The Prince and Princess of Wales are "deeply concerned" by the latest revelations in the case convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said a Kensington Palace spokesperson.
In an initial response to the case, a royal spokesman said Prince William and Princess Catherine were "focused on the victims" in light of new information from the recently released millions of documents from the Epstein dossier.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, former prince and William's uncle, is among those who are again under scrutiny for their ties to Epstein.
"The Prince and Princess are deeply concerned by the continuing revelations. Their thoughts are with the victims," a Kensington Palace spokesman said.
The statement does not mention Andrew directly, but it comes at a time when scandals surrounding the former prince risk overshadowing all other affairs of the British royal family.
The announcement comes as Prince William prepares to begin an official visit to Saudi Arabia, which is considered a diplomatically significant visit.
Although reports have emerged in recent years that William is further cutting ties with his disgraced uncle, he and other senior royals have largely refrained from commenting on the allegations against him.
Endru Mauntbaten-Vindzor He was friends with Epstein for many years and maintained contact with the American financier even after he was convicted of child sexual abuse in 2008.
Andrew has previously apologized for his past ties to Epstein, but has categorically denied any wrongdoing.
Andrew's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, is also mentioned in Epstein's documents and is said to have been close to the sex offender.
Andrew and Sarah Ferguson have two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
After more and more discoveries, Andrew was left without royal titles, including the title of prince..
He recently moved out of his home in Windsor.
Buckingham Palace previously announced that Andrew would leave the royal estate in early 2026, but his departure appears to have been accelerated, as the former prince now lives in Sandringham, the private estate of King Charles, his brother.
However, continued revelations in the US have increased pressure on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has also faced a summons to testify in the US investigation.
In the vast number of documents published in the USA, photos of Andrew kneeling on all fours over a woman.
The context of the photo is not provided and it is not clear when and where it was taken.
It has been established, however, that a photo of Andrew with the then young Vidržinija Đufre, credible.
The photo shows Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre's waist, and in the background is Gillian Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's closest associate and former lover.
According to the official version, Epstein killed himself in a New York prison in 2019, awaiting trial for wartime sex crimes, and Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence on the same charges.
Virginia Giuffre, who went public and publicly accused Epstein and Andrew of sexual assault, she was found dead in April 2025.
Her family then announced that she had committed suicide.
Andrew previously questioned whether the picture of him hugging Virginia Giufre was staged and claimed he had never met her.
Giuffre claimed that she was forced to have sex with him as a teenager.
But an email apparently written by Epstein associate Gillian Maxwell, who is also in the 2015 photo, reads:
"I was in London in 2001 when I [word blacked out] met a few of my friends, including Prince Andrew."
"The photo was taken because I assume she (Virginia Giuffre, ed.) wanted to show it to her friends and family."
Andrew reached an out-of-court settlement with Đufra in 2022.
There was no admission of responsibility or apology in the settlement.
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Police have confirmed they are assessing allegations reported by the BBC that another woman said Epstein sent her to the UK for sexual encounter with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The meeting reportedly took place at Andrew's former residence on the royal estate in 2010.
The woman, who is not British, was in her twenties at the time.
Other emails appear to show that Andrew knowingly shared confidential information with Epstein from his official work as a trade envoy in 2010 and 2011.
According to official guidelines, trade envoys are required to keep confidential all confidential, sensitive, commercial or political information about their official visits.
But emails show that the former prince forwarded Epstein reports on visits to Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam, as well as confidential details of investment opportunities.
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Andrew is not the only Briton in trouble over his ties to Epstein.
Peter Mandelson, former British Ambassador to the United States, pays a political price.
He was first recalled from office in the US, and then resigned from the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is now under heavy criticism because he admitted that he knew about Mendelsohn's connections with Epstein, but still appointed him as ambassador to the US.
Starmer's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, who was considered a political protégé of Mendelsohn, also resigned.
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