Prince Andrew Under Pressure as New Epstein Emails Emerge

Democrats investigating Jeffrey Epstein have stepped up demands for Britain's former Prince Andrew Mountbatten of Windsor to answer questions about his relationship with the disgraced financier. The demand comes days after King Charles stripped his younger brother of his title.

The demand for Andrew to testify comes after new emails surfaced showing he suggested "meeting" Epstein just months after the notorious pedophile was released from prison.

Several Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee told the BBC that Andrew should voluntarily testify before Congress. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., said Saturday that if the former prince “wants to do right by the victims, he will come forward,” noting that his name had been mentioned “many times” in survivors’ accounts.

Fellow committee member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., urged Andrew to “come and testify and tell us what you know” during a Friday interview, while Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., said Andrew's testimony might be “helpful in getting justice” for survivors.

Committee member Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., echoed the calls in an interview with The Guardian newspaper, saying Andrew “should be called to testify.” No Republicans on the committee have publicly called for Andrew to testify, and no formal subpoena has been issued.

New emails between Andrew and Epstein released on Friday in unsealed court documents have added to the scrutiny.

In April 2010, less than a year after Epstein’s release from prison for soliciting minors, Andrew wrote that it would be “good to catch up in person.” Epstein had proposed that Andrew meet American banker Jes Staley in London, but Andrew replied that he would be out of the country and might “drop by” New York later in the year.

“I’ll look and see if I can make a couple of days before the summer,” he wrote.