Police attend Sandringham Estate where Andrew is living on his 66th birthday as nine forces investigate Epstein ‘sex trafficking’ claims
Police were seen today at Sandringham, where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is staying and celebrating his 66th birthday.
Just after 8am this morning, several patrol cars arrived at King Charles’ Norfolk estate. It is unknown at this stage why they joined.
Onlookers said the group was in civilian clothes but looked like police officers. They parked near Wood Farm, Prince Philip’s former home where Andrew was exiled.
Andrew, who turns 66 today, is staying at Sandringham after being evicted from the Royal Lodge in Windsor by his older brother, following Epstein.
Police show up at Sandringham as Sir Keir Starmer claimed In the UK, ‘no one is above the law’ and nine UK police forces are considering whether to launch investigations into allegations related to Epstein, including human trafficking and sexual assault.
Detectives, who are investigating a number of allegations related to sex trafficking, misconduct in public office and sex trafficking, have not yet been able to interview Andrew.
The Queen’s second son may have passed sensitive information to Epstein through his role as British trade envoy.
There are also allegations that Epstein may have smuggled a woman to Buckingham Palace who may have been smuggled to England on the ‘Lolita Express’ jet.
Andrew denies any wrongdoing.
A convoy of cars was seen heading towards Wood Farm, where Andrew was exiled
A group of plainclothes police officers arrive at Wood Farm
Nine British forces are examining the Epstein Files, in which Andrew is seen kneeling over a woman on the floor of Epstein’s New York home.
Shortly after 8am this morning, numerous vehicles converged on the farmhouse, where he was forced to move.
No official comment has been made yet.
A number of police forces are understood to be investigating allegations of human trafficking in the UK revealed in a trove of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein.
The Metropolitan Police yesterday said it was carrying out an ‘initial investigation’ into allegations involving close protection officers previously assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The Met said in a statement that it had “not identified any wrongdoing” but that “initial investigations into these specific allegations have begun so that we are able to identify them”.
The disgraced former Prince was exiled to Wood Farm, a remote cottage on the edge of the Sandringham estate.
The disgraced former prince is thought to have moved into the five-bedroom country house earlier this month.
Wood Farm, the estate where her father, the Duke of Edinburgh, spent many of his final years, is hidden from public view some 300 meters down a private driveway in Wolferton, on the edge of the Norfolk estate.
He is accompanied by two police officers assigned to protect Andrew.
The King’s younger brother, who celebrates his 66th birthday today, was photographed kneeling over a young woman in the Epstein files.
He also faces questions over emails that suggest he shared private information about his role as British trade envoy with the billionaire financier.
The Crown is also asked to provide evidence to the US Congress’s investigation into Epstein, who died in prison in 2019.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast today, Sir Keir Starmer said: ‘Anyone with any information should come forward.
“So anyone with relevant information, whether Andrew or anyone else, should contact the relevant authority, in this particular case we are talking about Epstein but there are many others as well.
‘Anyone who has information about any aspect of violence against women and girls, no matter who they are, has a duty, in my view, to come forward.’
Sir Keir added: ‘One of the fundamental principles of our system is that everyone is equal before the law and no one is above the law, and it’s really important that this is enforced across the board.’
He also faces questions over emails that suggest he shared private information about his role as British trade envoy with the billionaire financier.
The Prime Minister also said he would not stand in the way of MPs wanting to hold a public Parliamentary debate on the crown and her links to Epstein.
The Metropolitan Police have begun carrying out ‘initial investigations’ into allegations involving close protection officers assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
It comes after a former officer claimed ‘certain members’ of the Crown and Specialist Protection (RaSP) command may have witnessed abuse at Little St James.
Scotland Yard is investigating allegations that royal protection officers ‘turned a blind eye’ to Epstein during visits to his private Caribbean island.
The royal’s chief accuser, Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide last year, claimed she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three occasions, including at Little St James, in the early 2000s, but Andrew always denied it.
Multiple survivors claimed they were trafficked to the island that Epstein bought from the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1998 and were abused there.
Surrey Police also urged anyone with information about human trafficking and sexual assault allegations related to the Epstein files to come forward.
The allegations, laid out in a redacted report released by the U.S. Department of Justice in December, allegedly occurred at Virginia Water between 1994 and 1996, police said.
The call for witnesses follows an FBI report on file in July 2020 that claimed someone had been drugged at night and taken to ‘pedophile ring parties’ in the mid-1990s.
The same person also claims he was hit by a dark blue car ‘driven by Prince Andrew’ and allegedly suffered injuries to his ribs, hip and legs.
Essex Police, Thames Valley Police, Bedfordshire Police, Norfolk Constabulary, Wiltshire Police, West Midlands Police and Police Scotland are also considering launching an investigation.
The force is investigating Epstein’s use of various UK airports referred to in flight logs in the files.
National Crime Agency (NCA) says it supports UK police forces ‘to ensure a full and independent assessment of published information’.
The former Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his titles last year over his links to Epstein, has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
