A senior UK lawmaker is urging Parliament to launch a treason probe into disgraced ex-Prince Andrew and former British ambassador Peter Mandelson over their ties to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat called for a special committee made up of lawmakers, civilians, and retired judges to investigate the duo’s relationship with the late sex offender and determine whether harsher laws are needed to strengthen oversight of the royal family, The Sun reported.
“This affair raises urgent questions about foreign influence and national security,” the former security minister told the outlet Saturday.
“What did the Palace know? What did ministers know? What else is being hidden? This goes beyond what a court could reasonably consider. Parliament must consider what it means for the country. If the worst is proved, do we need to revisit treason laws written 700 years ago?”
Queen Elizbeth’s II’s third child, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested by London police Thursday amid allegations he forwarded secret docs to Epstein while serving as a UK trade envoy.
King Charles III vowed his full support for police, stressing “the law must take its course,” as his brother faces life in prison, if convicted.
Mandelson, a former UK ambassador to the US who was ousted in Sept. 2025 over his relationship to Epstein, allegedly leaked sensitive government documents to the billionaire financier in 2009 and 2010.
The longtime Labour Party figure has not been arrested.
“If these accusations are true, they expose something rotten at the top of the State,” Tugendhat charged.
“If they are not, the public needs proof that the guardrails are strong. Either way, Parliament must send a clear message – Britain will defend itself from every threat, even if it comes from the very top.”
Both men, whose names and photos appear multiple times in the tranche of Justice Department documents tied to Epstein, have denied any wrongdoing with the notorious sex pest.
The British government is also pushing legislation to permanently remove Andrew from the line of succession – a move that will block any chance of the ex-Duke of York becoming King of England.
The 66-year-old remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles in October.
The move would require an act of Parliament and the case would then go to King Charles for his approval.
The last time someone was removed from the line of succession by an act of Parliament was in 1936, when King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
