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A London judge ruled that search warrants used by Thames Valley Police to investigate former Prince Andrew's properties were unlawful. The police and lawyers agreed before the hearing on Thursday to invalidate these warrants following Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest in February for misconduct related to his connections with Jeffrey Epstein. This invalidation is part of a legal strategy to challenge evidence obtained during the searches, potentially affecting any future criminal trial against him.
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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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Police who searched the properties of the former Prince Andrew and seized his property in the investigation into his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have agreed the search warrants were unlawful, a London judge said Thursday.
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judge → search → offender
Justice Nicholas Hilliard said that the Thames Valley Police had made a significant error in applying for the warrant when they searched the properties of the former prince now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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they → say → Windsor
Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on Feb. 19 on suspicion of misconduct in public office and police searched two of his homes.
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police → arrest → homes
His lawyers asked the High Court judge to invalidate the warrants under which those searches were conducted.
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searches → ask → which
Hilliard said the parties had agreed to invalidate the warrants before the hearing Thursday.
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parties → say → hearing
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Mountbatten-Windsor was not in court for the hearing.
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Windsor → get → hearing
Stephens, of the Howard Kennedy firm in London, described the hearing as a preliminary skirmish in the broader legal battle.
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Stephens → describe → battle
“It’s the first step of Prince Andrew and his lawyers saying, ‘Actually, this is tainted evidence.
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this → ’ → ?
It was obtained inappropriately,'” Stephens said.
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Stephens → obtain → ?
“Therefore it should be excluded from any criminal trial.”
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it → exclude → trial
King Charles III stripped Mountbatten-Windsor of his princely title last year as he sought to shield the rest of the royal family from the continuing fallout from his younger brother’s links to Epstein.
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he → strip → Epstein
While Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, continues to receive a stipend from the king’s private funds, Buckingham Palace has made it clear that those funds may not be used to fund his effort to challenge the search warrants.
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funds → continue → warrants
The police investigation initially focused on allegations that Mountbatten-Windsor shared sensitive information with Epstein when the former prince was a U.K. trade envoy, but police later said they could also consider other matters.
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they → focus → matters
Police questioned Mountbatten-Windsor for 11 hours before releasing him under investigation, meaning he was neither charged nor exonerated.
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he → question → investigation
It was the first time in nearly four centuries that a senior British royal was placed under arrest.
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royal → place → arrest
The allegations against Mountbatten-Windsor came to light when the U.S. Justice Department released millions of pages of documents from its investigation into sex trafficking by Epstein and his connections to a network of wealthy, powerful men around the world.
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Department → come → world
Lawmakers questioned the relationship as far back as 2011, when the then-prince was forced to give up his globetrotting role as the U.K.’s special trade envoy.
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prince → question → envoy
Eight years later, he failed to explain his continuing ties to Epstein in a disastrous interview with the BBC, ending his career as a working member of the royal family.
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he → fail → family
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