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Police Investigate Former Prince Andrew and Epstein’s Time at Balmoral, Royal Estate in Scotland
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Scottish police are investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's time spent with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell at the Balmoral estate, a royal retreat.
- Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, maintained a friendship with Epstein and Maxwell even after Epstein's 2008 conviction for sex crimes involving a minor.
- The investigation is in early stages, with police emphasizing the importance of victim survivors, but no further details have been disclosed.
- Flight logs revealed that Mountbatten-Windsor and Maxwell traveled on Epstein's private jet to Edinburgh in 2006, though Epstein was not on that particular flight.
- Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while facing sex trafficking charges, and Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking for conspiring with Epstein to exploit underage girls and women.
