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Members of the British royal household are not above the law, said the country's chief prosecutor on Sunday, while police are investigating erstwhile Prince Andrew in connection with allegations of disclosure of information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Thames Valley Police reported last week that they were having talks with the Crown Prosecutor's Office about allegations of malpractice in connection with Andrzej Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles III.
“No 1 is above the law” said Public Prosecutor Stephen Parkinson in an interview with the Sunday Times.
The prosecutor added that he had ‘full conviction’that the police would act independently and rejected suggestions that the monarchy would be treated in a peculiar way.
"From my perspective, I do not think it is hard to prosecute a crime due to the fact that its core is simply a gross breach of assurance by a individual acting as a public officer" – he said.
These comments came during the police investigation of the Thames Valley allegations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had provided Epstein with confidential information while he served as a British Trade Envoy from 2001 to 2011.
The audit of his conduct intensified after the emails disclosed in Epstein's file suggested that the erstwhile prince had provided confidential information.
Separate emails indicate that businessman David Stern, a friend and associate of Mountbatten-Windsora, maintained regular contact with Epstein and accompanied him during public-funded visits to Beijing, Hong Kong and Shenzhen in 2010.
Evidence collected by ‘Mail’ indicate that Mountbatten-Windsor utilized his position in government to advance Epstein's business interests.
The e-mails propose that the erstwhile Duke of York revealed confidential information about the Royal Bank of Scotland following government backing of the bank, and elder palace advisor reportedly handed over a diplomatic message regarding trade between Britain and China to a banker associated with Mountbatten-Windsor.
The correspondence besides shows that Epstein arranged a dinner in Beijing for erstwhile Prince and Jes Staley, who later turned out to be Epstein's individual banker, and that Stern discussed ‘discreet’ Deals with Chinese officials after the 2010 trade mission.
Epstein reportedly boasted in an email that he was receiving intelligence from Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, a disgraced erstwhile British ambassador to the US, writing: "I have Britain under control".
At the beginning of this month, Mountbatten-Windsor was removed from his Royal Lodge residence in Windsor after losing his titles, while police are analyzing reports from the BBC that Epstein had sent a female to Britain for a sexual encounter in 2010.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/632600-ex-prince-andrew-prosecution/
