Prince Andrew must really be sweating now.
Investigators who busted accused Jeffrey Epstein procuress Ghislaine Maxwell still want to talk to Prince Andrew, they confirmed Thursday — as lawyers predict his socialite pal could now turn against him.
The charges against British socialite Maxwell, 58, include alleged sex crimes in her London townhouse — where Andrew has separately been accused by an Epstein “sex slave” of sleeping with her when she was 17.
While refusing to discuss the “status” of the UK royal — who famously claimed he cannot sweat — prosecutors made it clear he is still on their radar during the ongoing probe into Epstein’s inner circle.
“We would welcome Prince Andrew coming in to talk with us. We would like to have the benefit of his statement,” the acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, said at a press briefing.
“Our doors remain open and we would welcome him coming in and giving us an opportunity to hear his statement,” Strauss said.
Maxwell had been the close friend who first introduced Andrew to Epstein, and he admitted in a BBC interview last year that he remained in touch with her even as his scandal over his ties to the pedophile blew up.
Now, however, the prince’s longtime friend could be given the motivation to finally turn against him, insiders told The Post.
“I’m sure Ms. Maxwell will make every effort to turn on others to save herself. That includes Prince Andrew,” said Lisa Bloom, who reps six Epstein victims as well as a woman who says she saw Andrew dancing with his accuser in London in 2001.
“Prince Andrew should be very concerned. I’m sure he will not be setting foot in the US,” Bloom said, stressing that Maxwell’s arrest should leave all of Epstein’s inner-circle “shaking in their boots.”
Gloria Allred, who represents 16 Epstein accusers, said the arrest should prove a warning shot to Andrew that “the criminal investigation is serious and that it continues.”
“It is long overdue for Prince Andrew to stop making excuses and to stop playing the victim,” Allred said.
“He should contact the FBI immediately and agree to appear for an interview with them to disclose everything that he knows about Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew’s friend, Ghislaine Maxwell.”
Accuser Virginia Robert Giuffre has repeatedly claimed in interviews that she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times at the behest of both Epstein and Maxwell.
The first time, she claims, was in 2001 in Maxwell’s London townhouse — where a now-notorious photo was taken of them together, with Maxwell smiling behind them.
The prince was ultimately dumped from royal duties after a disastrous interview trying to justify his connections to Epstein even after the moneyman was convicted of having sex with underage girls.
It was during that BBC sit-down that he claimed he had an injury that stopped him from sweating, which allegedly proved Giuffre was lying when she “sweated all over” him — a defense that came back to haunt him Thursday.
“I wonder if Prince Andrew has suddenly discovered he does sweat after all?” one of the UK’s most famous journalists, Piers Morgan, tweeted.
Twitter also exploded with memes showing someone sweating profusely.
“If he wasn’t sweating before he will be now,” @Staceyfacey88 tweeted.
Andrew has vehemently denied the accusations against him, and his lawyers have called the feds’ claims that he was not cooperating a “publicity stunt.”
A source close to Andrew’s legal team insisted to The Post on Thursday that they have continued reaching out to the Department of Justice — and they are the ones being shut down.
“The Duke’s team remains bewildered given that we have twice communicated with the DoJ in the last month, and to-date, we have had no response,” the source said.