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The Prime Minister has insisted that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 'should testify' in the UK and US over links to disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Sir Keir Starmer insisted "nobody is above the law" on Thursday, as the PM addressed growing calls for the former Prince to testify.
It comes as nine police forces confirmed they are 'assessing information' contained within the Epstein Files linked to people trafficking allegations connected to two airports – London Luton and London Stansted.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has said it is supporting UK police forces investigating information in the Epstein files, in a bid to “enable a full and independent assessment of the information released”.
Speaking on Thursday, the Prime Minister said: “Anybody who has any information should testify. So whether it’s Andrew or anybody else, anybody who has got relevant information should come forward to whatever the relevant body is, in this particular case we’re talking about Epstein, but there are plenty of other cases.
"Anybody who has got information relating to any aspect of violence against women and girls has, in my view, a duty to come forward, whoever they are.”
It comes as a former royal protection officer exclusively told LBC that the normal checks on people coming into Buckingham Palace were suspended to allow young women to visit Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Speaking with the BBC this morning, Sir Keir continued: “One of the core principles in our system is that everybody is equal under the law, and nobody is above the law, and it is really important that is applied across the board.
“That is the principle. It’s a long-standing principle, it’s a very important principle of our country, our society, and it applies, and it has to apply in this case, in the same way as it would apply in any other case.”
The developments came as Surrey Police urged people with information to come forward about claims of human trafficking and sexual assault from the 1990s.
The force said the alleged offending, set out in a redacted report released by the US Department of Justice in December, took place in Virginia Water between 1994 and 1996.
The Met is currently investigating allegations that the ex-peer committed misconduct in a public office by sharing sensitive information with the sex offender while Business Secretary in 2009 and 2010.
It comes as West Midlands Police has become the latest force to announce it was reviewing the files released by the US Department of Justice in relation to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
In a statement on Thursday, the force said: "“All privately chartered aircraft are run independently of BHX and through a third party. No passengers on these jets enter the main terminal and are processed through the border in a private facility, away from our main operation.
"We do not have prior knowledge of arrangements on privately operated aircraft and will be fully compliant in providing any information in which we do have, to parties that may be investigating this in an official capacity.”
It comes as police have asked that key emails from Peter Mandelson about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein be blocked from release amid a criminal investigation into the former peer, reports claim.
Sources speaking to POLITICO claim that the Metropolitan Police has asked that emails exchanged in December 2024 between Mandelson and former Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney be excluded from an upcoming release of files.
Parliament voted last month to compel the Government to release all files related to Mandelson's appointment as Britain's ambassador to the United States.The Labour grandee was sacked from the role after being accused of lying about his relationship with disgraced financier Epstein.