{"id":2214234,"date":"2025-12-28T01:52:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T01:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2214234"},"modified":"2025-12-28T01:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T01:52:39","slug":"dem-calls-out-royals-over-ex-princes-epstein-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dem-calls-out-royals-over-ex-princes-epstein-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Calls Out Royals Over Ex-Prince&#8217;s Epstein Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democratic Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/ro-khanna\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Ro Khanna\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/ro-khanna\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Ro Khanna<\/a> (Calif.) said the British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/life\/topic\/the-royal-family\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"royal family\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/life\/topic\/the-royal-family\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">royal family<\/a> should compensate victims of convicted sex abuser <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/jeffrey-epstein\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Jeffrey Epstein \" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/topic\/jeffrey-epstein\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">Jeffrey Epstein <\/a>after<strong> <\/strong>the release of documents related to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> formerly Prince Andrew<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Royal Family should be ashamed and horrified. They should be compensating each of the working class girls who were victims of the Epstein class,\u201d Khanna told U.K news outlet The I Paper. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Justice has released thousands of files connected to Epstein\u2019s case following the passing of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law spearheaded by Khanna and Republican Rep.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/thomas-massie\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\" Thomas Massie \" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/thomas-massie\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\"> Thomas Massie <\/a>(Ky.).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the files were emails and photographs that have drawn scrutiny to the royal family, including an image showing Mountbatten-Windsor lying on the laps of women alongside Epstein associate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/ghislaine-maxwell\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Ghislaine Maxwell\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/ghislaine-maxwell\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\">Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"cli cli-image js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"img-sized\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/695053fb150000565b85d5aa.jpg?ops=crop_42_18_632_528%2Cscalefit_720_noupscale&amp;format=webp 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/695053fb150000565b85d5aa.jpg?ops=crop_42_18_632_528%2Cscalefit_1440&amp;format=webp 2x\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\"><figcaption class=\"cli-image__caption caption-cli\">A photograph of ex-Prince Andrew lying on women&#8217;s laps with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell smiling in the background.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The DOJ also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/c3e0y1vqj09t?post=asset%3A685b2989-ac18-4460-8a3b-7d271f65b04e#post\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"released an email\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/c3e0y1vqj09t?post=asset%3A685b2989-ac18-4460-8a3b-7d271f65b04e#post\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\">released an email<\/a> sent to Maxwell in August 2001 from an unidentified sender who said they were \u201cup here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/life\/topic\/royal-family\">Royal Family<\/a>,\u201d a probable reference to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/balmoralcastle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Balmoral Castle\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/balmoralcastle.com\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\">Balmoral Castle<\/a> in Scotland. The sender asked Maxwell, \u201cHave you found me some new inappropriate friends?\u201d and signed off \u201cA xxx.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Reporting by the BBC linked the email address to another address listed in Epstein\u2019s phone book as the \u201cDuke of York,\u201d Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s former title. He has not publicly commented on the email. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buckingham Palace <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/prince-andrew-stripped-prince-title_n_6903b935e4b00c26f070a6be\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"announced in October\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6903b935e4b00c26f070a6be\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"7\">announced in October<\/a> that it was stripping him of all royal titles in light of allegations about ties to Epstein.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Khanna\u2019s suggestion. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest batches of Epstein\u2019s case files appear to support claims made in a lawsuit filed by the sex abuser\u2019s most prominent accuser, the late Virginia Giuffre, against Mountbatten-Windsor in 2021. At the time, Giuffre accused the former prince of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor, but the two reached an<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/prince-andrew-reaches-settlement-virginia-giuffre_n_620bd023e4b0328e002cd6dc\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\" out-of-court settlement\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"620bd023e4b0328e002cd6dc\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> out-of-court settlement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><em>Need help? Visit RAINN\u2019s <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ohl.rainn.org\/online\/\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"National Sexual Assault Online Hotline\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/ohl.rainn.org\/online\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"9\"><em>National Sexual Assault Online Hotline<\/em><\/a><em> or the <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsvrc.org\/find-help\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695052c0e4b09ad1da4c2f9f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.nsvrc.org\/find-help\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"10\"><em>National Sexual Violence Resource Center\u2019s website<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"cli cli-related-articles js-cet-subunit\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) said the British royal family should compensate victims of convicted sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein after the release of documents related to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew. \u201cThe Royal Family should be ashamed and horrified. They should be compensating each of the working class girls who were victims of the Epstein [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2214235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[403835,372564,371185,22942,427689,22769],"class_list":["post-2214234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","tag-british","tag-democratic","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-ro-khanna","tag-royal-family"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dem-Calls-Out-Royals-Over-Ex-Princes-Epstein-Ties.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2214236,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214234\/revisions\/2214236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2214235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}