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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is challenging search warrants used by Thames Valley Police during his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office in February. His lawyers are filing a judicial review questioning the legality of these warrants executed at Sandringham and Royal Lodge, Windsor. Thames Valley Police confirmed they are engaged in legal proceedings but declined to comment further due to ongoing investigations. Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on his 66th birthday and later released under investigation after searches of his properties.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-05,
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Story summary
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has launched a legal challenge against Thames Valley Police (TVP) over search warrants used during an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office. The warrant was issued following allegations that he shared sensitive information with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when he served as the UK’s trade envoy between 2001 and 2011. Andrew was arrested at Marsh Farm in Norfolk on his 66th birthday in February, spending nearly 12 hours in police custody before being released under investigation.
The former Duke of York has requested a judge to assess whether TVP's decision to raid his homes on the Sandringham Estate and his former residence at Royal Lodge in Windsor was lawful. This marks the first time a member of the Royal family has challenged the lawfulness of criminal proceedings against them since the trial of Charles I in 1649.
A private High Court hearing is scheduled to take place, with judge Mr Justice Hilliard presiding over an application for at least some details of the review to be kept private. Andrew's legal team wants to determine if the search warrants were lawful and challenge TVP’s actions during his arrest and subsequent searches.
Written for “Andrew Sues Police Over Arrest” on 2026-10-05,
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest in February.
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The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, in the wake of information that emerged from the Epstein files in the United States.
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Mountbatten-Windsor's lawyers are said to be challenging the search warrants used in Sandringham and at Royal Lodge in Windsor relating to his arrest, as first reported by the Telegraph.
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Thames Valley Police confirmed: "We are engaged in legal proceedings in relation to warrants previously obtained from the Central Criminal Court."
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"As these legal proceedings are currently ongoing, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further," a spokesperson for the force that carried out the arrest said.
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Mountbatten-Windsor, who lost his titles as a prince and Duke of York over his connections to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is understood to have lodged a judicial review, questioning the legality of the search warrants.
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Police were seen for several days searching his property at Marsh Farm in Sandringham and at his former home, Royal Lodge, on the Windsor estate.
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This followed his arrest, which had been carried out on his 66th birthday, and led to him being taken to Aylsham police station.
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A photograph captured his departure later that day, looking exhausted, after he was released under investigation.
Thames Valley Police says that its investigation is continuing.
Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing in his associations with Epstein.
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