Palace says King Charles III will support police assessing former Prince Andrew's Epstein links

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is acceptable to “support’’ UK constabulary examining claims that the erstwhile Prince Andrew gave confidential accusation to convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said connected Monday.

The connection came aft constabulary said they were “assessing” reports that the erstwhile prince, present known arsenic Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, sent commercialized reports to Epstein successful 2010.

Thames Valley Police, which serves areas westbound of London, including Mountbatten-Windsor’s erstwhile location successful Windsor, launched the enquiry aft quality organizations reported that precocious uncovered emails suggest that the then-prince sent Epstein reports from a circuit of Southeast Asia helium took arsenic Britain’s envoy for planetary trade.

“The King has made clear, successful words and done unprecedented actions, his profound interest astatine allegations which proceed to travel to airy successful respect of Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor’s conduct,’’ the palace said successful a statement. “While the circumstantial claims successful question are for Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor to address, if we are approached by Thames Valley Police we basal acceptable to enactment them arsenic you would expect."

The king besides repeated his concerns, and those of Queen Camilla, for the victims of Epstein’s abuse.

“As was antecedently stated, Their Majesties’ thoughts and sympathies person been, and stay with, the victims of immoderate and each forms of abuse,’’ the palace said.

An anti-monarchy campaigner earlier said helium had reported the erstwhile prince for suspected misconduct successful nationalist bureau and breaches of Britain’s Official Secrets Act arsenic a effect of the emails, which were among the much than 3 cardinal pages of documents released past period by the U.S. Justice Department.

“We tin corroborate receipt of this study and are assessing the accusation successful enactment with our established procedures,” the constabulary unit said successful a statement.

Royals question to region themselves

King Charles III past twelvemonth stripped his 65-year-old member of his royal titles aft earlier revelations astir his narration with Epstein. The erstwhile prince, present known simply arsenic Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has denied each wrongdoing successful narration to Epstein.

The royal household connected Monday continued its effort to insulate itself from the scandal, arsenic Prince William and Princess Catherine issued their archetypal connection astir the documents released by the U.S. The files uncover the web of rich, almighty radical Epstein utilized to exploit young women and girls, and amusement that Mountbatten-Windsor’s adjacent narration with Epstein continued adjacent aft the financier was convicted of soliciting a insignificant for prostitution successful 2008.

“I tin corroborate that the Prince and Princess of Wales person been profoundly acrophobic by the continued revelations,’’ a spokesperson said arsenic William traveled to Saudi Arabia for an authoritative visit. “Their thoughts stay focused connected the victims.”

The jeopardy faced by the royal household could beryllium seen Monday erstwhile King Charles visited Lancashire, successful northwest England. While astir of the nationalist clapped, cheered and waved British flags, 1 idiosyncratic shouted, “How agelong person you known astir Andrew?”

Correspondence unearthed successful caller days, arsenic reporters proceed to comb done the documents, look to amusement that Mountbatten-Windsor forwarded copies of his reports from a 2010 circuit of Southeast Asia to Epstein soon aft helium returned to Britain. An earlier email appears to amusement Andrew sharing his itinerary for the two-week travel to Hanoi, Saigon, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong with Epstein.

The king past week forced Mountbatten-Windsor to permission his longtime location astatine Royal Lodge adjacent Windsor Castle, accelerating a determination that was archetypal announced successful October but wasn’t expected to beryllium completed until aboriginal this year. Anger implicit Mountbatten-Windsor’s surviving arrangements had grown amid interest that helium was inactive reaping rewards from his presumption arsenic a royal adjacent though helium is nary longer a moving subordinate of the royal family.

Mountbatten-Windsor is present surviving connected the king’s Sandringham property successful eastbound England. He volition unrecorded temporarily astatine Wood Farm Cottage portion his imperishable location connected the property undergoes repairs. Unlike Royal Lodge, which is owned by the crown and managed for the payment of taxpayers, Sandringham is owned privately by the king.

Anti-monarchist reported Andrew

Thames Valley Police began its enquiry aft Graham Smith, main enforcement of the anti-monarchy radical Republic, reported Mountbatten-Windsor for suspected maltreatment of nationalist bureau and violations of Britain’s Official Secrets Act.

Smith, whose radical seeks to regenerate the king with an elected caput of state, compared Mountbatten-Windsor’s correspondence with Epstein to earlier revelations astir Peter Mandelson, Britain’s erstwhile ambassador to the U.S., who is already the taxable of a constabulary probe into whether helium shared delicate accusation with Epstein. Those communications were besides revealed successful the Justice Department documents.

“I cannot spot immoderate important quality betwixt these allegations and those against Peter Mandelson,” Smith said connected societal media.

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