An American school bus emblazoned with a photograph of Prince Andrew and the words, ‘If you see this man ask him to call the FBI’, drove around Buckingham Palace today.
The yellow bus drove through central London and around the perimeter of the palace urging people to notify the FBI if they see the Duke of York.
A banner on the side reads: ‘If you see this man please ask him to call the FBI to answer their questions.’
This comes as the Duke was seen today for the first time since his 60th birthday, leaving Royal Lodge, the Windsor residence he shares with his ex-wife, Fergie.
The yellow bus drove through central London and around the perimeter of the palace
The banner on the school bus is urging to people to ask the Duke of York to call the FBI
Prince Andrew seen for the first time since turning 60 leaving his home, Royal Lodge today
In the wake of his association with Jeffrey Epstein — the disgraced U.S. financier who was found dead in a New York prison cell last August, the Duke had notably subdued 60th birthday celebrations.
He reportedly celebrated with his ex-wife at Royal Lodge – in stark contrast to the weekend-long party he enjoyed at St James’s Palace for his 50th birthday.
The poster on the side of the bus also featured the website address for attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing several alleged victims of billionaire paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.
During a press conference in New York last year Ms Allred said Prince Andrew ‘has an obligation’ to meet with investigators to disclose what he knew about Epstein.
It is not known whether she is involved in the bus stunt.
According to onlookers, the bus made its way through Mayfair before it was pulled over by police in Park Street.
One bystander who spotted the ‘weird bus’ said officers spoke to the driver for around ten minutes before the bus was allowed to drive off.
The duke has stepped away from royal duties following his disastrous Newsnight interview about his relationship with Epstein.
The prince has categorically denied having any knowledge that Epstein was sexually abusing teenage girls.
But the scandal reignited last November when Andrew gave a disastrous interview to BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis in which he failed to express any regret for continuing his friendship with the disgraced financier after he was jailed for child sex abuse.
The prince told the BBC he did not regret his friendship with Epstein, because ‘the people that I met and the opportunities that I was given to learn either by him or because of him were actually very useful’.
He told Miss Maitlis he would give investigators a statement under oath ‘in the right circumstances’. After a public furore, in which he was forced to withdraw from royal duties, he issued a statement saying he would ‘of course’ speak to investigators ‘if required’.
The bus made its way through Mayfair before it was pulled over by police in Park Street
An onlooker said the yellow American High School bus telling anyone who sees Prince Andrew to call the FBI was pulled over by police in central London this morning.
The businessman, who asked not to be named, said the vehicle was stopped at 11.55am in Victoria Street, south London, outside the Labour Party headquarters.
‘I saw this big yellow US school bus come around the corner from Buckingham Gate into Victoria Street as I left work to get a sandwich,’ he said.
‘It was quite surreal to see it in central London. Lots of people on the street were looking at the message about Prince Andrew in large letters along the side. I was trying to work out who had done it.
‘Behind the bus was a police patrol car with blue flashing lights who followed it into Victoria Street and ordered the driver to stop.
‘Two police officers got out and spoke to the driver, presumably to check the vehicle’s registration documents.
‘Once they were satisfied the papers were fine, he was allowed to continue on his journey.’
Earlier this month, Prince Andrew was urged by lawyers to ‘get on a plane’ and answer questions from the FBI as part of a reciprocal deal that would see US spy’s wife Anne Sacoolas sent to the UK where she is accused of killing teen Harry Dunn.
The demand was made in an extraordinary press conference in New York where Lisa Bloom, lawyer for alleged victims of Epstein, teamed up with Dunn family lawyer Radd Seiger in an attempt to break the stalemate that has ensnared both of their cases in political red tape.
The Duke of York, speaking for the first time about his links to Jeffrey Epstein in an interview with BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis
Andrew’s much anticipated appearance on BBC’s Newsnight to defend his reputation in the wake of the Epstein sex scandal, saw him admit the friendship with the disgraced financier ‘gave him the opportunity to meet people’
Mrs Sacoolas was charged with causing Mr Dunn’s death by dangerous driving in December but US secretary of state Mike Pompeo rejected an extradition request for the 42-year-old last month.
Nineteen-year-old Mr Dunn was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car outside US military base RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27 last year.
The lawyers appeared alongside one of Epstein’s accusers, a model named Kiki who appealed to the Queen to persuade Prince Andrew to help the US authorities with anything he witnessed in his time with Epstein.
Ms Bloom highlighted what she called ‘eerie parallels’ between the cases that involved ‘everyday teenagers’.