THE GROUNDED DUKE OF YORK

Travel to US too risky for Andrew amid Epstein storm

- BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN [e-mail]

DISGRACED Prince Andrew will never set foot on US soil again, sources say, after lawmakers pressed for him to testify under oath about his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The Duke of York, once branded “Air Miles Andy” for his relentless jet-set lifestyle, has not been to North America for more than a decade.

Now, according to senior sources, he is too terrified to even contemplate the trip.

The revelation came as Andrew was portrayed as a sex addict and shameless abuser of privilege in an incendiary new biography that claims the Queen knew about his conduct and “allowed it to happen”.

His hopes of ending his self-imposed exile briefly flickered last month when reports suggested the late monarch’s second son may risk a return to travelling after the FBI shelved a probe into his Epstein ties.

But those plans have been obliterated by a fresh wave of anger after President Donald Trump U-turned on his campaign promise to release all the files detailing his former friend Epstein’s criminal activities.