{"id":468696,"date":"2026-02-09T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/468696\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:21:10","slug":"prince-william-and-kate-say-they-are-deeply-concerned-about-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/468696\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William and Kate say they are ‘deeply concerned’ about Epstein files"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain’s Prince William and Princess Kate say they are “deeply concerned” by the revelations in files over the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, making their first statement on the issue.<\/p>\n

“I can confirm The Prince and Princess have been deeply concerned by the continuing revelations. Their thoughts remain focused on the victims,” a spokesperson for Kensington Palace said on Monday.<\/p>\n

The statement was the first public comment from the heir to the throne and his wife on the scandal since the latest release of Epstein files more than a week ago and as the monarchy faces scrutiny over the scandal.<\/p>\n

It follows a renewed furore over Andrew’s close links to Epstein, with King Charles III’s brother under pressure to further explain them.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was spotted riding a horse near Royal Lodge last week. (Reuters: Toby Melville)<\/p>\n

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre claimed in her posthumous memoir that she was trafficked to have sex with the disgraced royal three times, including twice when she was 17.<\/p>\n

He has repeatedly denied those claims but settled a lawsuit with Ms Giuffre in 2022.<\/p>\n

She took her own life in Western Australia in 2025.<\/p>\n

King Charles III stripped his brother of his royal titles and honours late last year after Ms Giuffre’s claims were published.<\/p>\n

Last week it emerged a second alleged Epstein victim has claimed through her lawyer that the late US financier had sent her to Britain in 2010 to have sex with Andrew.<\/p>\n

The ex-prince, who has strenuously denied any wrongdoing, was ousted from his Windsor mansion home, just west of London, earlier than planned last week in the wake of the latest revelations.<\/p>\n

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor moves out of Windsor home<\/a><\/p>\n

British police are investigating the former prince after new files suggest Jeffrey Epstein provided him with a woman to have sex with at the Royal Lodge in 2010.<\/p>\n

The files released in the US included newly-damaging evidence, including a lawyer’s letter alleging that Andrew and Epstein pressured a woman hired as an exotic dancer for sex as part of a threesome in 2006.<\/p>\n

They also contained embarrassing photos of Andrew kneeling over a clothed woman lying on the ground, and emails inviting Epstein to Buckingham Palace to talk in “private”.<\/p>\n

Files reported on by UK media including the BBC<\/a> suggested Andrew passed Epstein confidential reports while he worked as a British trade envoy more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Trade envoys are usually barred from sharing sensitive or commercial documents under confidentiality rules.<\/p>\n

The Kensington Palace statement came as William kicked off a first official visit to Saudi Arabia with a meeting on Monday with host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.<\/p>\n

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