MPs could investigate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s time as trade envoy, a parliamentary committee chair said today as the disgraced royal’s ex-wife shuts down six of her companies after being named in the so-called Epstein files.
The business and trade committee chair said “nothing is off the table” concerning the possibility of an MP-led probe into the King’s brother, following further revelations of his relationship with the notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
“MPs are not in the market for letting anything slip through the cracks,” Liam Byrne told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme when asked about information included in trove of documents related to late financier released by the US Department of Justice earlier this month.
They showed that the former prince had shared confidential reports from his role as Britain’s trade envoy with Epstein.
It comes as Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson has moved to shutter six of her companies following the release which included messages to the paedophile saying “I am at your service. Just marry me.”
Sir Vince Cable, whose time as business secretary between 2010 and 2015 overlapped with Andrew’s tenure as envoy for about a year, said information sharing was “totally unacceptable.”
This week, Sir Vince suggested that there should be a corruption investigation covering his time in the role.
Mr Byrne told the BBC today that the committee has “not had a chance to reflect on these allegations because recess means Parliament isn’t sitting this week.
“My task this week is to make sure that the committee has got options in front of them when they meet on Tuesday for how we might or might not take this investigation forward.
“Obviously, we can’t and don’t want to compromise a police investigation.”
He added that he would not “pre-judge where the committee is going to go on this at this stage” but said that “nothing is off the table.”
Emails released in the Epstein files show the former duke sharing reports of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore with the paedophile.
Andrew served as trade envoy between 2001 and 2011.
Thames Valley Police recently said discussions were held with specialists from the Crown Prosecution Service about these allegations.


