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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been dodging the House Oversight Committee as members of the US committee have been urgently trying to speak with him about his connection to Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oversight Committee member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) told CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation\u201d<\/a> on Sunday that the department has sent ex-Prince Andrew<\/a> letters, wishing to speak to him.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have not. And we absolutely have sent letters. We want to actually talk to Prince Andrew. What\u2019s happening now over in the UK is pretty stunning, and it\u2019s actually a show of what happens when the government listens to the public,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cThere are actually things happening to those that have been involved.\u201d<\/p>\n Hilary Fordwich, British royals expert, told Fox News Digital that Andrew\u2019s choice to ignore the United States may be an act of \u201cdelusion,\u201d wishing away his Epstein connection.<\/p>\n EX-PRINCE ANDREW LEAVES ROYAL MANSION \u2018IN DEAD OF NIGHT\u2019 AFTER COMPROMISING EPSTEIN PHOTOS SURFACE: EXPERT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHe erroneously must be under the delusion that his silence & evasion will make this go away,\u201d she began.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not going to recede, but given how disastrous his NewsNight interview was he\u2019s obviously either afraid of being questioned and or knows it will result in even more revolting revelations. Probably, therefore, any testimony is more likely to be in a written testimony as this stasis can\u2019t continue. Either way he\u2019s in a lose lose situation as his silence is feeding the media frenzy.\u201d<\/p>\n Fordwich said the optics of Andrew not being compliant is \u201cghastly\u201d not only for himself, but members of the royal family<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe optics & facts of all of this are ghastly either way for him & for the monarchy. Hence all the distance that has been created between him & the rest of the family. They have been forthright in stating there will be full cooperation with the UK police,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n PRINCE WILLIAM\u2019S \u2018ZERO TOLERANCE\u2019 TESTED AS SARAH FERGUSON EMAILS REVEAL CRUDE COMMENT TO EPSTEIN: EXPERT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n According to Fordwich, Prince William<\/a> is \u201cexasperated\u201d with his Uncle for not cooperating with the Epstein investigation.<\/p>\n \u201cPrince William, whose priority is preservation of the monarchy, is adamant regarding isolating his revolting uncle and won\u2019t shield him from any fallout, remaining per his resent statement \u2018focused on the victims\u2019. He is exasperated that his uncle is refusing to cooperate or indeed to even answer US officials who wasn\u2019t a transcribed interview,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Fordwich doesn\u2019t believe a citizen of the UK can be compelled to speak to members of the US government, but noted that a former subpoena would be more compelling.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing now a UK private citizen residing outside the US I don\u2019t believe he can easily be compelled, but a formal subpoena could be issued. Such pressure of both legal demands & those from the victims & their respective families are more than likely given the penchant for spectacle by US lawmakers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n According to the celebrity.land,<\/a> Garcia formally requested testimony from Andrew in 2025.<\/p>\n Ian Pelham Turner, a Royal expert, believes Andrew is staying silent to keep the public waiting on what he\u2019ll do next.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Royal family will know he knows the family skeletons and if allegedly he is short of money or so angry at what has happened to him he could venture into a kiss and tell book which could bring a new fortune to him globally,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cThus, it makes sense not to divulge any salacious material right now. Now, he has seen how successful his nephew Harry\u2019s book Spare created a phenomenon and may choose to walk the same path as in reality what does he have to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Richard Fitzwilliams, a royal expert, told Fox News Digital that Andrew never intended to help US lawmakers in their Epstein case.<\/p>\n \u201cAndrew always promised to aid US lawmakers but clearly never intended to. The problem is, despite the Prime Minister\u2019s recent urging, he cannot be forced to,\u201d Fitzwilliams said. \u201cIt remains the supreme irony that the only person to be guilty and behind bars in this grotesque monument to the evils of the global patriarchy is Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a>, who was Epstein\u2019s fixer.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Fitzwilliams, Andrew\u2019s best option is to move to the Middle East.<\/p>\n \u201cI have no idea who is advising Andrew but with the police assessing two cases he should be considering exile in the Middle East. What most people rightly feel is that he should get a visit from the police and the bizarre series of circumstances which the Epstein Files have brought to light should be investigated fully, with the full co-operation of the Palace,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n Doug Eldridge, founder of Achilles PR, told Fox News Digital that Congress may choose to hold him in contempt, but without formal criminal charges, Andrew may be able to \u201crun out the clock.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIn the court of public opinion, Andrew self-incriminated a long time ago. It remains to be seen if those allegations and assumptions ever matriculate to formal charges in an American court of law,\u201d Aldridge said.<\/p>\n Eldridge used Andrew\u2019s infamous BBC interview, and the fallout afterward, as an example of what he may be considering when it comes to speaking out on his latest Epstein connections.<\/p>\n \u201cAt this point, his only public statements should be under Congressional subpoena or threats of extradition by federal courts in the United States. Even then, he\u2019ll likely back-channel a diplomatic deferral,\u201d Eldridge said.<\/p>\n In 2019, Andrew stepped back as a senior royal following a disastrous BBC interview in which he tried to address his ties to the late convicted sex offender. Over a decade ago, Virginia Giuffre accused Ghislaine Maxwell of trafficking her to Andrew. Guiffre died by suicide in April 2025.<\/p>\n King Charles stripped Andrew of his remaining royal titles and honors in late 2025 amid renewed scrutiny over his Epstein connection.<\/p>\n