Andrew asked to appear before US Congress for questioning on Jeffrey Epstein links BBC News [View all]

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been asked by Democrats in US Congress to answer questions as part of its investigation into paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Members of the House Oversight Committee wrote to Andrew in a letter addressed to Royal Lodge, the Windsor mansion from which he was ordered to move when he was stripped of his title as a prince on 30 October.

The committee does not have the power to compel Andrew to appear in front of them, but said it intends to ask questions related Epstein's network and associates based on the pair's "longstanding" friendship.

Andrew was stripped of his titles following months of pressure over his ties to Epstein.

He has always denied wrongdoing.