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UK police ‘looking into’ Prince Andrew claims

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October 20, 2025

BRITISH police said yesterday they were probing claims that Prince Andrew asked an officer to dig up dirt for a smear campaign against his sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre.

UK police ‘looking into’ Prince Andrew claims

BRITAIN'S Prince Andrew, Duke of York.

(AFP)

The development comes after Andrew last week renounced his royal title under pressure from King Charles III, following further revelations about his ties to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

London's Metropolitan Police force said it was looking into allegations in the Mail on Sunday that Andrew tried to smear Giuffre, who accused the prince of sexually assaulting her when she was 17.

Andrew, 65, has long denied the assault accusations, which have caused considerable embarrassment to the British monarchy and seen the prince virtually banished from royal life in recent years.

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