{"id":2379822,"date":"2026-04-19T10:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2379822"},"modified":"2026-04-19T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:57:08","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsors-team-refused-fbi-interview-over-discovery-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/andrew-mountbatten-windsors-team-refused-fbi-interview-over-discovery-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s team refused FBI interview over discovery | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lawyers for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> refused an FBI interview over his links to Jeffrey Epstein after being told the former prince was a suspect of the investigation, not just a witness. Andrew, 66, was stripped of his titles by the King last year and has been forced to relocate to a farmhouse in Norfolk because of the fallout from his past relationship with billionaire paedophile Epstein<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has an ongoing inquiry into Epstein who trafficked and abused scores of young and underage women for sex, aided by his madame-like former lover Ghislaine Maxwell. Both Maxwell and Epstein were known to the former Duke of York<\/a> but he has always strenuously denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The DoJ’s release of the so-called Epstein files led to a spectacular fall from grace for Andrew but emails buried deep inside the document pile reveal his lawyers offered his assistance with the investigation as a witness. However, one explosive excerpt shows Andrew’s legal team discovered Andrew was being viewed as a potential “subject” by the American investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An email from September 2020 seen by Express.co.uk from Andrew’s solicitor Gary Bloxhome shows the legal team’s reaction to the revelation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The email states: “We are of course aware that you have requested a witness interview… you have confirmed to us however…that you regard our client not as a witness but as a subject.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Bloxhome elaborates during the correspondence that the admission Andrew could be a subject was made through “your liaison officer immediately prior to our recent conferences, and then during our conferences”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The email continues saying that “a fair compromise” could be Andrew giving a “witness statement” and to “further engagement with written questioning”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, a US legal source told the paper the wording “subject” in a federal investigation means that evidence would be being sought to see if there was enough to prove “involvement in a criminal activity”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They added: “Under those circumstances no lawyer would allow their client to talk freely as they could end up incriminating themselves.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The DoJ later rejected the offer of a witness statement “compromise” and filed a request to the Home Office to compel Andrew to be interviewed. The request failed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Express.co.uk have approached Mr Bloxhome for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In February this year Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over Epstein. The former Duke has not been charged with any offence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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