Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor investigation could examine sexual misconduct allegations | CNN

The British police force investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has said it could look into allegations of sexual misconduct as part of its investigation into possible misconduct in public office while the former prince was a trade envoy for Britain. In an update Friday, Thames Valley Police renewed its appeal for anyone with information to come forward and said it had contacted the lawyers for a woman who previously claimed that she was taken to an address in Windsor for sexual purposes. That encounter, first reported in January by the BBC, allegedly occurred at the former prince’s residence, Royal Lodge, in 2010. The woman’s lawyer, Brad Edwards from the US firm Edwards Henderson, told the BBC she was sent to Britain by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when she was in her 20s and that, after spending a night with Mountbatten-Windsor, she was given a tour of Buckingham Palace. Thames Valley Police had previously said it was aware of such reports, and on Friday made it clear that the force had not yet spoken to the alleged victim. “We have engaged with the woman’s legal representative to confirm that, should she wish to report this to police, it will be taken serious