US lawmakers ask Andrew to testify on Epstein ties after King Charles strips royal titles

US lawmakers have called on Britain’s disgraced former prince Andrew to sit for a formal interview about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, just a day after King Charles III stripped his brother of all remaining royal titles.

Sixteen Democratic members of Congress signed a letter to “Mr Mountbatten Windsor,” asking him to cooperate with the House Oversight Committee’s probe into Epstein’s global network of co-conspirators and enablers.

“Well-documented allegations against you, along with your longstanding friendship with Mr Epstein, indicate that you may possess knowledge of his activities relevant to our investigation,” the letter reads.

Lawmakers requested a reply by November 20.

The appeal carries little legal force, Congress cannot compel testimony from foreign nationals, but adds to Andrew’s mounting public humiliation.

The move follows King Charles’s rare decision to formally revoke Andrew’s princely status and style of “Royal Highness,” published Wednesday in The Gazette, Britain’s official record. It marks the first such royal demotion in more than a century. Andrew has also been evicted from his Windsor estate and moved into private accommodation.

The letter cites allegations from the late Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, including claims that Andrew sought to smear her reputation and that she feared retaliation if she spoke publicly.

“This fear of retaliation has been a persistent obstacle to many of those who were victimised in their fight for justice,” lawmakers wrote.

Giuffre accused Epstein of trafficking her to Andrew when she was 17; he settled her civil suit in 2022 for a reported multimillion-pound sum without admitting wrongdoing.

Meanwhile, in New Mexico, where Epstein owned a sprawling desert ranch, state legislators are pushing to establish a “truth commission” to investigate the financier’s activities there, signalling that the American reckoning with Epstein’s legacy is far from over.