In a transatlantic thunderclap that has royal watchers and Epstein victims alike holding their breath, 16 Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee fired off a sealed letter to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor – the disgraced ex-Prince Andrew – demanding he appear for a transcribed interview by November 20, 2025, or risk Congress unleashing a torrent of damning evidence tying him to Jeffrey Epstein’s web of abuse. The missive, delivered to Royal Lodge at 2:17 p.m. ET on November 6, arrives just days after King Charles III stripped his brother of his “Prince” title and HRH style, evicting him from the Windsor estate in a move sources call the monarchy’s final severing of ties to the scandal.

Led by Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.), the letter – signed by heavyweights including Reps. Jamie Raskin, Ro Khanna, and Stephen Lynch – accuses Andrew of holding “critical insight” into Epstein’s co-conspirators, citing his “longstanding friendship” with the late sex trafficker and “well-documented allegations” from victims like the late Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre’s posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl, released last month, reignited fury with graphic claims of three assaults by Andrew in 2001, paid off with $15,000 from Epstein – allegations Andrew has denied since his infamous 2019 BBC interview, where he claimed he couldn’t sweat due to Falklands War trauma.

The ultimatum couldn’t come at a more explosive moment. Just two days ago, on November 18, Congress passed the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act in a near-unanimous House vote (427-1) and unanimous Senate consent, sending it to President Trump’s desk for signature – a bill Trump initially resisted but now vows to sign, forcing the DOJ to release all unclassified files by mid-December. Democrats frame the Andrew demand as a preemptive strike, warning that non-compliance could lead to public leaks of flight logs showing Andrew on Epstein’s “Lolita Express” at least four times with underage girls, “massage for Andrew” wire transfers totaling over $1 million from Epstein’s accounts, and photos of Andrew toasting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in the early 2000s – before Trump banned Epstein from the club in 2007 over an alleged incident involving a member’s underage daughter.

Buried deeper in the threat: a resurfaced 2011 email from Andrew to Epstein, obtained in unsealed court docs last month, reading “We are in this together” – sent just two years after Epstein’s controversial 2008 Florida plea deal and months after Andrew’s disastrous Newsnight denial of meeting Giuffre. Sources close to the committee tell Fox News the email could unravel NDAs from Andrew’s $12 million settlement with Giuffre in 2022, potentially exposing a “transatlantic protection racket” linking Buckingham Palace, Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico (now under state probe), and U.S. elites.

Republican leaders, including Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), have stayed mum on the letter, which lacks GOP signatures and thus no subpoena power over foreign nationals like Andrew. But insiders whisper of internal GOP panic: the files bill’s passage, pushed by a bipartisan crew including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, and Ro Khanna, bypassed White House veto threats after public outcry from victims seated in the House gallery during the vote. Trump, who flew on Epstein’s jet once in 1997 but claims no close ties, blasted the saga as a “Democrat hoax” Monday, yet his AG Pam Bondi is now leading a probe into Democratic Epstein links, including a 2013 fundraiser email from Epstein to then-Congressman Hakeem Jeffries.

Andrew’s camp, holed up in a downgraded Windsor mansion after his Royal Lodge eviction, has gone radio silent – no response to the letter as of November 19. Buckingham Palace, which paid his $12 million settlement, reiterated Andrew’s denials, calling the demands “unprecedented harassment.” But UK voices like Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey are piling on: “He should testify here too – the public deserves full transparency.”

Victims’ advocates are hailing it as a watershed. “This isn’t about one royal – it’s the crack in the vault,” said Bradley Edwards, attorney for dozens of Epstein survivors, on MSNBC. “Andrew’s silence has protected predators for years. November 20 is judgment day.” Social media is ablaze: #AndrewUltimatum trended with 4 million posts by midday, blending memes of Andrew’s sweat-free BBC flop with demands to #ReleaseTheFilesNow.

Legal experts doubt Andrew will show – Congress can’t force foreigners – but the threat of leaks could force his hand, especially with the DOJ dump looming. “It’s psychological warfare,” a former federal prosecutor told the New York Post. “They know he can’t hide forever – and neither can the network.”

As the clock ticks to November 20 (2:33 p.m. ET response deadline), the world watches: Will the throne’s fallen spare ignite the biggest elite bonfire since Watergate? Or will silence bury another royal secret? One thing’s clear – Epstein’s ghost just haunted Pennsylvania Avenue, and the fallout could echo from Windsor to Washington for years.