Cops are hunting emails that could reveal whether Andrew asked his bodyguards to dig up dirt on Virginia Guiffre after the sex trafficking victim claimed she’d had sex with the ex-Prince
According to new shocking reports, at least two of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former protection officers have been spoken to by Met cops. The police are reportedly seeking out any emails, phone records and notebooks after bombshell revelations that he may have asked a bodyguard to help discredit Virginia Giuffre.
Emails seem to show that Andrew gave an officer her date of birth and confidential social security number in the US after a scandal broke out over the ex-Prince and the American, a victim of paedofile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The Met say they are “considering whether any further assessment or review” of the case is necessary following the emergence of disturbing emails from Andrew.
The former Prince asked Queen Elizabeth’s deputy press secretary Ed Perkins to help him, reports the Sun. The request was reportedly emailed in 2011 on the eve of the publication of the notorious photo of Andrew with his arm around Ms Giuffre.
“It would seem she has a criminal record in the States,” he told Perkins. “I have given her DoB and social security number for investigation with (redacted) the on duty PPO.”
There is no suggestion his request was acted on, says the Sun. But what Andrew was asking could have breached data protection laws and might have led to misconduct in public office by an officer.
The Met probe could pave the way for a full investigation into historic trafficking for sexual exploitation, which the force has repeatedly resisted for 10 years. Should the case be investigated, Andrew would be interviewed by police for the first time since his relationship with Epstein came to light.
A source told The Sun: “As part of the initial examination of the case, officers are currently trying to establish what material is available. They are actively seeking to find emails and communications from Andrew’s royalty protection team, as well as their notebooks.”
Internal Met emails are deleted after six years but electronic devices are held in storage and notebooks of royalty protection officers are kept for 30 years, a source said. Dai Davies, former head of the Met’s Royal Protection Command, told the Sun: “There is enough evidence now for Andrew to be interviewed under caution.
“He would either say ‘Yes, I did it,’ or ‘No, I didn’t’. I have to ask why the Met are taking so long to start a proper investigation.”
Mr Davies added that notebooks and records kept by Andrew’s personal protection officers could prove his whereabouts at key times when Ms Giuffre alleged she had sex with him. She died by suicide in April, aged 41.
Her memoir, published last month, details being trafficked at the age of 17 to have sex with Andrew. He has always denied any wrongdoing.
But Mr Davies added: “At no time has anyone properly investigated this whole can of worms. There is a wall of silence that needs to be pulled down.”
The Sun added that Buckingham Palace did not comment.
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