{"id":102553,"date":"2026-10-05T12:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/former-prince-andrew-asks-u-k-court-to-throw-out-epstein-related-search-warrants-for-his-homes\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:57:03","slug":"former-prince-andrew-asks-u-k-court-to-throw-out-epstein-related-search-warrants-for-his-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/former-prince-andrew-asks-u-k-court-to-throw-out-epstein-related-search-warrants-for-his-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Prince Andrew asks U.K. court to throw out Epstein-related search warrants for his homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>London<\/em> \u2014 Disgraced former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched a legal challenge over search warrants for his royal homes that were issued before his February arrest, Britain&#8217;s judiciary confirmed Monday.<\/p>\n<p> The judiciary confirmed that the U.K. High Court was to hold a private hearing on Thursday, as King Charles III&#8217;s brother challenges Thames Valley Police over the searches carried out in Windsor, west of London, and Sandringham, in eastern England.<\/p>\n<p> The force <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/former-prince-andrew-arrested-epstein-files-suspected-misconduct-public-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested Andrew on his 66th birthday<\/a><\/span> on Feb. 19 on suspicion of misconduct in public office, related to his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/epstein-ex-prince-andrew-king-charles-cooperate-police-if-investigation-launched\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">links to the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> Andrew was released the same day after hours of police questioning, but remained under investigation. He has denied all wrongdoing in his associations with the disgraced American financier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/31\/50ea4e20-aed8-49fb-a052-a9e4a49edd57\/thumbnail\/620x349\/e454e1c0f470ef8bf8f4a5eb3a258e6c\/gettyimages-2211172710.jpg#\" alt=\"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, then known as Prince Andrew \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/31\/50ea4e20-aed8-49fb-a052-a9e4a49edd57\/thumbnail\/620x349\/e454e1c0f470ef8bf8f4a5eb3a258e6c\/gettyimages-2211172710.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/31\/50ea4e20-aed8-49fb-a052-a9e4a49edd57\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/880bb14bf1b8ebc3f06b53b55ee68848\/gettyimages-2211172710.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, then known as Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is seen in an April 20, 2025 file photo, in Windsor, England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Max Mumby\/Indigo\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>His shock arrest <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/king-charles-arrest-brother-former-prince-andrew\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">prompted Charles to issue a statement<\/a><\/span> insisting &#8220;the law must take its course.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The Daily Telegraph reported the legal challenge late on Sunday. The newspaper noted it was the first time a member of Britain&#8217;s royal family has challenged the lawfulness of criminal proceedings against them since the trial of Charles I in 1649.<\/p>\n<p> It said Andrew&#8217;s legal team wanted to examine whether the search warrants granted by a judge at London&#8217;s Old Bailey court \u2014 formally known as the Central Criminal Court \u2014   were lawful.<\/p>\n<p> Andrew&#8217;s legal team did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment.<\/p>\n<h2> Andrew&#8217;s effort to have court &#8220;quash search warrants&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The judiciary&#8217;s press office said &#8220;the case concerns an application by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for a judicial review to quash search warrants issued by a judge at the Central Criminal Court on 18 February 2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If the review were to throw out the warrants, it would potentially deprive prosecutors handling the case of any evidence discovered during the searches of the former prince&#8217;s homes.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew&#8217;s arrest and the police searches marked a new low for the royal, who was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/prince-andrew-stripped-of-titles-surrender-lease-royal-lodge\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">stripped of his royal titles<\/a><\/span> last year and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ex-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-epstein-files-move-from\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ousted from his Windsor home<\/a><\/span> over his Epstein connections. The government has even <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uk-government-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-line-of-succession\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">mulled passing a law<\/a><\/span> to remove him from the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/britain-line-of-succession\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">royal line of succession<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> Scandal has engulfed the king&#8217;s younger brother since one of Epstein&#8217;s accusers, Virginia Giuffre, claimed in her posthumous memoirs that she had been trafficked three times to have sex with Andrew when she was a teenager. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/virginia-giuffre-jeffrey-epstein-accuser-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Giuffre died last year<\/a><\/span> by suicide at the age of 41.<\/p>\n<p> The former prince has repeatedly denied the claims. He <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-sex-abuse-lawsuit-settlement\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">settled a U.S. civil lawsuit<\/a><\/span> in 2022 brought by Giuffre while not admitting liability.<\/p>\n<p> The Thames Valley Police probe follows new revelations from documents relating to the American financier released by the United States earlier this year, including emails in which Andrew <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/epstein-files-former-prince-andrew-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">appeared to share potentially confidential information<\/a><\/span> with him.<\/p>\n<h2> &#8220;Investigation into misconduct in public office continues&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>In one November 2010 email released by the U.S. government, Andrew appeared to share with the U.S. financier reports on his visit to several Asian countries. Two years earlier, Epstein had been convicted in the United States of procuring a child for prostitution.<\/p>\n<p> At least nine British police forces confirmed they were looking into claims \u2014 some related to Andrew \u2014 stemming from the batch of some <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/epstein-files-released-doj-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">3 million Epstein files released<\/a><\/span> by the U.S. authorities in January.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/21\/4e316200-66ff-4b2a-b309-d9a4b4bdb186\/thumbnail\/620x414\/ae5ea898f56c5ec05aee58041d476277\/gettyimages-2262263134.jpg#\" alt=\"Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor - Epstein files scandal \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/21\/4e316200-66ff-4b2a-b309-d9a4b4bdb186\/thumbnail\/620x414\/ae5ea898f56c5ec05aee58041d476277\/gettyimages-2262263134.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/21\/4e316200-66ff-4b2a-b309-d9a4b4bdb186\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/686122025241217d4b74d9c9c9d0d95e\/gettyimages-2262263134.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A police officer on duty at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has relocated following his departure from Royal Lodge in Windsor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Joe Giddens\/PA Images\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, the Thames Valley investigation appears to be the most advanced. Its officers, who swooped on the remote Sandringham royal estate in eastern England to detain Andrew, searched his home there and his former Royal Lodge residence in Windsor, west of London.<\/p>\n<p> The raid in Windsor lasted six days.<\/p>\n<p> In response to Andrew&#8217;s legal challenge, Thames Valley Police said in a statement that its &#8220;investigation into misconduct in public office continues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We are engaged in legal proceedings in relation to warrants previously obtained,&#8221; it added. &#8220;As these legal proceedings are currently ongoing, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper recirc\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Jeffrey Epstein Case<br \/>\n      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