UK protection officers instructed to guard 2010 Epstein dinner party, reports say
UK media cited emails from the Epstein files that appear to detail plans for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to stay with the late sex offender
London police officers assigned to King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were instructed to provide security for a dinner party at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York home in 2010, British media reported on Sunday.
The Sunday Times, which first reported the story, cited emails from the Epstein files that appear to detail arrangements for Mountbatten-Windsor to stay with the late convicted sex offender in December 2010, along with his two protection officers from London’s Metropolitan Police force.
In an email sent the night before the event with the subject line “Security for party”, a staff member informed Epstein the two officers had been given “instructions on the door”.
The reports come after police said on Friday they were contacting former protection officers who worked for Mountbatten-Windsor, urging anyone with allegations of sex offences relating to Epstein to come forward.
Police said they have not identified any wrongdoing by the protection officers at this stage. Asked to respond to Sunday’s reports, the Metropolitan Police said it had no further comment.
Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office in a separate investigation and was released under investigation after being held by another police force, Thames Valley, for more than 10 hours.