Andrew Under Intense Pressure as Met Police Urged to Act After New Epstein Files

The latest Epstein files have brought new allegations and fresh scrutiny on Andrew as more than three million documents connected to Epstein and his network was released by US DoJ.

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Fresh pressure is mounting on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after newly released Epstein files revived scrutiny of his past ties to the disgraced financier. Once again, the former Duke of York has found himself at the centre of controversy, with the disclosures reopening long-running questions about his scandalous and illegality-ridden past, now prompting renewed calls for the Metropolitan Police to take action.

Mountbatten Windsor, who is now 65, has spent years under intense scrutiny over his association with Epstein, the convicted offender who died in prison in 2019. In October last year, Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his remaining titles and honours and was told to vacate Royal Lodge, amid public and institutional pressure. That decision came as Epstein-related revelations resurfaced and as Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir restated her allegations against the royal.

Giuffre stated that after being trafficked by Epstein, she was coerced into s----- encounters with Mountbatten-Windsor on three separate occasions, starting when she was just 17. The disgraced former Prince has consistently denied the claims. He later settled a civil case with Giuffre without any admission of liability.

Now, the latest Epstein files have brought new allegations and fresh scrutiny. On Friday, the US Department of Justice released more than three million documents connected to Epstein and his network. Gloria Allred, a lawyer who has represented 27 of Epstein’s victims, told The Mail on Sunday, "The Metropolitan Police should reopen their investigation of Andrew. In addition, Andrew should volunteer to speak to Congress, even though he has denied that he has committed any crime. He should do this to help the survivors learn what he observed and what was going on at the crime scene. The crime scene was every residence of Jeffrey Epstein, and Andrew stayed with Epstein at a number of his homes."

The document release on Friday also included a series of images that appear to show Mountbatten-Windsor on all fours, leaning over an unidentified woman. In addition, files surfaced that seem to show the former prince exchanging emails with Epstein, referencing a “beautiful” Russian woman and extending an invitation for Epstein to visit Buckingham Palace.

As of now, Virginia Giuffre, another victim, has come forward claiming that she was trafficked for Mountbatten Windsor. Brad Edwards, of the US law firm Edwards Henderson, has previously said that his client—who is not British and was in her 20s at the time—alleges she spent the night with Andrew at Royal Lodge in 2010 and was later taken on a tour of Buckingham Palace, according to The Guardian. In a statement to PA Media, Brittany Henderson, also of Edwards Henderson, said the former Duke of York’s royal status lay at the heart of the alleged abuse. “Andrew’s power only existed because of his royal family. Andrew’s complicity and involvement with Epstein and Maxwell has been well known to us, to Andrew, and to the palace for many years,” she said.

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