{"id":2293556,"date":"2026-02-22T07:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2293556"},"modified":"2026-02-22T07:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:29:31","slug":"call-for-treason-probe-into-andrews-epstein-links-as-searches-at-ex-dukes-former-home-continue-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/call-for-treason-probe-into-andrews-epstein-links-as-searches-at-ex-dukes-former-home-continue-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for ‘treason’ probe into Andrew’s Epstein links – as searches at ex-duke’s former home continue | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Searches are expected for a fourth day at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home – as he faces calls for an investigation into whether “treason” has been committed.<\/p>\n

Andrew<\/strong><\/a> was arrested on Thursday<\/strong><\/a> on \u200csuspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was a trade envoy.<\/p>\n

Thames Valley Police officers are expected to continue their search at Andrew’s former home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor, Berkshire, on Sunday.<\/p>\n

As part of a separate inquiry, the Metropolitan Police has said it was identifying and \u200bcontacting former and serving officers who may have worked closely with the former prince, asking them to “consider carefully whether anything they saw or heard” during their service could be relevant for their investigation.<\/p>\n

Conservative former security minister Tom Tugendhat is calling for a parliamentary investigation into Andrew and Peter Mandelson<\/strong><\/a>‘s links to Epstein, telling The Sun on Sunday<\/strong><\/a>: “This goes beyond what a court could reasonably consider. Parliament must consider what it means for the country.<\/p>\n

“If the worst is proved, do we need to revisit treason laws written 700 years ago?”<\/p>\n

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It comes as an influential group of MPs is understood to be meeting to discuss whether to launch a parliamentary probe into the role of UK trade envoys.<\/p>\n

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The inquiry would focus on potential issues within the wider system and lessons to be learned, without specific commentary on Andrew, who was in the role for 10 years, until there is no risk of prejudicing criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n

It comes after the former head of Scotland Yard’s Royal Protection Command told Sky News that Andrew’s security officers are likely to have information on potential misconduct.<\/p>\n

“Wherever he [Andrew] went, he would have had a team of protection officers and they would have been with him normally 24 hours a day,” said Dai Davies, who was in charge of royal protection for the late Queen Elizabeth and the wider Royal Family.<\/p>\n

He said even at night, protection officers would be with Andrew, “so that in the event of an incident, they could act in accordance with their training”.<\/p>\n

“Many of them had been with him for years, and they would have gone to all the five residences [of Jeffrey Epstein] that we’ve been talking about in the United States, Virgin Islands, New Mexico, and Florida,” he said.<\/p>\n

“So it’s inconceivable to me, I’m sad to say, that nobody saw anything.”<\/p>\n

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