A former Buckingham Palace protection officer has contacted authorities over disturbing allegations about his time working with Andrew, the former Duke of York.
Paul Page worked for the royals from 1998 until 2004 and has claimed that Andrew prevented any official recording of the names of his guests, according to The Sun.
It comes just hours after the publication reported that some women may have been sex trafficking victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has also claimed that at least one of the convicted sex offender’s victims was flown into the UK on his private jet and was then snuck into a royal residence by Andrew, who allegedly told frustrated stuff to allow women in under the codename “Mrs Windsor”.
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The former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has denied all allegations of wrongdoing made against him.
Mr Page told The Sun on Friday that he felt compelled to contact authorities with information about his own experience after reading the latest headline claims about women allegedly being quietly shuffled onto the royal estate.
According to the ex-Metropolitan Police officer – who served time in jail over his role in a multimillion-dollar property scam – multiple women were brought to Buckingham Palace for Andrew and granted access with no security clearance, with officers not even given their names.
Even more shockingly, and in a major breach of security protocol, Mr Page alleged that this occurred even when the late Queen was in residence.
“We were just told a female will be coming at whatever time,” he told The Sun.
“It’s always after closing, and a female will be approaching the front gate.
“We were told to call footmen and then either the female would walk through unescorted, or the footman would come down to collect her and walk her to Andrew.
“We weren’t allowed to know the names. It’s a security procedure, because how do we even know if the woman here is the one he was expecting?
“Just give us the names so we know that person is the person you’re expecting, so we can let them in,” he said.
“We got [sic] mentally ill people that would say, ‘I mean to see the Queen, I’ve got an appointment’.
“But we didn’t ask, because the bottom line is, because of fear, we didn’t want to get booted off our post. If he’s having random people in the Palace, you can hardly intervene.
“For health and safety, if there’s a fire, we don’t know who’s in, that’s why you have logs of who’s coming into the Palace and who is going out.”
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Mr Page explained that he’d assumed at the time that the women were there due to Andrew’s bachelor status.
“One of the ongoing jokes was that Andrew should have a revolving door in his bedroom, because of the number of women that were coming in and out,” he said.
“We put it down to him being a s***ger, and because he’s a prince, and he wouldn’t give us the names because he’s a complete a***hole to staff.
“When the Queen or the Duke of Edinburgh had guests after hours, we would be furnished with their details.
“With Andrew’s women, multiple times a week, we were just told not to question it.
“I feel like I have information that could take the police probe forward, and I have a duty to share that.”
On Friday, it emerged that a number of British girls were on board 90 Epstein flights which travelled through UK airports, which included Stansted in London’s north. Of those, 15 took place after Epsteins’ conviction for soliciting sex from a minor.
And according to the former PM, who has called on the Met police to “urgently re-examine their decision-making”, flight logs were incomplete and unnamed passengers were simply described as “female’.
There have been major developments in the ongoing Andrew scandal this week following the release by the US government of millions of new documents and images from the Epstein files.
Thames Valley Police Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright confirmed on Wednesday local time that the department is “leading the ongoing assessment of allegations relating to misconduct in public office”.
“This specifically relates to documents within the United States Department of Justice’s Epstein Files,” he said in a statement.
“As part of this assessment, we have engaged in discussions with Specialist Crown Prosecutors from the CPS.
“We will provide updates as and when they are available, but at this stage it would be inappropriate to discuss further specifics of this work.
“During an assessment phase, information is evaluated to determine whether a criminal offence is suspected and whether a full investigation is required.
“Allegations of misconduct in public office involve particular complexities, and therefore an assessment must be conducted carefully and thoroughly.”
Earlier in the week, Buckingham Palace released a statement declaring the royal family “stand ready” to support police investigations into Andrew over his ties to Epstein.
“The King has made clear, in words and through unprecedented actions, his profound concern at allegations which continue to come to light in respect of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s conduct,” the Palace said in a statement on Monday night, UK time.
“While the specific claims in question are for Mr Mountbatten-Windsor to address, if we are approached by Thames Valley Police we stand ready to support them as you would expect.
“As was previously stated, Their Majesties’ thoughts and sympathies have been, and remain with, the victims of any and all forms of abuse.”
It was revealed on Monday that police were “assessing” a complaint related to the allegations about Andrew’s behaviour during his time as trade envoy.
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