Ex-Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will not face police action over alleged attempts to investigate Virginia Giuffre.
British authorities have confirmed that no further action will be taken against the former prince despite reports that he asked his bodyguard to investigate his accuser, Giuffre.
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) issued the statement on Saturday from Central Specialist Crime Commander Ella Marriott.
“Following recent reporting suggesting that Mr. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his Met Police close protection officer to carry out checks on Ms Giuffre in 2011, the MPS has carried out a further assessment," the statement began.
"This assessment has not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct. To date, we have not received any additional evidence that would support reopening the investigation. In the absence of any further information, we will be taking no further action.”
Leaked emails, reported by several new outlets, suggest Andrew gave his officer Giuffre’s personal information, including her social security number and birth date, before a photo of the then-underage Giuffre surfaced.
There is no evidence that the officer acted on the request.
Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at 41, had filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Andrew in 2021, alleging she was trafficked by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and forced to have sexual encounters with him when she was 17.
She detailed these events in her posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice.
The leaked emails were criticized by UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, who called the alleged request “deeply concerning” and said close protection officers should never be misused.
Andrew, 65, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. The controversy comes as he made his first public appearance on Friday since being stripped of all his remaining royal titles.
