Police are probing royal protection officers assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as part of their “initial inquiries”.
It comes amid claims that teams from the Royalty and Specialist Protection (RaSP) “turned a blind eye” during visits to Epstein’s island, reports The Sun.
One unnamed protection officer claimed teams travelled with Andrew to the private island at least twice.
They claimed on one occasion, the group used Epstein’s private jet, the “Lolita Express”.
Speaking to radio station LBC, they said: “The big question for me is what Andrew’s protection team witnessed on Epstein Island.
“I’m not suggesting they definitely witnessed any criminality from Andrew …
“ … but there was concern that certain members of the royal protection team wilfully turned a blind eye to what was happening on the island.”
The Metropolitan Police is one of several forces assessing evidence in the Epstein files as part of a nationwide probe co-ordinated by a team of British police chiefs.
Their checks include up to 90 flights into Stansted’s private terminal by the jet owned by Andrew’s paedo mate.
Of those, 15 were after the US financier was jailed in 2008 for soliciting underage sex.
Ex-British prime minister Gordon Brown said messages contained in the Epstein files linked Andrew, 65, to at least one victim who was flown into Stansted Airport.
After allegedly arriving via the “Lolita Express”, she was then sneaked into Buckingham Palace.
Essex Police are now examining flight logs and emails, while Bedfordshire Police are understood to be looking at Luton flights.
At least five other forces have either launched criminal investigations or are assessing evidence within the files’ three million pages.
Last week, royal protection officer Paul Page accused the shamed ex-duke of preventing official logs recording the names of his guests.
Sources told The Sun a string of young women were invited to the palace by Andrew – and he had a specific passphrase make sure they were let in.
Andrew is thought to have told them: “Mrs Windsor will arrive shortly, please let her in and show her up.”
The disgraced royal’s coded requests over several years exasperated staff, who were forced to admit his visitors with little or no security clearance.
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