UK police conclude search at former home of King Charles' brother Andrew


FILE PHOTO: Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, younger brother of Britain’s King Charles, formerly known as Prince Andrew, leaves Aylsham Police Station on a vehicle, on the day he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after the U.S. Justice Department released more records tied to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in Aylsham, Britain, February 19, 2026. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

Feb 24 (Reuters) - British ⁠police said on Tuesday that searches at ⁠Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's former home in southeast England ‌had concluded after the former prince was arrested last week on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest on ​Thursday was part of a police ⁠investigation into his ⁠ties with the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"Officers ⁠have ‌now left the location we have been searching in Berkshire. This concludes the ⁠search activity that commenced following our arrest ​of a ‌man in his sixties from Norfolk on ⁠Thursday," Thames ​Valley Police's Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said in a statement.

Documents in the Epstein files released ⁠by the U.S. Justice Department last ​month appeared to show that King Charles' younger brother had sent confidential government documents to the disgraced ⁠financier while working as a trade envoy.

Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and said he regretted their friendship.

Separately, London's ​police said on Friday they ⁠were contacting former protection officers who worked for Mountbatten-Windsor, ​urging anyone with allegations ‌of sex offences relating to ​Epstein to come forward.

(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti and Chris Thomas; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

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