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By Jack Royston
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A new Jeffrey Epstein-related allegation against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has been reported to the British police by anti-monarchy campaigners.
A second woman is considering filing a civil lawsuit against Andrew, her lawyer told the BBC, over an alleged sexual encounter at Andrew's Windsor home, Royal Lodge, in 2010. In an interview with the BBC in 2019, Andrew said he did not have sex with "any young woman trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein."
Attorney Brad Edwards, who has represented a number of Epstein victims, says the woman exchanged emails with Andrew prior to spending the night with him.
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Now Republic, a pressure group campaigning to abolish the monarchy, has reported Edwards' account to London's Metropolitan Police.
The group's report states: "A woman is alleging that she was sent to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein for a sexual encounter with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The encounter allegedly occurred at the former prince's residence, Royal Lodge, in 2010.
"The woman, who is not British, was in her 20s at the time. The woman's lawyer, Brad Edwards from the US firm Edwards Henderson, said that after spending the night with Andrew, she says she was also given a tour of Buckingham Palace and tea."
Graham Smith, chief executive of Republic, told Newsweek the Metropolitan Police should investigate the new allegation. "This will just put more pressure on the police because they're running out of excuses," he said.
Newsweek approached the Metropolitan Police, which covers London and also royalty protection, as well as Thames Valley Police, which covers Windsor. Newsweek also approached Buckingham Palace in relation to the new allegation and Andrew's former representatives.
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Why It Matters
Virginia Giuffre sued Andrew in 2021, accusing him of raping her when she was a 17-year-old Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking victim in 2001. Andrew has always denied her allegations and settled out of court while denying liability.
The Metropolitan Police has reviewed Giuffre's allegations multiple times, starting in 2015, but on each occasion determined there were no grounds to pursue a full investigation into Andrew.
A prosecution based on Giuffre's account is now unlikely in any jurisdiction, lawyers say, since she died by what her family described as a suicide in April 2025.
What to Know
Giuffre's claims related to three alleged incidents, all in 2001, in London, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands when she was 17 years old. In Britain, the age of consent is 16 but in New York, where Giuffre filed her lawsuit, she was considered a minor under the Child Victims Act (CVA).
The new allegations relate to a woman who was in her 20s in 2010. By that point, Britain had a new set of human trafficking laws under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which could give police a new lens through which to view the case.
Smith said: "They can't say that it was too far in the past, as far as I'm aware, this person is still alive, it was only 15 years ago and there is new legislation which covers it. So, their excuses are running pretty thin and they need to start taking action."
He added that he hoped that would have created a surviving paper trail, as she would have been signed in and out of the building by the Metropolitan Police officers who guard Buckingham Palace.
"This [new allegation] does change things to some extent for two reasons, partly because there was a direct allegation that she was on royal property," he said.
"This is a place where you can't enter the buildings without people knowing who you are and who you're with. There would have been, you would have thought, some kind of security and certainly records kept and so on. So that raises the question again as to who knew what and when and what was said."
Andrew was stripped of his "Prince" and "Duke of York" titles by King Charles III in October 2025. Andrew said in October 2025 he "vigorously den[ies] the accusations against me." He has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in relation to his friendship with Epstein
Emails recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) included photographs appearing to show Mountbatten-Windsor on all-fours, leaning over an unidentified woman lying on the floor. In one image, the former prince has his hand on the woman's side. The woman is fully dressed and her face is obscured.
No context was released with the latest raft of documents and images published by the DOJ, most commonly referred to as the Epstein files.
What People Are Saying
Brad Edwards, attorney for the woman who is considering suing Andrew, told the BBC: "We're talking about at least one woman who was sent by Jeffrey Epstein over to Prince Andrew. And she even had, after a night with Prince Andrew, a tour of Buckingham Palace."
During a 2019 BBC interview, Andrew was asked: "is there any way you could have had sex with that young woman [Giuffre] or any young woman trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein in any of his residences?"
Andrew replied: **"**No and without putting too fine a point on it, if you're a man it is a positive act to have sex with somebody. You have to have to take some sort of positive action and so therefore if you try to forget it's very difficult to try and forget a positive action and I do not remember anything.
"I can't, I've wracked my brain and thinking oh… when the first allegations, came out originally I went, 'well that's a bit strange, I don't remember this' and then I've been through it and through it and through it over and over and over again and no, nothing. It just never happened."
The Metropolitan Police said in a December statement: "In 2015, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) received allegations relating to non-recent trafficking for sexual exploitation involving Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. These allegations primarily concerned events outside the United Kingdom, with one allegation of trafficking to central London in March 2001.
"Officers assessed all available evidence at the time, interviewed the complainant, Ms Virginia Giuffre as well as contacting several other potential victims. This did not result in any allegation of criminal conduct against any UK-based nationals."
"A decision was made in November 2016 not to proceed to a full criminal investigation," the statement continued. "That decision was reviewed in August 2019 and again in 2021 and 2022; in each instance, the position remained unchanged, and Ms Giuffre and her legal representative were informed."
What Happens Next
The woman making the new allegation has not as yet filed a lawsuit against Andrew. However, if she does and the court accepts the legal basis of her allegations, Andrew will have to decide whether to fight the case or settle out of court, if he can afford to.
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