Police are investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over potential sex crimes, it is understood.

Detectives are keen to speak to a woman who claims she was taken to the former Prince Andrew's home in Windsor "for sexual purposes".

And they are appealing for other potential Epstein survivors to come forward in a complex and potentially expanding inquiry that's expected to last for many months.

Andrew remains under investigation and strongly denies any wrongdoing.

Police have already spoken to a range of witnesses since the suspect was arrested, on his 66th birthday, in a pre-dawn raid on his new Norfolk home three months ago.

Andrew, who acted as a UK government trade envoy, was interviewed on suspicion of misconduct in public office in an investigation prompted by the release in the US of the FBI's Jeffrey Epstein files in January.

The files appeared to show the King's brother passed on sensitive government documents and commercial information to his friend Epstein, a disgraced US financier who was jailed for procuring a girl under 18 for prostitution.

But a special squad of detectives at Thames Valley Police is concerned that Epstein victims may be put off coming forward because they think the police probe is limited.

A source said, "People mistakenly think we are looking at finance-based crime, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

"Misconduct in public office covers many others, including sex offences, fraud, corruption, perverting the course of justice, and others.

"We have a much broader view. We are investigating all aspects, and we will go where the evidence leads us."

Officers are assessing allegations that Epstein sent a non-British woman to the UK in 2010 for a sexual encounter with Andrew, but have yet to interview her.

It's understood police are also waiting to get unredacted copies of the relevant Epstein files, something that would have a big positive impact on their investigation.

The offence of misconduct in public office is notoriously complicated and difficult to prove. So much so that it is due to be scrapped and replaced with something simpler.

And police are still discussing with the Crown Prosecution Service whether Andrew was a public officer under the terms of the statute.

BREAKING UK NEWS!!! Police are looking for evidence! We may yet see Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor behind bars!

LONDON — The late Queen Elizabeth II was “very keen” for former Prince Andrew to be named Britain’s trade envoy in 2001, according to documents released Thursday that showed his appointment received little scrutiny from government ministers.

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Jeffrey Epstein’s emails, appointment books, and message logs reveal how the disgraced financier built a sprawling web of rich, powerful, and influential contacts. He was a relentless networker, regularly introducing his acquaintances to each other and treating those interactions like business deals — always putting himself at the center of the transaction.

Some of Epstein’s connections helped make him wealthy, while others fed his desire for intellectual status. The people in his network sought his advice on everything from school admissions to interactions with women.

Their exchanges, many detailed among the Epstein-related documents released by the US Department of Justice, often blurred the lines between the professional and personal, with some acquaintances traveling to his Caribbean island, accepting expensive gifts, or attending dinners at his infamous Upper East Side mansion.

A connection to Epstein or an appearance in the files is not evidence of a crime or a suggestion of wrongdoing. Bloomberg News contacted people included in this article for comment.

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Ghislaine Maxwell

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has said she met Epstein in 1991 through a friend. They had a brief romantic relationship, but she stayed on his payroll as a property manager, overseeing his portfolio of multimillion-dollar homes as well as the staff who ran them.

Leslie "Les" Wexner

Leslie Wexner was introduced to Epstein in the 1980s by a mutual acquaintance. The billionaire founder of L Brands Inc. gave Epstein vast amounts of power over his wealth. Wexner made Epstein his money manager, gave him power of attorney, and designated him as trustee over trusts and foundations.

Their connection predates many of Epstein’s most prominent public relationships, and Wexner doesn’t appear to have interacted much with Epstein’s wider social circle. Still, he had a crucial role in how Epstein built his early wealth.

Leon Black

Apollo Global Management Inc. co-founder Leon Black paid Epstein at least $158 million — which Black says was mostly for estate planning and tax advice — between 2012 and 2017.

Emails show that Epstein was also deeply enmeshed in Black’s financial and personal lives. He was a fixer for the billionaire’s secrets, helping to manage an angry mistress, IRS questions about gifts to another woman, and more.

Black has repeatedly expressed regret about his relationship with Epstein, and an independent report commissioned by Apollo’s board found he had no awareness of the criminal activities that led to Epstein’s arrest in 2019.

The Dubins

Epstein’s former girlfriend Eva Andersson-Dubin and her husband, billionaire hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin, vouched for Epstein and helped open doors for him to continue to build his wealth.

Epstein and Andersson-Dubin dated in the 1980s, and he stayed close with the family, describing himself as a godfather to one of their children.

Jes Staley

In the early 2000s, the head of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s private bank, Jes Staley, met Epstein, beginning a professional and personal relationship that lasted more than a decade. In 2004, Staley led JPMorgan’s investment in Highbridge, co-founded by Glenn Dubin, citing a relationship with Epstein.

The UK Connection

Messages between Peter Mandelson and Epstein appear as early as 2005, when Mandelson was the European commissioner for trade. Over the years, he sought Epstein’s advice on political and financial matters and shared insight into UK government policy and personnel.

Sultan bin Sulayem

Emails show Dubai businessman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem emailed with Epstein for more than a decade, exchanging contacts in business and politics, attempting to broker deals for one another, and making explicit references to sexual encounters.

One of their mutual contacts was Andrew Farkas, a New York real estate investor and scion of the family behind Alexander’s department store.

Kathy Ruemmler

The DOJ documents show interactions between lawyer Kathy Ruemmler and Epstein between 2014 and 2019, during which she offered her perspective in several scenarios and advised on strategies for defending his reputation in the media. She also accepted tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from him and used nicknames like "Uncle Jeffrey."

The Norwegians

Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen introduced Epstein to dignitaries, bankers, and politicians when at the helm of the International Peace Institute, the files suggest. Trips were planned for him to Epstein’s island and to Bermuda. His wife, Mona Juul, is the former Norwegian ambassador to the UK, Israel, and the United Nations.

Epstein bequeathed the couple’s two children $5 million each in his will. Their son, Edward Juul Rød-Larsen, died by suicide in April 2026.

Larry Summers

Epstein donated to Harvard University during Larry Summers’ tenure as president of the school, including a $6.5 million gift in 2003 to a program led by Professor Martin Nowak. He also financially supported the work of Summers’ wife and Harvard professor emerita Elisa New, and donated to the Hasty Pudding Institute — chaired by another Epstein contact, Andrew Farkas — for years.

Harvard University has said it didn’t accept gifts from Epstein after his 2008 conviction.

The Tech Contingent

Epstein spent years courting Bill Gates, including inviting Gates to his island, though Gates has said he never went. Boris Nikolic, a longtime science adviser to Gates, appears to have acted as an attempted connecter between Gates and Epstein from about 2011 to 2014. Nikolic and Epstein’s messages include the exchange of nude photography, notes on women, and discussion of Gates’ preferences and prospects with them.

Columbia University

Epstein started messaging Karyna Shuliak, a dental student in Minsk, Belarus, around 2010. She later moved to the US and was his girlfriend until his death.

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Republican Thomas Massie has been hit with a new accusation just days before a critical primary election where he faces a Trump-backed challenger.

Massie has been accused by a former girlfriend - who worked for a brief time on the Hill - of being offered $5,000 in hush money to keep mum about their brief tryst.

Cynthia West, a former Capitol Hill staffer now seeking a school board seat in Florida, said she began a relationship with Massie after he contacted her on X in August 2024, shortly after the death of his first wife, Rhonda. 

In an interview published by conservative attorney Marcus Carey, who once primaried Massie in 2012, West alleged the relationship intensified quickly, with Massie encouraging her to relocate to Washington and later helping her land a position in the office of Indiana Republican Victoria Spartz, one of his close friends.

Legistorm, a database of congressional staffers and salaries, shows that West worked for Spartz's office for roughly three months between late 2024 and early 2025. 

A spokesperson for Spartz said her probationary employment ended because of poor job performance. 

In a statement posted on X Wednesday morning, Massie fired back, calling into question the timing of the allegation, one week before the primary election. 

'It's sad that a week before this election, people are making false and unsubstantiated allegations about me in an obvious attempt to influence the outcome of this election.'

'All of the claims of inappropriate conduct are false. I've never offered anyone money in exchange for their silence. I report all of my farm income, including cash, to the IRS,' he continued.

'There are no ethics claims filed against me, nor have there ever been any claims filed against me in my 14 years in office. I have consulted legal counsel, and we are considering all options,' Massie concluded in his statement.

West said she later ended the relationship after Massie allegedly pressured her into conduct she found inappropriate. 

Following her dismissal from Spartz's office, she said she considered filing workplace complaints and informed Massie of a possible ethics claim. 

According to West, Massie then offered her $5,000 in what he called 'cow money' from his Kentucky farm if she would 'walk away.'

West filed a wrongful termination complaint against Spartz's office after her filing, but says she rejected a separate $60,000 settlement proposal from the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights because it required a nondisclosure agreement.

Massie, who is now remarried, has become one of Trump's top primary targets and is facing Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein next week.

Trump trekked to Massie's Northern Kentucky district in March to stump for Gallrein, prompting the incumbent to scoff that it was a ploy to 'breathe life into my opponent's Biden-like basement campaign.'

The libertarian's loyalty to principle over party has repeatedly landed him in Trump's crosshairs, with the clashes ramping up since the commander in chief returned to the White House.

His cardinal sin, in Trump's eyes, was spearheading the push to force the release of millions of DOJ files on deceased pedophile financier Epstein, despite the President's objections.

Massie predominantly worked with Democrats to compel Congress to release the files, although all but one Republican in the House voted for the final bill ordering the release, and Trump ultimately signed it.

He has also moved to rein in Trump's military adventures, co-sponsoring War Powers resolutions on both Iran and Venezuela alongside California Democrat Ro Khanna, who was also his ally on the Epstein files push.

He has also broken with his party to vote alongside progressive Democrats against aid to Israel, and was one of just two Republican 'no' votes on Trump's signature 'Big, Beautiful Bill' spending package last summer.

Massie and Gallrein face off in the May 19 primary, a test of whether the congressman becomes the next to fall on Trump's retribution tour.

Polling from Quantus insights showed Gallrein ahead of Massie, with the challenger receiving 48.3 percent of the vote and the incumbent with 43.1 percent. 

Nearly 8 percent of respondents said they are undecided or not yet sure who they would support in Tuesday's race.

The survey was conducted on May 11 and 12th among 908 likely Republican primary voters. The margin of error was 3.3 percent.

Five Republican Indiana state senators were toppled in primaries last Tuesday night after refusing to back a Trump-pushed redistricting plan to redraw the state's congressional map.

The wipeout of GOP lawmakers who sided with Democrats to torpedo Trump's preferred map is a chilling warning shot to any MAGA defector in one of the reddest states in America.

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MS NOW's Ari Melber is joined by Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who says "there's 1.5 billion dollars worth of wire transactions contained in what are called suspicious activity reports, that have not been produced by the Treasury Department, and have been specifically blocked by Scott Bessent at Donald Trump's behest."

At the hearing, Members of Congress heard from the following witnesses:

• Sky and Amanda Roberts: brother and sister-in-law, respectively, of the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s international sex trafficking network.
• Maria Farmer: the first survivor to report Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse to authorities in 1996. Maria accused Epstein of the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) after he stole photos she took of her two younger sisters, who were 12 and 16 years old at the time, and also sexually assaulted her.
• Dani Hannah Bensky: an advocate, dance teaching artist, choreographer, and Epstein survivor. She was abused by Epstein in 2004 and 2005, beginning when she was 17 years old and a dancer in New York City. Danielle has spoken out about the Trump Administration’s cover-up and the impact of the mishandled DOJ release. She sued Epstein’s lawyer, Darren Indyke, and his accountant, Richard Kahn, for their roles in enabling her abuse.
• Roza: recruited by modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel in her home country of Uzbekistan and brought to the U.S. with promises of support for her modeling career. Roza was introduced to Epstein in Palm Beach while he was on work release in 2009, and he abused her over several years. Epstein and Brunel used Roza’s visa status and her need to support her family to keep her from escaping.
• Courtney Wild: a mom, advocate, and survivor. She was abused by Epstein in Palm Beach, starting when she was 14 years old, and was lured to his home on the pretense of providing a massage to an older man. Courtney sued the federal government for violating the Crime Victims' Rights Act by signing the NPA without consulting victims. She will speak about the lasting damage of the NPA and failures of the DOJ to bring justice for Epstein survivors.
• Jena-Lisa Jones: a mom, a wife, and a Founding Survivor of the Survivors, Inc. She was abused by Epstein in Florida when she was 14 years old. Jena-Lisa has spoken about how she had supported President Trump because of his promise to release the Epstein files, but was disappointed by his reversal on the files’ release.
• Spencer Kuvin: represented the first Florida survivor to come forward and later represented multiple Epstein survivors. Spencer will address failures of the original Florida prosecution and can discuss the re-traumatization that survivors have experienced as a result of the DOJ’s failure to properly safeguard their identifying information.
• Lauren Hersh: activist and former prosecutor, combating trafficking, exploitation, and violence against women and girls. Lauren will speak about the work being done by survivors to bring Epstein and co-conspirators to justice. World Without Exploitation (WorldWE) is a nonpartisan organization, but it can speak to the impact of the DOJ's release on survivors.

Palm Beach, Florida, is where Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes first came to light, and where prosecutors offered Epstein a sweetheart deal that allowed him to continue his crimes. Palm Beach is also home to Mar-a-lago, President Donald Trump’s primary residence and private club. During the many years of friendship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, multiple women were recruited for Epstein from Mar-a-lago, including Virginia Guiffre. The Wall Street Journal reports that spa employees from Mar-a-Lago, usually young women, were sent to Epstein’s nearby residence for massages, manicures, and other spa services. Epstein referenced Mar-a-lago in a 2019 email to Michael Wolff, released by Oversight Democrats, when he said, “of course Trump knew about the girls.”

Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams and the late Virginia Giuffre have jointly won the Freedom to Publish prize at this year’s British Book Awards, marking the first time the award has been shared.

Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook executive, was recognised for Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism, her bestselling memoir about her years inside Meta, formerly Facebook. The book makes allegations about the company’s internal culture and practices, including its approach to political influence, China, and the well-being of teenagers. Meta has disputed the claims.

Giuffre received the award posthumously for Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, which recounts the abuse she said she suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and others.

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