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Police assessing allegation woman was ‘sent to UK for sex with Andrew’

Mandelson to step down from House of Lords amid Epstein revelations
  • Thames Valley Police are reviewing new claims that a young woman was sent for a sexual encounter with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at Royal Lodge in Windsor in 2010.
  • The woman's US lawyers have urged the King to contact them regarding the allegations, which also claim she was given a tour of Buckingham Palace.
  • Police stated they are assessing the information in line with established procedures, but noted the allegations have not yet been reported to them by the lawyer or client.
  • The claims emerge following the release of US Department of Justice documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, in which Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is mentioned multiple times.
  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor vehemently denies any wrongdoing, having previously paid millions to Virginia Giuffre in 2022, a woman he claims never to have met.
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