Sir Keir Starmer has said "nobody is above the law" when asked about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor but declined to say if the former prince should volunteer himself to UK police.
"I think that's a matter for the police, they will conduct their own investigations, but one of the core principles in our system is that everybody is equal under the law and nobody is above the law," he told BBC Breakfast.
"It's a very important principle of our country... and it has to apply in this case in the same way it would in any other case," he added.
Police are currently considering allegations against Andrew, who has consistently and strenuously denied any wrongdoing.
Starmer added if MPs in Parliament wanted a debate on Mountbatten-Windsor's links with Jeffrey Epstein he "wouldn't stand in the way".
