UK Police Close Case on Andrew Bodyguard Allegation

The Metropolitan Police in London have announced they will not be taking any further action regarding allegations that Prince Andrew asked his protection officer to investigate Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre had accused Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager.

The police force stated on Saturday that they had conducted a further assessment of the claims, which surfaced in a Mail on Sunday newspaper report earlier this year. The report alleged that in 2011, Andrew requested a personal protection officer to gather information on Giuffre. The police confirmed in October they were “actively looking” into these allegations.

In a statement released Saturday, the Metropolitan Police Service said: “Following recent reporting suggesting that Mr Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his Met Police close-protection officer to carry out checks on Ms Giuffre in 2011, the Metropolitan Police Service has carried out a further assessment.”

The assessment, according to the police, did not uncover any new evidence of criminal activity or misconduct. “To date, we have not received any additional evidence that would support reopening the investigation. In the absence of any further information, we will be taking no further action,” the statement concluded.

King Charles previously stripped his younger brother Andrew of his royal titles and forced him to vacate his Windsor residence in October, in an effort to distance the Royal Family from the ongoing controversy surrounding Andrew's ties to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Giuffre died in April. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied all accusations against him.