The Metropolitan Police has said no investigation into Prince Andrew has been launched despite him being named in Jeffrey Epstein documents released.
The Duke of York had been reported to the Metropolitan Police by the anti-monarchy campaign group Republic after allegations of sexual assault were made against him in unsealed court documents.
Andrew was referenced multiple times in files relating to disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
In a short statement today, Scotland Yard said: ‘We are aware of the release of court documents in relation to Jeffrey Epstein.
‘As with any matter, should new and relevant information be brought to our attention we will assess it. No investigation has been launched.’
Calls for the duke to be investigated were made by a US attorney who represented some of Epstein’s victims, who said police in Britain have a duty to investigate Andrew as he ‘still refuses to fully account for his time’ with the paedophile.
The unredacted documents, which were released on Wednesday in the United States, included allegations Andrew had an orgy with underage girls and touched a woman’s breast while posing with a puppet of himself.
The 63-year-old prince, who has previously strenuously denied the allegations, paid millions a year ago to settle a civil case out of court with Virginia Giuffre with no admission of guilt after she accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17.
But he is mentioned more than 70 times in nearly 1,000 pages of interviews and transcripts released in the US in connection with a 2015 defamation case brought by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was jailed for sex trafficking young girls for Epstein.
The names of more than 170 people who were either associates, friends or victims of Epstein are being made public following a judge’s order last month, including high-profile figures such as former US president Bill Clinton.
