UK police arrest man for allegedly threatening former Prince Andrew, Telegraph reports


Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor wears a helmet as he rides a horse in Windsor Great Park in Windsor, Britain, February 2, 2026. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - ⁠British police have arrested a man after ⁠he allegedly threatened the former Prince Andrew close ‌to his place of residence on Wednesday, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Thursday.

The local police force said they received a ​report of a man behaving in ⁠an intimidating manner ⁠in the village of Wolferton, eastern England. They did ⁠not ‌name Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in their statement.

"Officers attended, and the man was arrested on suspicion ⁠of a public order offence and possession ​of an ‌offensive weapon," the police statement said. The man ⁠remains in ​custody.

The Telegraph report, which cited an unnamed source, said a man wearing a balaclava approached Mountbatten-Windsor, King ⁠Charles' younger brother, and shouted at ​him.

Mountbatten-Windsor had been walking his dogs at the time, and left in his own car with a member ⁠of his security detail, the report said.

Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his titles last year by Charles and was arrested in February on suspicion of leaking ​government documents to the late ⁠U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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

(Reporting ​by Muvija M and Sam Tabahriti, editing by William James, Editing by William Maclean)

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