Prince Edward, the younger brother of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has broken his silence on the latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files.
The former Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his remaining royal titles last year, was featured multiple times in the most recent drop of files. This comes after years of scrutiny over his relationship with the convicted sex offender – although Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing.
Prince Edward spoke out after the Epstein Files documents release
At the World Governments Summit in Dubai on February 3, Prince Edward was questioned about new files relating to his brother. Andrew’s name appears several hundred times in the most recent files. One mention is an invitation to Buckingham Palace from the disgraced royal to the late financier. There are also images of Andrew crouching on the floor over an unidentified young woman.
“I’m not sure that this audience is the least bit interested in that,” he told a CNN reporter. Although Edward acknowledged that those in the room had come to listen to something else, he did comment on the subject.
“They all came here to listen to education [and] solving the future,” he said. Edward then went on, “[but] I think it’s all really important to always remember the victims.”
“And who are the victims in all this?” he said, before adding there are “a lot of victims in this.”
Edward’s comments echo those of the UK’s Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, who also spoke on Andrew and the files. “Epstein’s victims have to be the first priority,” he said on January 31, per the BBC. “Whether there should be an apology, that’s a matter for Andrew.”
The Prime Minister also referred to continuing calls for Andrew to testify in the investigation into his former friend.
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