The House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament approved this Tuesday, February 24, the publication of documents related to the appointment of former Prince Andrew when he served as commercial envoy, between 2001 and 2011. According to emails derived from the case of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the monarch would have shared confidential information from the British Government with the American financier and sexual offender.

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The United Kingdom seeks greater accountability for former Prince Andrew and his alleged sharing of confidential British government information with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Lawmakers in the House of Commons approved a motion on February 24 to publish documents related to the appointment of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as trade envoy, a position he held between 2001 and 2011.

Parliament will publish those files once the Police, who are investigating Andrew for this same case, consider that the time is appropriate. Therefore, a specific date for the disclosure has not yet been established, said the Minister of State and member of the Labor Party, Chris Bryant.

The decision comes after the opposition Liberal Democratic Party presented this Tuesday the motion demanding the publication of the documents, including those related to the ongoing investigation by British authorities into the younger brother of King Charles III.

“This is the first truly global scandal, from the White House and Silicon Valley to Oslo and Paris, but it is also a deeply British scandal.”

Police investigations continue after Andrew was detained for 11 hours last week and released without charge. However, the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II is under suspicion of "misconduct in public office."

The origin of the investigations lies in an email found in Epstein's files. In 2010, Andrew traveled to Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam, as a British special envoy for international trade and according to the reports of those visits, protected by the confidentiality obligation of the position, they were sent to the financier and pedophile, as indicated in an email shared by the State Department in the new declassifications of the case.

Andrew was stripped of his noble titles in 2025, after the publication of the memoirs of Virginia Giuffre, a victim of the Espstein human trafficking network, who had already accused him of abusing her on three occasions when she was a minor.

Although Andrew is not being investigated for sexual crimes, the origin of the controversy, his closeness to Epstein, which would have led him to reveal sensitive information about the British Government, does have him on the ropes.

“In many ways, this is the first truly global scandal, from the White House and Silicon Valley to Oslo and Paris, but it is also a deeply British scandal that reaches to the highest levels of the British establishment,” said Ed Davey, leader of the opposition Liberal Democrat party and lawmaker who introduced the motion.

“Nowhere have the consequences been felt more strongly than in the United Kingdom, where the scandal has raised questions about how power is exercised by the aristocracy, senior politicians and influential businessmen, known collectively as ‘the Establishment,’” Davey added, opening debate on the motion this Tuesday.

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For his part, Minister Bryant added that the UK Government supports the motion, but will not publish anything that could prejudice the ongoing investigation into the former prince.

Read alsoAndrew, from prince to the center of controversy in the United Kingdom over the Epstein plot

The Government is working on the possible elimination of Andrew in the line of succession

This was confirmed this Tuesday by the Minister of State, Chris Bryant. In reference to the requests to eliminate Andrew from the line of succession – who is in eighth place – Bryant assured that the Administration is working at a good pace on this matter and that it aims to present legislation in this regard. However, he did not provide a specific date for this.

Despite being stripped of his princely status in October 2025, Andrew remains in line to become monarch. Given his age and the place he occupies, he would not become king, but the demand comes as scrutiny grows over his ties to Epstein. He has always denied having committed any sexual crime and has not spoken publicly about his questioned conduct as a commercial envoy.

It has been 90 years since a member of the British royal family was removed from the line of succession and now it could happen again with the legal changes that the Government is considering introducing regarding Andrew.

Experts say the process to remove him from the line of succession could be extensive, requiring the participation of a dozen British territories that also consider the British monarch their head of state.

However, the push for change is gaining momentum after his arrest.

"The Government is clear that we are not ruling out taking action regarding the line of succession at this stage and will consider whether further action is required in due course," Darren Jones, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, told Parliament on Monday 23 February.

To achieve this, the approval of a law by Parliament is required, but any measure in this regard will only be implemented once the police investigation is over, Jones explained.

Read alsoBritish police search the former home of former Prince Andrew, investigated following the Epstein files

With AP and local media

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