UK police won’t investigate ex-prince Andrew over Virginia Giuffre allegation

London’s Metropolitan Police said on Saturday it had decided not to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles, asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to investigate his accuser Virginia Giuffre.

In a historic decision, Charles in October stripped the former prince Andrew, 65, of his titles over his involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

The claim that he asked an officer in 2011 to dig up dirt on Giuffre, his main accuser, for a smear campaign against her appeared in her posthumous memoir published in October.

Senior Met officer Ella Marriott said an assessment had not revealed any “evidence of criminal acts or misconduct” and the force would be taking “no further action”.

Giuffre’s family said they felt let down by the decision.

“We are deeply disappointed that the Metropolitan Police have dropped their investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor without explanation and without speaking with us, Virginia’s family,” they said in a statement.