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Remember when we reported that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is under investigation?
Investigators are now looking into yet another alleged wrongdoing. A wholly separate incident.
This time, it’s an alleged wrongdoing at the Royal Ascot.
He’s under investigation for sexual misconduct, for fraud, and more.
This incident is from 2002
According to The Sunday Times, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is under investigation after an alleged incident at the Royal Ascot in 2002.
Police say that they are “examining events in 2002 as they consider wider possible crimes by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.”
Authorities added that these potential crimes are “including sexual misconduct, corruption, and fraud.”
The context is an alleged encounter with a woman.
The Royal Ascot sounds like . . . almost anything English. But it is a racing festival of some renown for the residents of beans-on-toast island, and has been attended by numerous royals.
We do not know more specific information about the 2002 incident at this time.
Police did not specify if the interaction was only reported recently.
Andrew has, for all of his life, enjoyed enormous protections against consequences for his actions.
It is possible that his alleged wrongdoings were reported in 2002 but effective ignored or buried, due to his erstwhile status.
But he is no longer a prince. He is, as he has always been, a man with money and privilege that he has never deserved.
What we already know may just be the tip of the iceberg
We previously reported that Thames Valley inspectors are looking into past misdeeds that the former prince may have committed.
Andrew was arrested on his 66th birthday.
The arrested was on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
And the specific misconduct was that he is accused of slipping classified information to Jeffrey Epstein.
Epstein died — allegedly by suicide — in his cell back in 2019. Most of his associates have attained high places in governments and business, from top officials in the UK to Donald Trump himself.
Andrew’s reputation has really never been good. However, things came to a head through a series of events — including a disastrous interview — made Andrew one of Epstein’s most infamous associates.
Even so, his status as the son of Queen Elizabeth sheltered him from many things, even when she stripped him of specific honors. These were symbolic gestures, and not punishments.
King Charles has publicly withdrawn further protections from Andrew, even stripping the monarch’s brother of his land and titles. That, too, is a symbolic gesture, but it allows investigations to proceed.
Prince William and Kate Middleton are both said to despise their royal uncle due to his alleged crimes.
Whether that is true or simply a story that the royal firm has released in order to distance the family from Andrew’s crimes remains unclear. Functionally, it probably doesn’t matter — he’s not getting any protection from one of the planet’s most powerful families as police investigate.