Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
9
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Police Scotland is making inquiries into the activities of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell during their time at Balmoral Castle.
The Daily Express reported, external that the inquiry relates to allegations that women were trafficked to the royal residence in Aberdeenshire.
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women → publish → Aberdeenshire
Sex offender Epstein - who died in 2019 - and Maxwell, who was jailed in 2022 for sex trafficking, are understood to have visited the castle with Mountbatten-Windsor, who has previously denied any wrongdoing.
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who → die → wrongdoing
Police Scotland said inquiries were at "a very early stage" and that it would be inappropriate to comment further.
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it → say → stage
Representatives of Mountbatten-Windsor have been contacted for comment.
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Representatives → contact → comment
The Royal family traditionally spend summer at Balmoral, where Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022.
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II → spend → 2022
Asked about the Express report, a Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We have received information and active inquiries are ongoing but these are at a very early stage.
"All inquiries are evidence led, with the needs of victim survivors at the heart of those inquiries.
"
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inquiries → ask → inquiries
We would never confirm details of ongoing enquiries and it would be inappropriate to comment further."
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it → confirm → enquiries
In February, the force said it wanted to "speak to anyone with information" about Epstein's private jet using Edinburgh Airport.
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jet → say → Airport
At the time officers said they had not received any reports or complaints in relating to the trip.
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they → say → trip
According to the Express, flight logs show Mountbatten-Windsor and Maxwell flew from Luton to Edinburgh on Epstein's private jet with two other passengers on 1 September 2006.
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Windsor → accord → September
An image of disgraced financier Epstein and former socialite Maxwell at Balmoral was also released by US prosecutors during her sex trafficking trial.
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image → release → trial
It is thought to have been taken in 1999, when Mountbatten-Windsor reportedly invited the couple to stay at the castle.
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Windsor → think → castle
Last year, the so-called Epstein Files were released by the US Department of Justice.
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Files → call → Justice
Among them was an email from someone named 'A' to Maxwell which said they were at Balmoral and asked for "new inappropriate friends".
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they → name → friends
The message, sent to Maxwell on 16 August 2001, begins: "I am up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family."
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I → send → Family
Later in the email, the sender asks: "How's LA?
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LA → ask → email
Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?" before signing off "see ya A xxx".
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you → find → ya
Jeffrey Epstein was 66 when he died by suicide in 2019 in a US prison while awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges.
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he → die → charges
Maxwell, 60, was jailed for 20 years in 2022 for her role in procuring girls for Epstein.
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Maxwell → jail → Epstein
Last October it was confirmed Andrew had been stripped of his "prince" title and would be leaving his Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge.
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Andrew → confirm → mansion
In February he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, in the wake of information that emerged from the Epstein files in the US, and later released.
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that → arrest → US
Earlier this month it emerged he was taking legal action against Thames Valley Police over search warrants issued before his arrest.
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he → emerge → arrest
Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing linked to his association with Epstein.
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Windsor → deny → Epstein
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