Behind the brutalist facade of FBI headquarters at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue agents are no doubt watching the scandal engulfing Britain’s royal family with more than a passing interest.
Whether there is any current FBI investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains a closely guarded secret. The agency typically works in silence and refuses to confirm or deny if active investigations exist.
But in the wake of the former prince’s arrest in the UK calls for action by America’s G-Men are growing.
‘If there is an active US investigation touching on conduct connected to American victims, or US soil, then the Federal Bureau of Investigation absolutely should seek to interview him through proper legal channels,’ Spencer Kuvin, a lawyer representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein, told the Daily Mail.
‘The United States and the United Kingdom have well-established mutual legal assistance mechanisms. Cooperation between governments is critical in transnational abuse cases. Survivors deserve a full accounting of the facts – wherever those facts lead.’
Andrew is pictured being driven away from a police station after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on February 19, 2026
Andrew, 66, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was held in custody for 11 hours before being released under investigation.
He is accused of sharing sensitive information with Epstein, the late pedophile financier, during his time as a UK trade envoy.
Andrew has previously vehemently denied any wrongdoing over his links to Epstein.
If any of the information involved in the misconduct in public office case was found to relate to US companies then Andrew could also be investigated in America, according to the Epstein victims’ lawyer.
‘Given the historical association between Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein, any credible evidence of financial misconduct tied to US jurisdiction warrants thorough scrutiny,’ Kuvin said.
He added: ‘If no US information was traded, then it is likely that only the UK would assert jurisdiction over crimes like this.’
A spokesman for the FBI said: ‘The FBI declines to comment.’
Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Washington DC
Last July, Andrew was given a boost when an internal FBI memo revealed the agency did not at that time anticipate further charges against anyone in relation to Epstein.
Investigators said they had discovered no ‘evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties’.
Videos and photos seized from Epstein’s homes in New York, Florida and the Virgin Islands did not implicate anyone else in his crimes, according to the memo.
However, since Andrew’s arrest in the UK, there has been renewed pressure from members of Congress for investigations in the US to be renewed or intensified.
Republican congressman Thomas Massie, who was behind the law that led to the release of the Epstein files, wrote on X: ‘Prince Andrew was just arrested. This was the metric I established for success of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
‘Now we need JUSTICE in the United States. It’s time for Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to act!’
Disturbing images released as part of the Epstein files appeared to show Andrew crouching on all fours over a female lying on the floor
FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi are facing calls from members of Congress to take more action in the wake of the release of the Epstein files
Member of Congress Thomas Massie pressed for release of the Epstein files
Pressure for Andrew to testify to Congress is also reaching a crescendo.
The House Oversight Committee, which is investigating the Epstein scandal, wrote to Andrew in November asking him to submit to questioning as part of its inquiry.
In the wake of his arrest Suhas Subramanyam, a Democratic congressman on the committee, said: ‘He has continued to ignore our calls to cooperate with the Oversight Committee’s investigation. We hope the arrest will lead to answers and show that there will be accountability even if you hide, regardless of how rich and powerful you are.’
At FBI headquarters, the file of information about Andrew has been slowly growing for 15 years.
The Epstein files show that he was first mentioned in an FBI inquiry into Epstein in 2011 when agents went to Australia to interview a victim of the financier.
The name of the woman was redacted but she appeared to be Virginia Giuffre.
In the interview she claimed that Epstein abused her and that she was trafficked by Ghislaine Maxwell to other men, including Andrew.
Virginia Giuffre took her own life in April 2025 aged 41
Amanda Roberts, sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre, at the US Capitol in Washington DC on February 10, 2026
She claimed that, when she was 17, Andrew engaged in sexual activity with her at Maxwell’s home in London, and that she gave him an ‘erotic massage’ at Epstein’s home in New York.
Andrew has always vehemently denied Giuffre’s claims, including during a Newsnight interview in 2019. Giuffre took her own life last year.
In 2019, an internal Department of Justice memo showed that prosecutors wanted to speak to Andrew as part of their Epstein investigation.
The memo said: ‘We are in the process of obtaining the name of a lawyer who represents Prince Andrew. Once we have this contact information, we plan to request an interview.’
The following year, Geoffrey Berman, the Manhattan US attorney, publicly accused Andrew of giving ‘zero’ assistance.
Berman said: ‘Prince Andrew has now completely shut the door on voluntary cooperation and our office is considering its options.’
The Epstein files reveal that Andrew’s attorney subsequently privately asked officials at the Department of Justice to stop making such statements.
The attorney said he would ‘need to gather information from the Royal Household and others’ before Andrew could cooperate.
A picture of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lying across a row of women in a photo during a black-tie event with Ghislaine Maxwell was released as part of the Epstein files
Epstein had offered to set up a dinner for Andrew with a ‘clever, beautiful and trustworthy’ 26-year-old Russian woman, saying: ‘She has your email.’ The former prince, who would have been 50 at the time, replied that he would be ‘delighted to see her’. And he cheerfully asked the convicted child sex predator, whose house arrest had finished just days earlier: ‘Good to be free?’
Andrew has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Department of Justice officials went on to make a formal request for British authorities to interview Andrew as a witness in connection with the Epstein investigation.
It was a request made under the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) treaty between the two countries.
Later, dealings between the two countries over whether Andrew would cooperate became even more delicate.
In an email exchange on August 24, 2021, a British government official wrote to the US Embassy in London: ‘We are aware that a civil case has been filed (by Virginia Giuffre) in New York concerning the Epstein investigation with the material witness (Andrew) as the defendant.
‘Please can you let us know what impact this has on the material witness’s current status, as a witness, in the criminal investigation and in relation to the MLA request.’
A US Embassy official passed that on to the Department of Justice in Washington, writing: ‘I think they (the British) are asking whether, in light of the recent allegations, that Andrew “is now a suspect instead of a witness (in British parlance)”.’
‘I was going to respond with one word “none” but thought I should check first… The earlier the better because the Amb is keen to sort this out.’
The ‘Amb’ appeared to be a reference to the US ambassador in London.
Epstein took his own life in a prison cell in New York in 2019
Unmarked police vehicles exit the gates of Royal Lodge after carrying out searches at two properties linked to Andrew
The Epstein files also show the British complained about leaks in the US that Andrew’s ‘refusal to talk’ to Epstein investigators was ‘straining relations’ between the UK and US.
Andrew’s last known visit to the US was in 2010 when he visited Epstein in New York.
There have been reports, citing friends, that he is ‘terrified’ to go back in case he is arrested.
‘It is not known whether there is a criminal investigation ongoing in the US, but fear of that could keep Andrew from traveling to the United States for holidays or to visit friends,’ immigration lawyer Melissa Chavin said.
She said if Andrew did agree to give evidence to Congress then he could be given a guarantee that he would not be arrested.
That could be done under a program run by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for expert witnesses.
Some of the email correspondence between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein
Congress has asked to hear from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as part of its Epstein investigation
‘ICE facilitates parole requests from government agencies like the FBI and the Department of Justice,’ she said.
‘ICE coordinates with the consulate local to the witness, like the London US Embassy, to authorize the parole. The witness would be watched carefully while in the US, and leave the country immediately following their testimony.’
Andrew has probably already lost his special royal visa to enter the US, she told the Daily Mail.
The A-1 ‘Head of State’ visa allows holders to come and go as they please from the US with minimal security checks and they receive special treatment at airports.
Names for those visas are put forward by foreign governments and approved by the US Secretary of State.
She said it was likely that the UK had Andrew ‘taken off the visa request rolls’ some time ago.
