Overview
- Thames Valley Police say their long, complex misconduct‑in‑public‑office inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor will take many months and is being treated as a major crime with specialist investigators.
- Police confirmed they have expanded lines of inquiry to examine reported sexual‑misconduct claims, possible corruption, financial wrongdoing and the sharing of confidential trade information.
- The British government published 11 documents on Thursday about Andrew’s 2001 trade‑envoy appointment that show the late Queen urged his role and that ministers found no record of formal vetting.
- Detectives are working from the Department of Justice’s public Epstein releases but report they cannot rely on those redacted copies and have submitted a formal mutual legal assistance request to the U.S. for authenticated, unredacted files that may take many months to obtain.
- Andrew denies wrongdoing, no charges have been brought, and investigators urge witnesses and potential victims to come forward while prosecutors assess whether evidence meets the high legal threshold for misconduct in public office.