In a statement released on Thursday, police confirmed the arrest of a man suspected of committing a public order offense and carrying an offensive weapon. This incident took place early Friday morning local time. The suspect is currently being held for questioning at a nearby police station. While the term “offensive weapon” can include items such as knives and truncheons, authorities have not disclosed the specific weapon involved in this case.
The UK newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, reported that the suspect, who was wearing a ski mask, allegedly approached the former royal while shouting abusive remarks. This encounter reportedly happened near the Sandringham Estate as the former prince was out walking his dogs. Following the incident, Andrew and his protection officer quickly left the scene in their vehicle.
Prince Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, relocated to the Sandringham Estate, located over 150 kilometers north of London, after being evicted from his previous residence near Windsor Castle. This move followed revelations regarding his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
Now 66, Andrew resides at Marsh Farm, a property within the Sandringham Estate, after vacating the Royal Lodge last year.
Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles III, moved to the king’s private Sandringham Estate, more than 150 kilometres north of London, after he was evicted from his long-time home near Windsor Castle following revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew, 66, now lives at Marsh Farm, a property on the Sandringham Estate, after leaving Royal Lodge last year.
He was stripped of all his honours and titles and banished from public view by the royal family after years of scandal over his money woes and links to questionable characters, including Epstein.
One of Epstein’s accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, alleged that she was forced to have sex with the then-prince three times starting when she was 17. He denied it, but eventually settled the case for an undisclosed sum and acknowledged Giuffre’s suffering as a victim of sex trafficking. Giuffre died by suicide at her Western Australia home in April 2025, aged 41.
In February, he became the first senior British royal in almost 400 years to be arrested when he was held for hours by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office in a case related to his links to Epstein.
It was an extraordinary move in a country where authorities once sought to shield the royal family from embarrassment.
Police previously said they were “assessing” reports that Mountbatten-Windsor sent trade information to Epstein, a wealthy investor and convicted sex offender, in 2010, when the former prince was the United Kingdom’s special envoy for international trade.
Correspondence between the two men was released by the US Justice Department along with millions of pages of documents from the American investigation into Epstein.
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