Despite his pledge to help with the ongoing investigation on Jeff Epstein’s case, Prince Andrew is reportedly not responding to order.
In his statement he said: “Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required,” but so far has only gotten the Queen to take back her protective shield on him.
According to American publication Globe, Andrew provoked his mother’s wrath after Manhattan-based U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced the prince had given lawmen ‘zero cooperation’ in investigating Epstein’s sex crimes against children.
‘Elizabeth was publicly shamed and humiliated,’ says Globe’s source. ‘She’s ordered Andrew to talk with American investigators. His defiance was a slap in the face.
‘Andrew is in deep — and he’s scared to death.’
It is uncertain how investigators conveyed their request to interview Prince Andrew because usually, if American prosecutors wanted to speak with a witness in Britain, the F.B.I. would go through its legal attaché in London, based in the United States embassy there.
Prince Andrew vehemently denies he knew of Epstein’s sex trafficking past despite his former alleged sex slave Virginia Roberts insisting she slept with the prince.
He said: ‘She is a very sick girl apparently. The innuendo is the problem. But there is nothing that one can do about that! Shrug and move on.
Reportedly, Andrew could ‘end up behind bars’ as his former connections with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein draw ongoing scrutiny but so far he has not said anything on this matter.
