London’s police force will not take further action over claims that former prince Andrew asked his protection officer to carry out checks on Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager.
In October, Britain’s King Charles stripped his younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, seeking to distance the royals from him and his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles in October, due to his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. (Reuters: Aaron Chown/Pool)
Earlier the same month, London’s police force said it was “actively looking” into allegations in a Mail on Sunday newspaper report that Mr Mountbatten-Windsor had asked one of his personal-protection officers in 2011 to dig up information about Ms Giuffre, who died by suicide in April.
Former prince Andrew stripped of remaining royal titles
“Following recent reporting suggesting that Mr Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his Met Police close-protection officer to carry out checks on Ms Giuffre in 2011, the Metropolitan Police Service has carried out a further assessment,” Central Specialist Crime Commander Ella Marriott said on Saturday.
She said this assessment had not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct.
“To date, we have not received any additional evidence that would support reopening the investigation. In the absence of any further information, we will be taking no further action,” Ms Marriott added.
In 2022, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor settled a lawsuit brought by Ms Giuffre, which accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied her account.
Virginia Guiffre died by suicide in April, aged 41. (Netflix)
Ms Giuffre’s family said in a statement it was “deeply disappointed” by the police decision.
“While we have hailed the UK’s overall handling of the case of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor previously, today we feel justice has not been served.”
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