Andrew 'increasingly isolated' at Royal Lodge as US Congressman urges him to open up about Epstein links'
The former Prince is facing calls to give evidence to Congress
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is spending his last days living at Royal Lodge "ranting to himself" as US Congressman pile pressure on for him to give evicence over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The former Duke and Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, both 65, are still living under the same roof at the 30-room home in Windsor, but sleep at different ends of the building and only join each other at mealtimes, according to reports.
A source said that Andrew "rants to himself" as he "pads about" the home, with the former Prince facing a summons to be interviewed by a US congressional committee about his ties to Epstein.
After the summons was issued, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, from Virginia, warned Andrew that anyone "complicit in these crimes cannot hide from us.
Speaking to Charlotte Lynch on LBC News, the politician said said: "We are going after the financial records of Jeffrey Epstein and we have also gotten documents from his estate as well.
"If they paint a picture that involves Andrew committing crimes, then we will have the information we need.
"I think for anyone, not just Andrew, who is complicit in these crimes, they can't hide from us.
"If what he's saying to the press in past interviews is that he 'did nothing wrong', then perhaps he should be saying it to the people investigating these crimes too."
The intervention comes as The Sun reports that Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson are spending life at different sides of the 30-room Royal Lodge ahead of their moving out.
Andrew is said to be increasingly isolated, according to the newspaper, but this has not stopped Congressman Subramanyam from speaking frankly about the former Prince and questions over his ties with Epstein.
"We have travelogue showing that Jeffrey Epstein's island, where he committed many crimes, that Andrew was there multiple times, so he knows a lot", he said.
"Certainly it appears that he was engaged in the behaviour himself, and so we would want to know about that as well."
"Part of the problem with this entire saga is that Jeffrey Epstein was able to evade real justice because he was rich and because he was powerful.
"What we've said all along from the very beginning of this investigation is that regardless of how rich or powerful a person is, we want to make sure that they are held accountable for the crimes they committed, especially if they are heinous crimes against underage girls."
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee summoned the former Prince on Thursday amid suggestions Andrew could provide crucial information about Epstein and his co-conspirators.
The committee said it would now investigate the late financier's "sex trafficking operations" and "financial records such as 'massage for Andrew', raise serious questions."
Signed by 16 Democratic members of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the letter read: "The committee is seeking to uncover the identities of Mr Epstein's co-conspirators and enablers, and to understand the full extent of his criminal operations.
When asked by Charlotte if he was confident Andrew would accept the request, Mr Subramanyam said: "You just said that he's denied any wrongdoing in all of the allegations, so why wouldn't he come to our committee and say that?
"Why wouldn't he tell us what he does know? Because the evidence clearly shows that he was very close with Jeffrey Epstein.
"And then we have a victim, Virginia Giuffri, who actually pointed to him as someone who had sexually assaulted her.
"If what he's saying to the press in past interviews is that he did nothing wrong, then perhaps he should be saying it to the people investigating these crimes too."
Mr Subramanyam confirmed he not yet heard anything from Andrew's side.