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British constabulary appealed for witnesses connected Friday (May 22, 2026) arsenic they sought to broaden their probe into imaginable offences by the erstwhile Prince Andrew, including intersexual misconduct.
Thames Valley Police issued the connection arsenic it updated reporters connected its probe into allegations of misconduct successful nationalist bureau by the Former Prince, present known arsenic Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The unit covers the country westbound of London wherever Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor lived for galore years.
Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested connected February 19 and held for hours arsenic constabulary questioned him astir the allegations, linked to his relationship with the precocious convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The apprehension was an extraordinary determination successful a state wherever authorities erstwhile sought to shield the royal household from embarrassment.
Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
Police antecedently said they were “assessing” reports that Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor sent commercialized reports to Epstein successful 2010 erstwhile the then-Prince was Britain's peculiar envoy for planetary trade.
Those reports were based connected correspondence betwixt the 2 men that became nationalist erstwhile the U.S. Justice Department released millions of pages of documents from its probe into Epstein.
But detectives renewed their entreaty for witnesses amid interest that the nationalist believes they are lone investigating allegations linked to the commercialized reports, erstwhile successful information misconduct successful nationalist bureau tin use to a overmuch broader database of offenses, Britain's Press Association reported.
"Misconduct successful nationalist bureau is simply a transgression that tin instrumentality antithetic forms, making this a analyzable investigation," Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said. "Our squad of precise experienced detectives are moving meticulously done a important magnitude of accusation that has travel successful from the nationalist and different sources."
Police said they are looking into "a fig of aspects of alleged misconduct" pursuing the merchandise of the U.S. documents, and they are moving with the Justice Department to get further accusation related to the investigation.
Thames Valley Police besides issued an update connected its enquiry into allegations that a pistillate was taken to a determination successful Windsor for intersexual purposes successful 2010.
"Should she privation to study this to constabulary it volition beryllium taken earnestly and handled with care, sensitivity and respect for her privacy," Police said successful a statement.
Florida lawyer Brad Edwards told the BBC successful January that helium represented a pistillate who said that Epstein sent her to England successful 2010 to person a intersexual brushwood with Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor astatine his location successful Windsor.
King Charles III stripped his younger member of his royal titles precocious past twelvemonth arsenic helium sought to region the royal household from the fallout from the Epstein scandal. Those files showed however the affluent financier utilized an planetary web of rich, almighty friends to summation power and sexually exploit young women and girls.
The fallout from the papers merchandise has been powerfully felt successful the U.K., wherever the ungraded has raised questions astir the mode powerfulness is wielded by the precocious echelon of nine specified arsenic the aristocracy, elder politicians and influential concern owners.
Nine constabulary forces successful the U.K. person said they are investigating imaginable wrongdoing related to Epstein.
Britain's erstwhile Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson was fired past twelvemonth aft documents revealed that helium had a longer and deeper narration with Epstein than helium antecedently acknowledged.
