Thames Valley Police have announced they will review new allegations that Jeffrey Epstein sent a woman to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at the Royal Lodge in 2010. The woman, who was in her 20s at the time, claims she spent the night at the former prince's residence and was later given a tour of Buckingham Palace, according to her US lawyer, Brad Edwards.
A police spokesperson said: 'We are aware of reports about a woman said to have been taken to an address in Windsor in 2010 for sexual purposes. We are assessing the information in line with our established procedures.' The review does not automatically lead to a criminal investigation.
The allegations emerged as it was reported that Mountbatten-Windsor moved out of the Royal Lodge on Monday night and is now living temporarily on the Sandringham Estate while his permanent home undergoes renovations. Buckingham Palace had announced his move last year after he was stripped of his titles following the posthumous publication of a book by Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein accuser who died in April.
The latest claims became public after the US Department of Justice released more than three million documents relating to Epstein on Friday. Among them were emails from accounts labelled 'The Duke' and 'The Invisible Man', as well as references to 'Fergie', suggesting correspondence between Mountbatten-Windsor and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson with Epstein shortly after his house arrest ended in August 2010.
Prince Edward, Mountbatten-Windsor's brother, said it was important to 'remember the victims', in the first public comments by a senior royal since the documents were released. Speaking in Dubai, he said: 'I think it's all really important, always, to remember the victims and who are the victims in all this.'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer added pressure on Mountbatten-Windsor to testify before the US Congress, stating: 'I've always said anybody who's got information should be prepared to share that information in whatever form they're asked to do that.' Edwards is considering filing a civil lawsuit on the woman's behalf against the former prince.
