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Published 11:10 22 May 2026 GMT
Disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is under investigation by police over alleged sexual offences.
In the latest update on the landmark case of misconduct in public office, police have announced that the probe into the late Queen’s son has been expanded to investigate charges of sexual misconduct and corruption.
This comes three months after Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested at his home in February over allegations that he leaked state secrets to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein while working as the UK's trade envoy.
Thames Valley Police are interviewing potential victims and witnesses about the suspected sexual offences.
Today, police will make a public appeal for “victim survivors” to come forward.
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Over the last few months, police have been “carefully working through” evidence seized in a raid of Andrew’s former home at Royal Lodge, Windsor, and his most recent home on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
The pivotal update was triggered by the release of a set of previously unseen documents relating to the former Duke of York’s appointment as trade envoy.
When the late Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, stepped down from the role in 2001, she was allegedly “very keen” for her son to take on a “prominent role in the promotion of national interests”.
The files released by the British government this week exposed that Mountbatten-Windsor had a preference for missions to “sophisticated countries” and should not be “burdened” with the meetings and paperwork associated with the role.
In the midst of the Epstein Files being made public by the US Department of Justice, pressure was put on the government by other members of parliament to release the 15-page document.
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The document implied that the then-duke was sharing commercially sensitive information entrusted to him with Epstein.
Thames Valley Police also revealed that senior officers are already speaking to the Crown Prosecution Service for “early investigative advice” in preparation of a potential prosecution.
They are also liaising with the DoJ to formally request evidence contained in the millions of documents from the Epstein files.
Of course, alongside the allegations listed in the Epstein files, cops are investigating separate claims that Epstein sent a woman to the UK to have sex with Andrew in 2010.
The accusations are scarily similar to the ones made by the late Virginia Giuffre, who, after saying she was trafficked to have sex with the former duke, died by suicide at the age of 41.
The Royal family forked out a whopping £12 million ($16 million) to help the former prince settle the New York civil case brought by Giuffre without any admission of liability.
