Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has stepped out in public for the first time since losing all of his royal titles and receiving an eviction notice from his brother, King Charles.
The former Duke of York was photographed horse riding for an hour at Windsor Castle with an unidentified woman yesterday in the first public sighting in almost seven weeks.
The pictures came as Mr Windsor was accused of ‘hiding’ from a US government committee’s request to question him, a congressman has reportedly said.
Suhas Subramanyam is one of the Democrat members of the House Oversight Committee, which has requested that the former prince sit for a ‘transcribed interview’ about his connections with the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
A letter sent to Andrew by the committee 10 days ago, and signed by 16 members of Congress, has requested that he responds by this Thursday.
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Mr Subramanyam told The Guardian that the former duke ‘has been hiding from us, and I think he will continue to try to hide from people doing meaningful investigations of this matter’.
‘It seems like every time we find more evidence, Prince Andrew seems to be in the documents,’ he added.
‘And so I think if he is hoping that the story will just go away by ignoring us and being silent, he will be sorely disappointed, as we continue to pursue this over the next year and beyond.’
US President Donald Trump has said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Epstein case, reversing his previous vow to fight the proposal.
This comes after more than 20,000 documents and emails were released this week in the US.
One email sent by Ghislaine Maxwell to Jeffrey Epstein in January 2015 expresses her intention to distance herself from the disgraced financier and deny any knowledge of former Prince Andrew’s massage.
Another email shows Andrew begging Maxwell to deny knowledge of an Epstein orgy.
Since losing his royal status, Andrew has stayed close to Royal Lodge, the estate he is being forced to give up.
In the new year, he is expected to relocate to a smaller home on the Sandrigham estate in Norfolk.
Despite being made to leave his residence at the Royal Lodge, Andrew is insisting that he will have a team of staff at his new lodgings, the Daily Mail reported.
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