King Charles has responded to the recent Epstein scandal, stating that Buckingham Palace is prepared to assist the police in looking into allegations against his brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
“The King has made clear, in words and through unprecedented actions, his profound concern at allegations which continue to come to light in respect of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s conduct,” a Palace spokesman said.
“While Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor needs to address the specific claims, we are prepared to support Thames Valley Police if they approach us, as you would expect,” he said.
Thames Valley Police is looking into a complaint from the anti-monarchy group Republic about Mountbatten-Windsor, who is accused of misconduct in public office and breaking official secrecy laws.
Emails from the recently released batch of Epstein files appear to show the former prince passing on reports of visits to Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam and confidential details of investment opportunities.
After the trips, on 30 November 2010, he appears to have forwarded official reports of those visits sent by his then-special adviser, Amit Patel, to Epstein, five minutes after receiving them.
There were also details of investment opportunities in Afghanistan, described as “confidential”, which appear to have been passed on to Epstein on 24 December 2010.
Trade envoys must keep sensitive commercial or political information from their official visits confidential.
The Buckingham Palace statement says that the King and Queen’s “thoughts and sympathies have been, and remain with, the victims of any and all forms of abuse”.
Earlier on Monday the King had travelled to Clitheroe where a heckler shouted: “How long have you known about Andrew?” The rest of the crowd booed the man putting the question.
The Buckingham Palace response comes after the Prince and Princess of Wales expressed their “deep concern” over the new information about Epstein.
“Their thoughts remain focused on the victims,” said a Kensington Palace spokesperson, ahead of Prince William’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week.
Since the release of three million more documents related to Epstein, there has been growing pressure on Mountbatten-Windsor, with claims a second woman was sent to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein for a sexual encounter with him.
Photographs appearing to show him kneeling on all fours over a female lying on the ground were also included in the latest batch of files.
Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of the prince, has faced embarrassment due to emails signed “Sarah” that show she sought support and money from the sex offender Epstein.
Last week, Andrew was moved more quickly than expected from his home at Royal Lodge in Windsor to the King’s private estate in Sandringham.
In October 2025, after a previous wave of revelations about his links to Epstein, Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his titles as a prince and a duke.
Andrew has strongly denied any wrongdoing. Being named in the Epstein files does not mean he did anything wrong.
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