{"id":2198146,"date":"2025-12-14T00:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2198146"},"modified":"2025-12-14T00:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:33:18","slug":"uk-police-wont-probe-claim-former-prince-andrew-asked-bodyguard-to-investigate-virginia-roberts-giuffre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/uk-police-wont-probe-claim-former-prince-andrew-asked-bodyguard-to-investigate-virginia-roberts-giuffre\/","title":{"rendered":"UK police won&#8217;t probe claim former prince Andrew asked bodyguard to investigate Virginia Roberts Giuffre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">London&#8217;s police force will not take further action over claims that former prince Andrew asked his protection officer to carry out checks on Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In October, Britain&#8217;s King Charles stripped his younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<strong> <\/strong>of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, seeking to distance the royals from him and his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"106140760\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/106140760\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles in October, due to his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>Reuters: \u00a0Aaron Chown\/Pool<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Earlier the same month, London&#8217;s police force said it was &#8220;actively looking&#8221; into allegations in a Mail on Sunday newspaper report that Mr Mountbatten-Windsor had asked one of his personal-protection officers in 2011 to dig up information about Ms Giuffre, who died by suicide in April.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106140774\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-12-02\/former-prince-andrew-stripped-of-remaining-royal-titles\/106090242\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Former prince Andrew stripped of remaining royal titles<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, has been stripped by King Charles of his remaining royal titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Following recent reporting suggesting that Mr Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his Met Police close-protection officer to carry out checks on Ms Giuffre in 2011, the Metropolitan Police Service has carried out a further assessment,&#8221; Central Specialist Crime Commander Ella Marriott said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She said this assessment had not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct.<\/p>\n<div class=\"EmphasisedText_emphasisedText__McMdj ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL\" data-component=\"EmphasisedText\">\n<blockquote class=\"EmphasisedText_quote__TE6kn\"><p>&#8220;To date, we have not received any additional evidence that would support reopening the investigation. In the absence of any further information, we will be taking no further action,&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"EmphasisedText_attribution__L6Ebw\"> <!-- --> Ms Marriott added.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In 2022, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor settled a lawsuit brought by Ms Giuffre, which accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied her account.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"106140778\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/106140778\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Virginia Roberts Guiffre speaking to the camera\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/10e3dd0fca4c5269e2bbadd8af31e97d?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=2531&amp;cropW=3796&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Virginia Guiffre died by suicide in April, aged 41.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>Netflix<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ms Giuffre&#8217;s family said in a statement it was &#8220;deeply disappointed&#8221; by the police decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;While we have hailed the UK&#8217;s overall handling of the case of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor previously, today we feel justice has not been served.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.abc.net.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London&#8217;s police force will not take further action over claims that former prince Andrew asked his protection officer to carry out checks on Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager. 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