By PAN PYLAS<\/strong><\/p>\n LONDON (AP) \u2014 Police continued on Friday to search the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after he was arrested and held in custody<\/a> for the best part of 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office linked to his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n Following one of the most tumultuous days in the modern history of Britain\u2019s royal family, the former Prince Andrew<\/a> is back at his new residence on the Sandringham estate<\/a>, King Charles III<\/a> \u2018s private retreat, which is around 115 miles (185 kilometers) north of London.<\/p>\n\n Police have concluded their search at Wood Farm, where Mountbatten-Windsor is living while waiting for his new home nearby, Marsh Farm, to be ready.<\/p>\n They are still searching Royal Lodge, his 30-room former home in the parkland near Windsor Castle<\/a>, just west of the capital, where the king\u2019s younger brother had lived for decades until his eviction earlier this month. Unmarked vans, believed to be police vehicles, have been entering the grounds throughout Friday morning.<\/p>\n Mountbatten-Windsor, who was pictured slouched in the back of his chauffeur-driven car following his release Thursday evening from a police station near Sandringham, remains under investigation, which means he has neither been charged nor exonerated by Thames Valley Police, the force responsible for areas west of London.<\/p>\n His arrest follows years of allegations over his links with Epstein, who took his own life in a New York prison in 2019. The accusation at the heart of his arrest is that Mountbatten-Windsor \u2014 who was known as Prince Andrew<\/a> until October when his brother stripped him of his titles and honors and banished him from Royal Lodge \u2014 shared confidential trade information<\/a> with the disgraced financier when he was a trade envoy for the U.K.<\/p>\n Specifically, emails released last month by the U.S. Department of Justice appeared to show Mountbatten-Windsor sharing reports of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore.<\/p>\n One, dated November 2010, appeared to be forwarded by Andrew five minutes after he had received it. Another a few weeks later appeared to show him sending Epstein a confidential brief on investment opportunities in the reconstruction of Helmand Province, Afghanistan.<\/p>\n Thames Valley Police has previously said it was also reviewing allegations that a woman was trafficked to the U.K. by Epstein to have a sexual encounter with Andrew. Thursday\u2019s arrest had nothing to do with that.<\/p>\nArrest was years in the making<\/h4>\n
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