British police are to review new allegations that Jeffrey Epstein gave Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor a woman to have sex with at the Royal Lodge in 2010.
The woman admitted she had spent the night at the former prince’s residence in Windsor, her US attorney, Brad Edwards, said after the allegations surfaced over the weekend. The woman, who is not British, was in her 20s at the time, and was later given a tour of Buckingham Palace, it added.
A Thames Valley Police spokesman said: “We are aware of reports of a woman who was allegedly taken to an address in Windsor in 2010 for sexual purposes. We are assessing the information in accordance with our established procedures.
“We take any reports of sex crimes very seriously and encourage anyone with information to come forward. At this time, these allegations have not been reported to Thames Valley Police by any solicitor. [of the woman] or their client.”
Thames Valley looked at the case because the Royal Lodge was in their area of strength.
A review does not mean that a criminal investigation will take place.
Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied wrongdoing.
His involvement with Epstein has
resulted in King Charles being stripped of his titles.
The latest revelations became public after the United States Department of Justice released dozens of documents related to Epstein and his links to the rich and powerful on Friday.
On Tuesday, Andrew’s brother Prince Edward said it was important to “remember the victims”.
They were the first public comments by a senior king ever The latest documents have been released, which include some new claims about the former Duke of York.
Speaking in Dubai, Edward said: “I think it’s all important, always, to remember the victims and who the victims are in all of this.”
The latest Epstein documents include photos of Andrew groping a woman.
The anti-monarchy campaign group Republic said British police should investigate claims that Epstein sold the woman to the UK for sex with Andrew in 2010.
In December, the Met decided after a review not to launch a full criminal investigation into two other matters. They are that Mountbatten-Windsor had sex in London in 2001 with Virginia Giuffre, who was then a teenager and was trafficked by Epstein, and that Andrew forced his police protection officer to dig up the dirt on him.