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Gordon Brown has demanded a police investigation into whether Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used taxpayer-funded jets and RAF bases to meet the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to reports.
The former prime minister wrote letters to six police forces suggesting that civil servants be questioned about Andrew's time as UK trade envoy, the the Sunday Telegraph says.
Andrew was an envoy from 2001 to 2011, including almost three years when Brown was in No 10.
The paper also reports that Brown has demanded a full investigation into the trade envoy role, its cost to taxpayers and any evidence that links the former prince's government work to late financier Epstein.
Andrew has previously denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, who died in a New York prison cell in 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.
Brown told the BBC last week that he had "submitted a five-page memorandum to the Metropolitan, Surrey, Sussex Thames Valley and other relevant UK police constabularies".
He said: "This memorandum provides new and additional information to that which I submitted last week to the Met, Essex and Thames Valley police forces where I expressed my concern that we secure justice for trafficked girls and women."
When asked about these flights by the BBC in October 2025, the Ministry of Defence said "it is standard practice for spare capacity at RAF airfields in the UK to be used for private or commercial aircraft, subject to fees which cover all costs".
It added that such use "is not automatic and will only be approved when there is no adverse impact to military aircraft and where approval would not interfere with the security or smooth running of the airfield".
The MoD repeated this response when asked by the BBC again on Sunday.
In an email message, Jon Swain asks if Andrew had secured permission for Epstein to use military bases. The question is forwarded to Epstein by Ghislaine Maxwell - who in 2021 was convicted in the US for her role in luring underage girls for him.
Epstein responds to say, "just spoke to Larry… it's true". The man named Larry was Epstein's chief pilot, who arranged many of his landings and logistics. Maxwell then responds using an expletive.
The Sunday Telegraph says Brown is requesting that police examine whether Epstein was given access to RAF bases after his conviction for soliciting child prostitution in Florida in 2008.
Andrew was arrested by Thames Valley Police on Thursday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office, and released under investigation 11 hours later.
He has not responded to the BBC's requests for comment on specific allegations that have emerged after the US release of files connected to the late financier's case - including claims he shared information with Epstein while trade envoy.
Searches are continuing this weekend at his former Windsor mansion Royal Lodge, where he lived for many years.
