It’s not known whether the allegations have been newly reported or if police were notified at the time.
However, it’s understood Thames Valley Police, officers from which arrested Mountbatten-Windsor on his 66th birthday earlier this year, are now investigating.
Detectives renewed their appeal for witnesses amid concern that the public believes they are only investigating allegations linked to the trade reports, when in fact misconduct in public office can apply to a much broader list of offences, Britain’s Press Association reported.
“Misconduct in public office is a crime that can take different forms, making this a complex investigation,” Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said.
“Our team of very experienced detectives are working meticulously through a significant amount of information that has come in from the public and other sources.”
Misconduct in public office can include sharing confidential financial information, financial misconduct, willful neglect of duty, and sexual misconduct.
It also covers corruption and improper interference, conflict of interest, perverting the course of justice, dishonesty or fraudulent conduct or misconduct leading to personal gain.
Police said they are looking into “a number of aspects of alleged misconduct” following the release of the US documents linked to Epstein, and they are working with the US Justice Department to get additional information related to the investigation.
Thames Valley Police also issued an update on its inquiry into allegations that a woman was taken to a location in Windsor for sexual purposes in 2010.
“Should she wish to report this to police it will be taken seriously and handled with care, sensitivity and respect for her privacy,” police said in a statement.
Florida attorney Brad Edwards told the BBC in January that he represented a woman who said that Epstein sent her to England in 2010 to have a sexual encounter with Mountbatten-Windsor at his home in Windsor.
Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing.
King Charles III stripped his younger brother of his royal titles late last year as he sought to distance the royal family from the fallout from the Epstein scandal.
Those files showed how the wealthy financier used an international web of rich, powerful friends to gain influence and sexually exploit young women and girls.
– with Associated Press.
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