Sir Keir Starmer leads calls for Scotland Yard to reopen criminal probe into Prince Andrew amid Epstein links
LABOUR leader Keir Starmer has led calls for Scotland Yard to reopen a criminal investigation into Prince Andrew.
The Duke of York, 63, has heaped fresh scandal on the Royal Family after his name appeared on 69 occasions in new court documents in the United States.
The royals have been left embarrassed and shocked after allegations the Duke took part in an underage orgy on Caribbean island owned by dead billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Anti-monarchy activists Republic has reported Andy to police after his name appeared in the 1,000-page unsealed files.
He was also accused of groping a woman’s breast at Epstein’s home while playing with his Spitting Image puppet.
Opposition leader Keir Starmer, former head of Crown Prosecution Service, told LBC radio yesterday: “Wherever there’s a complaint made, it’s inevitable that it should be looked at.
“We have to start with the victims here, and look at what allegations have been made.
“I’ve seen the headlines on this, not the detail, but frankly whoever it is, where there are allegations, credible allegations made, then of course they should be looked at.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak refused to back calls for a new investigation saying it would “not be right” to comment on police matters.
The Met Police closed their investigation into the disgraced Duke of York in October 2021.
Virginia Giuffre, now 40-years-old, claims she was trafficked to have sex with Andrew in Epstein’s island Little Saint James, his New York town house and Ghislaine Maxwell‘s Mayfair home, when she was 17-years-old.
But the Met Police say: “We are aware of the release of court documents in relation to Jeffrey Epstein.
“As with any matter, should new and relevant information be brought to our attention we will assess it. No investigation has been launched”
Prince Andrew has been keeping his head down and remained behind the walls of his 31-room mansion Royal Lodge, on the Windsor estate, which he shares with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
His eldest daughter Princess Beatrice, 35, was all smiles as she drove through the gates to visit her scandal-hit father yesterday in a show of family support.
The Sun first revealed the King wants to evict Andy and Fergie from Royal Lodge and offered them the keys to Harry and Meghan’s former home Frogmore Cottage.
But the Prince holds a 75-year lease and is resisting plans to kick him out.
Prince Andrew strenuously denies the allegations and claims he has never met sex abuse accuser Virginia.
But he agreed to pay millions of pounds to Virginia in an out of court settlement almost twp years ago.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.