A top American lawmaker has warned that the Epstein files threaten to bring down the British government and have left the monarchy more vulnerable than ever.
Ro Khanna, who co-authored the congressional bill that compelled Donald Trump to release the files, was asked about Lord Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Tuesday ahead of a closed-door deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell.
‘Mandelson may bring down the whole government, from what I hear,’ the California Democratic representative said before entering the House Oversight Committee hearing.
‘He just engaged in terrible behavior. The allegations are very serious – that he was working for Gordon Brown and then feeding information about UK possibly buying Euros and having Epstein trade on that.’
He added: ‘I think this is the the most vulnerable the British monarchy has ever been.’
Khanna said ‘they ought to ask the King and Queen questions’, and suggested that ‘maybe this will be the end of the monarchy.’
The US lawmaker appears to have been referencing recent incidents where King Charles was heckled by members of the public over Andrew’s ties to Epstein.
Sir Keir Starmer faced the greatest crisis of his premiership on Monday as Scotland’s Labour leader Ana Sarwar called on him to resign over the Mandelson scandal.
US Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat from California, speaks to reporters before entering a House Oversight Committee closed-door virtual deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 9
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks with Britain’s ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador’s residence on February 26, 2025
Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends the Funeral of the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral on September 16, 2025 in London