The British police have said they are contacting the officers who provided protection for Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten and investigating allegations that London airports were used “to facilitate human trafficking and sexual exploitation.”
These could be the most sensitive testimonies in this case. Following the arrest of former Prince Andrew for abuse of power in his role as trade envoy, the British police are looking for the bodyguards who provided his protection.
“The Metropolitan Police is identifying and contacting former and current officers who may have worked closely, in the course of their protection, with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor,” reads their statement, published on Friday, February 20 and shared by British media.
“The objective of the investigators is to reconstruct the actions of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. If the former active member of the royal family is accused of passing confidential information to the American financier when he was trade envoy, the police are also evaluating allegations that ‘London airports may have been used to facilitate human trafficking and sexual exploitation.'”
Police officers could particularly focus on the potential visits made by former Prince Andrew to St. James’s Island, in the US Virgin Islands, acquired by the American financier in 1998. Several people have claimed to have been victims of sexual trafficking and abuse on these private lands. In particular, Virginia Giuffre, who says she was raped by the monarch’s brother on Epstein’s property.
Three other police sections were also examining documents related to private flights entering and leaving Birmingham Airport, London Luton Airport, and Stansted Airport, which are mentioned in the Epstein files.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor spent 11 hours in custody on Thursday before being released on bail. Searches are still ongoing at the Royal Lodge, his luxurious Berkshire residence from which he was evicted in February. Searches have also been carried out at the Sandringham estate, where he now resides. They are expected to continue until Monday.
