Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles II, has won a legal challenge against Thames Valley Police regarding search warrants used during an investigation into his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A London High Court judge ruled that the warrants used to raid the former prince's properties were issued unlawfully and must be quashed.
The judge stated that a significant error occurred in the granting of the warrants. Thames Valley Police acknowledged before the court that they had applied for the warrants under the wrong statutory provision.
Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on February 19 on suspicion of misconduct in public office, which led police to search two of his residences. However, the judge stipulated that the ruling regarding the unlawful warrants does not bring the investigation to an end, and the probe into the former royal remains ongoing.