King will open all Palace files

Royal staff will ‘co-operate whole-heartedly’

- BY GILES SHELDRICK Chief Reporter

DETECTIVES investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Jeffrey Epstein will have the unconditional support of Palace staff as they trawl files thrown open by the King.

Charles is allowing police full access to papers held at Buckingham Palace, it emerged last night.

Last week, in the wake of his younger brother's arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the monarch said: “The law must take its course.”

Sources now say the King is prepared to allow investigators to comb through any records, emails, and government files relating to Mountbatten-Windsor’s role as a UK trade envoy from 2001-2011.

Officers investigating his friendship with paedophile billionaire Epstein will be aided by Palace staff.

A source said: “We have said we will cooperate fully and wholeheartedly”.

The former prince, 66, has been stripped of his titles and patronages but as Duke of York had a private office at Buckingham Palace until 2022. He was arrested on Thursday at his home on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk and quizzed for 11 hours at Aylsham police station before being released under investigation.

At the time Charles issued an unprecedented statement in which he reiterated his unequivocal support for the police.

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