(COMBO) This combination of files photographs created on February 9, 2026 shows (L) Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales attending the launch of the Global Humanitarian Memorial in London on October 1, 2025 and Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York attending the Sunday service at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor on April 11, 2021, two days after the death of his father Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine have been "deeply concerned" by the latest revelations linking William's uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Kensington Palace said on February 9, 2026. (Photo by Chris Jackson and Steve Parsons / POOL / AFP)
Prince William and his wife, Catherine, have been “deeply concerned” by the latest revelations linking William’s uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, to late United States (US) sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Kensington Palace said Monday.
“I can confirm that the prince and princess of Wales have been deeply concerned by the continued revelations,” the palace said in a statement.
It added that “their thoughts remain focused on the victims” of Epstein, who died in prison awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019.
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. Furthermore, the monarchy faces scrutiny over the scandal.
It follows a renewed furore over Andrew’s close links to Epstein, with King Charles III’s brother under pressure to further explain them.
Andrew stepped back from royal duties in 2019 over the ties. This followed claims by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre that she was trafficked to have sex with the disgraced royal three times, including twice when she was 17.
King Charles III stripped his brother of his royal titles and honours late last year after Giuffre recounted the claims in shocking detail in a posthumous memoir.
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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.
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.
This happened in the wake of the latest revelations.
The files released in the US included newly damaging evidence.
This included 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.
They also contained embarrassing photos of Andrew kneeling over a clothed woman lying on the ground. In addition, they included emails inviting Epstein to Buckingham Palace to talk in “private”.
Files reported by UK media on Monday suggested that Andrew passed confidential reports about Epstein while he was a British trade envoy more than a decade ago.
The Kensington Palace statement came as William kicked off a first official visit to Saudi Arabia with a meeting Monday with host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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