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US LAWMAKERS have praised King Charles for striping Andrew of his royal titles as they demand the disgraced former duke testifies over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie called for a “reckoning” in America for anyone with links to the late paedophile financier.
Massie spoke outside the Capitol on Tuesday ahead of the House vote on the Epstein bill.
There were audible celebrations inside after the final decision of 427 votes in favour to just one vote against the bill was declared.
Just a few short hours later and the Senate followed suit with a huge majority verdict.
The bill will now go to Trump’s desk for his final signature.
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Massie focused his pre-vote speech on the consequences of releasing the files and who they may expose.
He said: “There’s becoming a reckoning in Britain that needs to happen in the United States.
“A prince lost his title, the ambassador to the United States lost his job.
“We need to see those same kind of consequences here.”
One of the biggest names associated with Epstein is former Duke of York Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
He came under fire after his name came up in Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous book about her experiences with Epstein who trafficked her as a teen.
Giuffre had already claimed she was raped by Andrew before her death.
He denies all the allegations and says he cut ties with Epstein once learning of his sick crimes.
But King Charles viewed the latest string of allegations against his brother as far too great to ignore.
He completely stripped him of his royal titles last month.
Peter Mandelson, the UK’s ambassador to Washington, was also sacked from his role a few weeks earlier.
Mandy was fired as our man in the US after files showed he had called paedophile Epstein his “best pal”.
Massie believes anyone named in the latest releases of the Epstein files should face similar punishments over in the US.
He added: “As my colleague Ro [Khanna] said, there shouldn’t be buildings named after these perpetrators of these heinous crimes.
“There shouldn’t be scholarships named after them, and there needs to be accounting.”
Democratic Rep. Khanna, then warned that Andrew could be dragged before Congress to testify about exactly what he knew.
“I do think that Prince Andrew does need to come and testify at our oversight committee, and that can be bipartisan,” Khanna said.
“But I share [Massie’s] view that the urgency that the British people have shown in getting justice needs to inspire an urgency here in America.”
Andrew is now under mounting pressure to appear before Congress.
Earlier this month, members of Congress sent a dramatic letter summoning Mountbatten-Windsor to finally explain his “long-standing friendship” with Epstein.
The disgraced former royal was told that members have a “suspicion that you may have valuable information about the crimes committed by Mr Epstein and his co-conspirators”.
They referenced “well-documented allegations against you”, his “long-standing friendship with Mr Epstein” and reports that he ordered a protection officer to “dig up dirt” for a smear campaign against Virginia Giuffre.
They also mentioned shocking emails revealed by the Sun on Sunday last month in which he tells the convicted paedo: “We are in this together.”
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is investigating Epstein’s sex trafficking operations, sent a letter demanding he answer questions in a transcribed interview “in the interest of justice for the victims”.
But he is under no legal obligation to actually follow the order and fly to Washington.
