Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York prison in 2019 while facing sex trafficking adn conspiracy charges. The House Oversight Committee requested a “transcribed interview” with the former prince concerning his “long-standing friendship” with Epstein. Democrats Robert Garcia and Suhas Subramanyam accused Andrew of hiding after reporting they had not received a response.
When pressed on whether his call for transparency applied to Andrew, Starmer said, “in the end that will be a decision for him. But my general position is,if you have relevant information you should be prepared to share it.”
Andrew,recently stripped of his royal titles and duties due to his association with Epstein,denies any wrongdoing.The move followed the publication of posthumous memoirs by Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual assault when she was a teenager, and the release of documents from Epstein’s estate by the US government.
The Metropolitan Police is currently investigating claims that Andrew shared Giuffre’s personal information with his security detail in 2011 and requested they investigate her.
