Andrew’s former royal protection officer says he has been told to ‘shut up’ by the Met after he claimed ex-prince brought women to Buckingham Palace ‘multiple times a week’

A former royal guard who reported Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to the police for allegedly smuggling women into Buckingham Palace ‘several times a week’ has said he was told to ‘keep quiet’ by the Met.

Paul Page, who served between 1998 and 2004, said officers working for the former Duke of York were ‘not allowed’ to know the names of the girls who visited him.

Speaking publicly about the allegations, he added that he contacted Thames Valley Police last week and offered to assist them with the investigation.

This follows claims that a woman was flown to England on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ to join the former prince under the codename ‘Miss Windsor’.

Mr Page revealed that he had received a warning from the capital’s police force reminding him of his obligations to ‘confidentiality and respect for the privacy of the protected’.

The counter-terrorism policing logo was at the beginning of the letter from deputy commissioner Jon Savell, who runs the Met’s security and protection command.

It was sent in December last year, after Mr Page said Andrew had kidnapped you.He identified women in his private quarters at Buckingham Palace.

Andrew Mountbatten–Windsor leaves Aylsham Police Station after being released from custody on Thursday

Mr Page told Times: ‘his [the letter] In the nicest way possible, “can you shut up?” I’m trying to say.’

He also questioned why the Met had “clearly been saying the same thing for years” despite sending him a warning letter.

Earlier today, the Met Police called on former close protection officers to ‘consider carefully whether anything they have seen or heard’ is relevant to Andrew’s review of the Epstein files.

Police added that they had not identified any wrongdoing at this time, but ‘if new allegations arise they will be dealt with in the normal way’.

Scotland Yard also said it was working with colleagues in the US to determine whether London airports were being used to ‘facilitate human trafficking and sexual exploitation’.

Mr Page first came forward about Andrew in 2008, when he was charged over a £3 million investment scam he ran from his dressing room at Buckingham Palace.

He claimed the royal protection team was plagued by a culture of gambling, moonlighting and drinking.

Mr Page also claimed there were a number of security breaches at Buckingham Palace between 1997 and 2003 involving Andrew entertaining women in private.

Andrew appears several times in the Epstein files; These include images showing Epstein kneeling over an unidentified woman at what appears to be his New York mansion

Mr Page first came forward about Andrew in 2008, when he was charged over a £3 million investment scam he ran from his dressing room at Buckingham Palace.

He did not name any female guests except British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.

Mr Page previously said: ‘With Andrew’s women several times a week, we were told not to question it.

‘We weren’t allowed to know the names’ We didn’t ask because, after all, we didn’t want to be dismissed out of fear.

‘One of the running jokes was that Andrew had to have a revolving door in his bedroom because of the number of women coming in and out.’

The Metropolitan Police never fully investigated Mr Page’s allegations and said his conviction for fraud made him untrustworthy.

However, he continued to maintain the accuracy of his claims. He told The Sun last week: ‘We were told a woman would arrive at any moment.

‘It always happens after closing and a woman will approach the front door.

‘We were told to call the servants and then either the woman would pass by on her own or the servant would come down and pick her up and take her to Andrew.’

She added: ‘We chalk it up to him being an asshole, because he’s a prince, and he won’t give us the names because he’s such an asshole.’

The latest development follows news yesterday that Andrew was arrested by Thames Valley Police on suspicion of abuse of public office.

The former Duke of York, who has denied any wrongdoing, frequently appears in newly released emails after befriending Epstein, who died in prison in 2019.

There have been calls for him to face ‘the full force of the law’ amid ongoing investigations into British links to Epstein’s crimes.

Ten British police forces have so far been confirmed to be assessing information related to the Epstein files, following allegations of human trafficking, sexual assault and the leak of confidential information.

Today, searches were continuing at Andrew’s former home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor, Berkshire.

It is understood Thames Valley Police, who are investigating, have not yet received any ‘early investigation advice’ from the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to the allegation.

On Friday, a helicopter carrying unmarked pickup trucks believed to be police vehicles entered and circled the Royal Lodge throughout the morning.

A police presence remained at Sandringham Estate but searches at Andrew’s Norfolk home ended on Thursday.

The Daily Mail has contacted the Metropolitan Police for comment.