Ex-prince Andrew should answer US questions on Epstein if asked, UK minister says [View all]

Chris Bryant says government welcomes king’s decision on his brother, who is now ‘ordinary member of the public’

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The trade minister, Chris Bryant, said the government “warmly” supported Charles’s decision. “I think the vast majority of people in this country will think that it’s the right thing to do,” he told BBC Breakfast.

Describing Andrew as now “an ordinary member of the public”, Bryant suggested he should go to the US to answer questions about the crimes of the late paedophile financier Epstein if asked. “I think that just as with any ordinary member of the public, if there were requests from another jurisdiction of this kind, I would expect any decently minded person to comply with that request. So I feel exactly the same in this situation.”

He added: “What I’m basically saying is that I think that if Andrew is asked to do something by a Senate committee then I would have thought that he would want to comply.”

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The king’s decision was also almost certainly influenced by the posthumous publication of Giuffre’s memoirs, Nobody’s Girl, exclusive extracts from which were published by the Guardian, in which she repeated her allegation – strenuously denied – that she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three occasions while trafficked by Epstein.

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/31/ex-prince-andrew-should-answer-us-questions-on-epstein-if-asked-uk-minister-says