Keir Starmer has heaped fresh new pressure on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to speak to UK and US investigators probing his close friendship with notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The Prime Minister said 'nobody is above the law' as nine UK police forces assess whether to launch investigations into Epstein-related allegations including human trafficking and sexual assault.
The King's younger brother, who celebrates his 66th birthday today, was pictured in the Epstein files kneeling over a young women.
He is also facing questions over emails suggesting he shared private information from his role as a UK trade envoy with the billionaire financier.
The royal is also being urged to give evidence to the US congressional investigation into Epstein, who died in prison in 2019.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast today, Sir Keir said: 'Anybody who has any information should testify.
'So whether it's Andrew or anybody else, anybody who has got relevant information should come forward to whatever the relevant body is, in this particular case we're talking about Epstein, but there are plenty of other cases.
'Anybody who has got information relating to any aspect of violence against women and girls has, in my view, a duty to come forward, whoever they are.'
Sir Keir added: 'One of the core principles in our system is that everybody is equal under the law, and nobody is above the law, and it is really important that is applied across the board.'
The King's younger brother, who celebrates his 66th birthday today, was pictured in the Epstein files kneeling over a young women.
He is also facing questions over emails suggesting he shared private information from his role as a UK trade envoy with the billionaire financier.
Sir Keir said: 'One of the core principles in our system is that everybody is equal under the law, and nobody is above the law, and it is really important that is applied across the board.'
The PM also said he would not stand in the way of MPs wanting to have a public Parliamentary debate into the royal and his links with Epstein.
Police forces assessing whether to launch investigation
- Metropolitan Police - examining claims that royal protection officers 'turned a blind eye' during visits to Epstein's private island and separate claims Peter Mandelson passed sensitive information
- Surrey Police - Seeking information regarding an allegation made in Virginia Water in the 1990s
- Thames Valley Police - assessing claims that Epstein sent a young woman to the UK for a sexual encounter with Andrew at Royal Lodge in 2010
- Essex Police - assessing information which suggests Epstein trafficked sex victims to the UK via Stansted airport
- Bedfordshire Police - assessing Epstein's use of London Luton Airport
- Police Scotland - asking for information about Epstein's use of Edinburgh Airport
- West Midlands Police - assessing Epstein's use of Birmingham Airport
- Wiltshire Police - reviewing its records and supporting the Met Police in its investigation.
- Norfolk Constabulary - reviewing Epstein files but have not received specific allegations
The Metropolitan Police has begun carrying out 'initial inquiries' into allegations relating to close protection officers assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
It comes after a former officer claimed that 'certain members' of the Royalty and Specialist Protection (RaSP) command may have witnessed abuse at Little St James.
Scotland Yard is examining claims that royal protection officers 'turned a blind eye' during visits to Epstein's private island in the Caribbean.
The disgraced royal's chief accuser Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide last year, claimed she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three occasions, including on Little St James in the early 2000s, claims Andrew has always denied.
Multiple survivors have also alleged they were trafficked to and abused on the island which Epstein purchased in the US Virgin Islands in 1998.
Surrey Police has also urged people with any information about claims of human trafficking and sexual assault relating to the Epstein files to come forward.
The force said the allegations, set out in a redacted report released by the US Department of Justice in December, allegedly took place in Virginia Water between 1994 and 1996.
Its call for witnesses followed an FBI report from July 2020 which appeared in the files, in which somebody alleged they were drugged at night and driven to 'paedophile ring parties' in the mid 1990s.
The same person also claims to have been hit by a dark blue car 'driven by Prince Andrew' in which they allegedly suffered injuries to their ribs, hip and leg.
Essex Police, Thames Valley Police, Bedfordshire Police, Norfolk Constabulary, Wiltshire Police, West Midlands Police and Police Scotland are also considering launching investigations.
Most of the forces are looking into Epstein's use of various UK airports, which were referenced in flight logs in the files.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has said it is supporting UK police forces to 'enable a full and independent assessment of the information released'.
The former Prince Andrew, who was stripped off his titles over his links to Epstein last year, has vehemently denied wrongdoing.