Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is being urged to surrender his passport to prevent him fleeing the country as the Metropolitan Police investigate Virginia Giuffre’s allegations.
Royal author Andrew Lownie has labeled the disgraced royal a “flight risk” and is calling on authorities to seize his passport, per The mirror.
The push comes as new material from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate is being reviewed by the US House Oversight Committee, rekindling questions about Andrew’s long-denied ties to the convicted sex offender.
Lownie whose book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York investigated the prince’s downfall, says the latest email dump leaves little room for doubt.
“This new information dump is the nail in the coffin for Prince Andrew, highlighting the lies he has told about his association with Jeffrey Epstein,” he told the newspaper.
He added that “Andrew needs to be investigated and as a flight risk his passport should be surrendered.”
The writer went further and suggested that Andrew could follow the path of Spain’s King Juan Carlos. “I think there is a good chance that Andrew would avoid any legal charges by going to the Middle East… If the authorities are serious… then his passport should be confiscated.”
These warnings come as the Metropolitan Police digs through emails, phone records and notebooks belonging to Andrews’ former Personal Protection Officers. The review was prompted by claims that Andrew asked his security team to “dig up dirt” on Virginia Giuffre, even divulging her date of birth and social security number in 2011.
According to The sunat least two former PPOs have already been questioned as the Met considers whether a full investigation should go ahead.
