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Mr Justice Hilliard ruled that search warrants issued by Thames Valley police and the central criminal court against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were unlawful due to being obtained under the wrong statutory provision. The warrants led to his arrest on 19 February for suspicion of misconduct in public office, following allegations that he shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein when acting as the UK’s trade envoy. Although the search warrants have been quashed, police plan to apply next year to retain seized property on the basis it would have been lawful under a different statutory provision. King Charles had previously stripped Mountbatten-Windsor of his royal titles and dukedom over his connection with Epstein.
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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 issued for raids of his homes in Sandringham Estate and Royal Lodge in Windsor. The former Duke was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office at Marsh Farm in Norfolk on February 17, his 66th birthday, following the publication of documents suggesting he shared sensitive information with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during his tenure as UK’s trade envoy from 2001 to 2011. Andrew spent over 11 hours in police custody before being released under investigation. He now seeks a judge's assessment on whether TVP acted lawfully in obtaining the search warrants, marking the first time a royal has challenged criminal proceedings since the trial of Charles I in 1649.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has won his legal challenge against Thames Valley police over search warrants that led to his arrest.
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that → win → arrest
The former prince brought a judicial review of the legality of the force’s actions and those of the central criminal court, which granted the warrants.
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which → bring → warrants
On Thursday, Mr Justice Hilliard, sitting at the high court in central London, said Thames Valley police had conceded that it obtained the search powers under the wrong statutory provision and ruled that the warrants were unlawful.
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warrants → sit → provision
The warrants were issued by the recorder of London, Mark Lucraft KC, at the Old Bailey and Mountbatten-Windsor was subsequently arrested on 19 February, his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
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Windsor → issue → office
The arrest followed information that emerged from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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that → follow → files
It was alleged that when Mountbatten-Windsor was the UK’s trade envoy he shared sensitive information with Epstein, a convicted child sex offender.
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he → allege → Epstein
Police began searching the former Duke of York’s residence on the Sandringham estate, and his former Windsor home, Royal Lodge, on the same day as his arrest.
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Police → begin → arrest
Hilliard said the search warrants were quashed but police had made an application, which would be heard next year, to retain the property seized, on the basis that it would have been lawful to seize it under a different statutory provision.
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it → say → provision
The judge said: “The fact that the search warrants were quashed does not bring the investigation to an end or mean that the whole of the investigation is unlawful.”
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whole → say → investigation
Late last year, King Charles stripped his brother of his right to be a prince and of his dukedom over his association with Epstein.
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Charles → strip → Epstein
He receives an annual stipend, the amount of which has not been disclosed, from King Charles’s private funds, but a palace source told reporters it had been made clear this should not be used to fund the judicial review.
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this → receive → review
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