Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor summoned by US Congressional panel for questioning over ties to Jeffrey Epstein

7:06 am on 7 November 2025

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York arrives to attend a Requiem Mass, a Catholic funeral service, for the late Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral in London on September 16, 2025. Britain's Duchess of Kent, known for her links to the Wimbledon tennis tournament and for anonymously teaching music at a primary school. The duchess, a talented pianist, organist and singer, was born Katharine Worsley into an aristocratic family in Yorkshire, northern England.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been stripped of his royal titles. (File photo) Photo: AFP / Pool

Former British prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been summoned to appear before a US congressional panel investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Mountbatten-Windsor, the late Queen Elizabeth II's second son, was sent a letter by Democratic members of the House Committee on Oversight, requesting he submit to questioning.

In a statement, published on Thursday, local time, the committee said it would investigate "allegations of abuse by Mountbatten Windsor, and will seek information on Epstein's operations, network, and associates based on the men's longstanding and well-documented friendship".

"Rich and powerful men have evaded justice for far too long. Now, former Prince Andrew has the opportunity to come clean and provide justice for the survivors," said Congressman Robert Garcia.

"Oversight Democrats will not stop fighting for accountability and transparency for survivors of Epstein and his gang of co-conspirators."

The US Congress has sweeping powers to subpoena people it wants to question, however, they do not apply to foreign nationals, meaning Mountbatten-Windsor cannot be compelled to testify.

Mountbatten-Windsor has been described as a close friend of Epstein's between 1999 and 2008.

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Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide in Western Australia earlier this year, had alleged she was trafficked by Epstein to Mount-Batten as a teenager, and that the then-Duke of York had sexually abused her.

Mountbatten Windsor denies any wrongdoing.

He back from royal duties in 2019 amid a deluge of public pressure, after a disastrous interview with the BBC's Newsnight program, in which he maintained his innocence in the face of those allegations.

Last month, Giuffre's posthumously released memoir went on sale.

In it, she alleged Mountbatten Windsor "believed having sex with me was his birthright".

She claimed she met the royal on multiple occasions, including at an orgy on Epstein's private island.

Earlier this year, Democrats in the US released records listing Mountbatten Windsor as a passenger on Epstein's private jet, and financial records that they allege show possible evidence of payments from Epstein for "massages for Andrew".