Luke Alsford
Published November 23, 2025 9:36am
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Andrew was stripped of his royal titles over his controversial links to Epstein (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)
Sir Keir Starmer has thrown his weight behind calls for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to testify about Jeffrey Epstein in front of the US Congress.
The disgraced former prince has so far ignored interview requests from a US congressional committee looking into the paedophile financier.
But the Prime Minister told reporters at the G20 summit in South Africa that ‘anybody who has got relevant information in relation to these kinds of cases should give evidence’.
When asked if that principle applied to Andrew, Starmer replied: ‘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.’
The disgraced royal ignored an interview request from the US Congress (Picture: Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
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The PM’s comments comes after the former Duke of York did not respond to a summons from the US House oversight committee within the two-week deadline.
Democratic members of the committee had called on Andrew to ‘come forward’ about his ‘ties’ to Epstein.
The former prince was stripped of his titles and evicted by his brother, King Charles, amid mounting pressure about his ties with Epstein.
Andrew’s links to the paedophile financier have been a target of public scrutiny for years, despite him vigorously denying the allegations.
Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year, accused Andrew of sexually assaulting her three times after being trafficked by Epstein as a teenager.
Suhas Subramanyam, one of the Democrat members of the committee, told LBC this week that the former prince’s name ‘seems to appear over and over again’ in documents relating to the former pedophile.
Starmer made the comments at the G20 in Saudi Arabia (Picture: via REUTERS)
He continued: ‘It’s clear that he had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. We just want to see the truth. If Andrew has information, we want that as well.’
The congressman responded positively to the prime minister’s intervention at the G20, telling the Mail on Sunday: ‘Starmer is right – Andrew should provide us with any information he has that would help our investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
‘There is clear evidence they were friendly. This is an opportunity for Andrew to clear his name if he hasn’t done anything wrong, and deliver long-awaited justice to the victims.’
US lawyer Gloria Allred, who has represented 27 of Epstein’s victims, said: ‘Why does Andrew resist helping in an investigation which is so important to victims and survivors of Jeffrey Epstein?
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‘This is his opportunity to help the survivors by volunteering to speak before Congress under oath. Will he do it or not? King Charles should encourage him to do it, because it is the right thing to do. Andrew’s silence is deafening.’
The ex-duke’s decision not to respond to the congressional summons this week led to further condemnation from US lawmakers.
A statement issued by the committee said his decision to stay silent ‘speaks volumes’.
It added that there were ‘serious questions he must answer, yet he continues to hide’, but that the committee’s ‘work will move forward with or without him’.
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