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Earlier on Sunday, Communities Secretary Steve Reed echoed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s suggestion that Andrew should testify before the US congressional investigation into Epstein.

The former Duke of York was stripped of his titles by Charles last year after the posthumous publication of a book by Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she was trafficked by Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell when she was 17.

Andrew paid millions to Ms Giuffre, a woman he has claimed never to have met, to settle a civil sexual assault claim in 2022.

Andrew has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.

Mr Reed suggested both Andrew and Lord Mandelson had a “moral obligation” to help Epstein’s victims.

He told Sky News: “If anybody has information or evidence that they can share that might help to understand what’s gone on and bring justice for those victims, then they should share it, whether that is Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, whether it’s Lord Mandelson, or whether it’s anybody else.

“They have a moral obligation to share what they knew so that the victims can help find the justice that they’ve been denied for so long.”