High Court Quashes Warrants in Andrew Investigation

The High Court quashed search warrants used to raid Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Sandringham and former Windsor properties in February after Thames Valley Police accepted they had been obtained under the wrong legal provision. The ruling followed Mountbatten-Windsor’s legal challenge but does not determine whether the wider police investigation was lawful or bring it to an end. He was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations that he shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as the UK’s trade envoy; he denies wrongdoing. Police are pursuing further legal proceedings over whether they can retain material seized in the searches, potentially under a different warrant.