Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ‘banned from horse riding’
Tom McArdle
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has reportedly been ordered to stop riding.
Royal aides warned the former Duke of York not to be seen on horseback, fearing his frolicking would create a “bad image” during the police investigation. Sun newspaper.
Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of abuse of public office and questioned for almost 12 hours over accusations that she shared confidential information with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He is the first member of the royal family to be arrested in modern history.
Before he was forced to move out of Royal Lodge in Windsor, he was often seen cycling off-road. In fact, it was the first time he was seen in public on horseback with a female companion after he was stripped of his royal titles.
A source told Sun: “He has been ordered not to ride since his arrest last week, this is considered a bad look.
“They don’t think he should be seen grinning and smiling on his horse like he was in Windsor. But it was one of the few things he actually enjoyed doing, so what will he do with his time?”
Mountbatten-Windsor allegedly angered aides when she was photographed grinning and waving at passersby in Windsor, despite growing calls for a wider investigation into her dealings with Epstein.
Thames Valley Police are assessing allegations in the Epstein files that the former prince sent sensitive government emails to American financiers from 2001 to 2011, when he was a trade envoy. Officers have completed a search of Royal Lodge.
Parliament broke protocol
MPs on Tuesday broke parliamentary tradition by criticizing Mountbatten-Windsor; She branded him a “rude, arrogant and entitled man” and accused him of turning a blind eye to Epstein’s crimes, including soliciting an underage child into prostitution. Traditionally, MPs do not criticize members of the royal family.
The Liberal Democrats attempted to use a parliamentary mechanism to force ministers to release dossiers on Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as trade envoy.
But Downing Street is refusing to release all the documents, claiming some of the files could jeopardize the police investigation into his alleged misconduct.
The documents may also show the extent of Lord Mandelson’s role in the appointment and details of the due diligence process. London Telegram he had previously revealed how Lord Mandelson had helped Mountbatten-Windsor secure the job of trade envoy against the King’s wishes.
Mandelson was arrested Monday on suspicion of abuse of public office. The former Labor cabinet minister was detained by Metropolitan Police officers after a tip-off that he was about to flee Britain for the British Virgin Islands.
His peer was required to surrender his passport as part of his bail conditions after a seven-hour police interrogation. In a statement Tuesday, Mandelson’s lawyers called allegations that he was planning to escape “baseless.”
Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing regarding her connections to Epstein. In his statement after his arrest, the King said that “the law must take its course”.
