Page 6 Daily Mail, ',Vednesclay, January 29, 2020 Dally Mall, Wednesday. la nuary 29, 2020 Page 7 Wanted: Anne Sacoolas I will talk to FBI, Andrew tells pals By Rebecca English and Sam Greenhill AN ANGRY and bewildered' Prince Andrew has rubbished claims he snubbed the FBI's Jeffrey Epstein inquiry, friends insisted last night. A US prosecutor accused the Duke of York of 'zero co-operation' with their investigation, but a source close to Andrew claimed: 'Nothing could be fur- ther from the truth.' The defiant prince was in fact 'more than happy to talk' but 'hasn't been approached by them yet', the source insisted. Andrew's extraordinary flghtback came 24 hours aver the royals were rocked by the bombshell declaration from New York state attorney Geoffrey Berman. He stood outside Epstein's New York man- sion and accused the Queen's son of failing to respond to requests by the FBI and US prosecutors for an interview over his friend- ship with the paedophile Buckingham Palace resulting firestorm sent Buckingham Palace into a panic and yesterday the 'Certain people are jumping the gun' Queen's aides were still refusing to issue any comment on the story. Courtiers even said they would never talk about the subject and insisted it was a matter for the prince's law- yers, who they refused to Identify. But the source close to the prince stepped forward to flatly contradict the US prosecutor's claims that the royal had reneged on his promise two months ago to 'help any appro- priate law enforcement agency with their investigations' into Epstein, who killed himself last year. Last night the insider claimed that Andrew was 'committed to the legal process', saying: 'The duke is more than happy to talk to the FBI but he hasn't been approached by them yet. •He is angry about the way this Is being portrayed and bewildered as to why this was said in New York. It seems certain people are jump- ing the gun.' After Mr Berman's shock