Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown revealed he has written to several police forces with additional information about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was arrested on Thursday morning
Gordon Brown has revealed he’s written to several police forces with new information about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The former Prime Minister – who last week called for the disgraced royal to be questioned over alleged sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein – said he has submitted a five-page document to detectives. It comes after Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, was arrested at Sandringham this morning.
He is being held on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Mr Brown said following the arrest: “I have submitted a five-page memorandum to the Metropolitan, Surrey, Sussex, Thames Valley and other relevant UK police constabularies.
“This memorandum provides new and additional information to that which I submitted last week to the Met, Essex and Thames Valley police forces where I expressed my concern that we secure justice for trafficked girls and women.”
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The King’s younger brother is alleged to have leaked confidential information to Epstein while he served as a UK trade envoy in 2011 and 2012. Documents released by the US Department for Justice appear to suggest he passed on details of visits and information about investment opportunities to the paedophile.
Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal title by Prince Charles and ordered to vacate the Royal Lodge. Police were seen outside his home in Sandringham this morning.
On top of the allegations of misconduct in public office, Mr Brown has publicly called for Mountbatten-Windsor to be quizzed over sex trafficking claims. In a bombshell intervention last week, the former PM said he must be interviewed as part of a full investigation. He said he was shocked to the core by evidence that dozens of flights paid for by paedophile billionaire Epstein had trafficked women on board.
These include the private jet flight that brought Mountbatten-Windsor’s accuser Virginia Giuffre to the UK in 2001. Ms Giuffre alleged she was forced to have sex with the then-Prince while she was in London, which he strenuously denies.
The former Prime Minister’s call comes after a harrowing BBC investigation found nearly 90 flights linked to Epstein had arrived at and departed from UK airports. These include 15 following his conviction for soliciting sex from a child in 2008.
Mr Brown wrote in The New Statesman that he had delved into the Epstein files to seek out the scale of Peter Mandelson and Epstein’s betrayal of Britain. He wrote: “What I discovered about the abuse of women by male predators and their enablers – and Britain’s as yet unacknowledged role – has shocked me to the core. It demands an in-depth police investigation, and is by far the biggest scandal of all.”
The former Prime Minister said he was shocked to read emails including graphic details of Epstein boasting he could use Stansted Airport to fly in girls from Latvia, Lithuania and Russia. He wrote that visas were issues and payments made to transport girls on the billionaire’s so-called “Lolita Express”.
Mr Brown wrote: “I have been told privately that the investigations related to the former Prince Andrew did not properly check vital evidence of flights. I have asked the police to look at this as part of the new inquiry.
“The Stansted revelations alone require them to interview Andrew.” A number of UK police forces are looking into allegations contained in the Epstein files, the latest tranche of which were released last month.
Essex Police said it was looking into emails and flight logs. In a statement, the force said: “We are assessing the information that has emerged in relation to private flights into and out of Stansted Airport following the publication of the US DoJ Epstein files.”
Thames Valley Police said it was analysing several claims against the ex-Duke, including allegations a woman in her 20s was sent to the UK by Epstein in 2010 for a sexual encounter with Andrew at Royal Lodge. Andrew has consistently denied all allegations against him.
It is believed Bedfordshire Police are looking at Luton flights. Surrey Police said it was engaging with “relevant agencies” to obtain access to unredacted files that are connected to child abuse claims made against Epstein’s criminal partner Ghislaine Maxwell.
Other forces assessing evidence related to the Epstein Files include the Metropolitan Police, Norfolk Police and Wiltshire Police.