LONDON: King Charles’ youthful brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was on Thursday (Feb 19) arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace over allegations he despatched confidential authorities paperwork to Jeffrey Epstein, the BBC reported.
Thames Valley Police stated earlier this month that officers have been contemplating allegations that Mountbatten-Windsor had handed paperwork to the late convicted intercourse offender, based on recordsdata launched by the US authorities.
“Thames Valley Police have opened an investigation into an offence of misconduct in public workplace,” the drive stated in a press release on X.
“A person in his sixties from Norfolk has been arrested and stays in police custody. As per nationwide steering we is not going to identify the arrested man.”
Earlier newspapers had reported that six unmarked police automobiles and round eight plain garments officers had arrived at Wooden Farm on the Sandringham property in japanese England the place Mountbatten-Windsor, whose 66th birthday falls on Thursday, now lives.
The previous prince, the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has all the time denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and stated he regrets their friendship. However he has not responded to requests for remark for the reason that newest launch of paperwork.
There was no instant remark from Buckingham Palace.
Mountbatten-Windsor had been reported to police by the anti-monarchy marketing campaign group Republic following the discharge of greater than 3 million pages of paperwork regarding Epstein, who was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008.
These recordsdata advised Mountbatten-Windsor had in 2010 forwarded to Epstein studies about Vietnam, Singapore and different locations he had visited on official journeys.
Thames Valley Police and the Crown Prosecution Service have beforehand stated that they have been in discussions concerning the case. Police stated allegations of misconduct in public workplace, which is a “Widespread Legislation” offence and so will not be lined by written statute laws, concerned “specific complexities”.
