British restaurant chain Pizza Express has conducted an internal investigation to verify whether Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor visited its Woking location on March 10, 2001, the date on which he has been accused of having sexual contact with Virginia Giuffre, a victim linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has categorically denied the allegation, asserting in a 2019 BBC interview that he was at the Pizza Express with his daughter, Princess Beatrice, before spending the rest of the evening at home.

Giuffre’s claim states that she was 17 years old when the incident allegedly took place at the London residence of Ghislaine Maxwell in Belgravia. Mountbatten-Windsor has disputed the claim, maintaining that the encounter could not have occurred given his stated whereabouts.

Newsnight previously reported that there was no evidence, including witness testimony, placing Andrew at the Pizza Express location on the specified date. In addition to this external reporting, Pizza Express itself undertook a review to establish if there were any contemporaneous records supporting Mountbatten-Windsor’s claim that he had visited its Woking branch that evening.

The restaurant’s internal inquiry involved searching for transaction records and reaching out to former staff and local management from that time. However, Pizza Express was unable to locate any relevant documentation from 2001, citing the absence of archived records. Attempts to contact the manager who oversaw the Woking branch at the time were unsuccessful, as the individual was no longer employed with the company.

As a result, Pizza Express found no evidence either confirming or disproving Mountbatten-Windsor’s presence at the restaurant on that date. The investigation’s inconclusive outcome means the question of his whereabouts on March 10, 2001, remains unresolved, with the conflicting accounts continuing to be a matter of public and legal interest.