The former Prince Andrew was arrested and held for hours by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
The Thames Valley Police, an agency that covers areas west of London, including Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home, said it was “assessing” reports that the former Prince Andrew sent trade reports to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2010.
The assessment followed the release of millions of pages of documents connected to a U.S.
The arrest of Mountbatten-Windsor, formally known as Prince Andrew, follows years of allegations over his links with Jeffrey Epstein, who took his own life in a New York prison in 2019.
The accusation at the heart of his arrest is that he shared confidential trade information with the disgraced financier.
The relatives of the late Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was trafficked to Britain to have sex with the former Prince Andrew in 2001 at age 17, welcomed Andrew’s arrest.
The allegations being investigated Thursday are separate from those made by Virginia Giuffre.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested and held for hours by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former British prince who was stripped of his royal titles because of his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
While Andrew has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with his friendship with Epstein, concerns about Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to the late financier have dogged the royal family for more than a decade.
King Charles III was seen at London Fashion Week on Thursday for the first time since the arrest of his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Mountbatten-Windsor, a former British prince, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with his close relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The former Prince Andrew has been released after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
The Thames Valley Police force said the former prince was released Thursday evening from a police station near his home in eastern England.
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