American investigators probing Prince Andrew's paedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein have formally requested the Duke of York be handed over to give evidence.
The U.S. Department of Justice made a formal ''Mutual Legal Assistance'' (MLA) request to the Home Office bypassing Buckingham Palace.
The MLA allows cooperation between the U.S. and the U.K. when evidence needs to be gathered in a prosecution or investigation of criminal offences.
If approved by the Home Office, the FBI could ask Andrew, 60, to be compelled to go to a British court to give evidence under oath as a witness if he refused to cooperate.
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