{"id":433800,"date":"2026-02-19T08:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433800\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:32:07","slug":"pm-starmer-says-nobody-is-above-the-law-over-andrew-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433800\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Starmer says ‘nobody is above the law’ over Andrew allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Separately, Thames Valley Police is also assessing whether there are grounds to investigate Andrew<\/a> for suspected misconduct in public office and breach of official secrets.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he thought Andrew should voluntarily speak to UK police, Sir Keir said: “I think that’s a matter for the police. <\/p>\n

“They will conduct their own investigations, but one of the core principles in our system is that everybody is equal under the law and nobody is above the law.”<\/p>\n

He added: “It’s a very important principle of our country… and it has to apply in this case in the same way it would in any other case.”<\/p>\n

The prime minister said that, if MPs in Parliament wanted a debate on Andrew’s links to Epstein, he “wouldn’t stand in the way”.<\/p>\n

Thames Valley Police is currently assessing allegations, first reported by the BBC, that a second woman was sent to the UK by Epstein<\/a> for a sexual encounter with Andrew.<\/p>\n

The encounter allegedly occurred at the former prince’s residence, Royal Lodge, in 2010. The woman, who is not British, was in her 20s at the time.<\/p>\n

The woman’s lawyer, Brad Edwards, said that after spending the night with Andrew, the woman alleges she was given tea and a tour of Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n

Millions of files released last month by the US Department of Justice shed new light on Andrew’s close relationship with the disgraced financier.<\/p>\n

The latest tranche included pictures of him kneeling on all fours over a woman lying on the ground, while other files repeatedly reference him.<\/p>\n

They also show the former prince forwarded sensitive government documents and commercial information<\/a> to Epstein. <\/p>\n

In his interview with Breakfast on Thursday morning, Sir Keir reiterated previous comments he made suggesting Andrew should testify before the US Congress.<\/p>\n

“Anybody who has any information should testify. So, whether it’s Andrew or anybody else, anybody whose got relevant information should come forward to whatever the relevant body is,” he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Separately, Thames Valley Police is also assessing whether there are grounds to investigate Andrew for suspected misconduct in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-433800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}