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Police have today been seen at Sandringham, where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is staying and celebrating his 66th birthday.
Six unmarked police cars arrived at King Charles' Norfolk estate at just after 8am this morning. It is not known at this stage why they are attending.
Onlookers said the group of eight people were in plain clothes 'but appeared to be police officers'.
They parked close to Prince Philip's former home Wood Farm, where Andrew has been exiled. One man appeared to be carrying a police-issue laptop.
A convoy of vehicles was then photographed leaving.
Andrew, who turns 66 today, is staying at Sandringham after being evicted by his older brother from Royal Lodge in Windsor following the Epstein.
Police popped up at Sandringham as Sir Keir Starmer claimed 'nobody is above the law' in the UK and nine UK police forces assess whether to launch investigations into Epstein-related allegations including human trafficking and sexual assault.
Andrew is yet to be spoken to by detectives are assessing a range of allegations related to sex trafficking and misconduct in public office and sex trafficking. But his brother King Charles said he stands ready to help the police with their inquiries.
The Queen's second son may have passed sensitive information to Epstein in his role as a UK trade envoy. There are also claims he may have smuggled a woman into Buckingham Palace who may have been trafficked into Britain on Epstein's 'Lolita Express' jet.
Andrew denies any wrongdoing.
A convoy of cars was seen driving close to Wood Farm, where Andrew has been exiled
A group of police officers in plain clothes arrive at Wood Farm
Onlookers said the group of eight people were in plain clothes 'but appeared to be police officers'
Lots of cares were lined up on the drive at Wood Farm with their headlights on
Nine UK forces are looking at the Epstein Files, where Andrew was seen crouching over a woman on the floor of Epstein's New York home
Shortly after 8am this morning a number of vehicles arrived together at the farm house he was forced to move to.
No official comment has yet been made.
A number of police forces are understood to be looking into allegations around trafficking that have surfaced in the huge number or documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein in the UK.
The Metropolitan Police said yesterday it s carrying out 'initial inquiries' into allegations relating to close protection officers formerly assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
In a statement, the Met said it had 'not identified any wrongdoing' but 'initial enquiries into these specific allegations have begun so we can establish th
The disgraced former Prince has been exiled to a remote cottage, Wood Farm, on the edges of the Sandringham estate.
The disgraced former prince is thought to have moved into the five-bedroom cottage late earlier this month.
Wood Farm, the property where his father, the Duke of Edinburgh spent much of his final years, is hidden from public view around 300 yards down a private driveway in Wolferton on the edge of the Norfolk estate.
He has been accompanied by two police officers assigned to protect Andrew.
The King's younger brother, who celebrates his 66th birthday today, was pictured in the Epstein files kneeling over a young women.
He is also facing questions over emails suggesting he shared private information from his role as a UK trade envoy with the billionaire financier.
The royal is also being urged to give evidence to the US congressional investigation into Epstein, who died in prison in 2019.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast today, Sir Keir Starmer said: 'Anybody who has any information should testify.
'So whether it's Andrew or anybody else, anybody who has got relevant information should come forward to whatever the relevant body is, in this particular case we're talking about Epstein, but there are plenty of other cases.
'Anybody who has got information relating to any aspect of violence against women and girls has, in my view, a duty to come forward, whoever they are.'
Sir Keir added: 'One of the core principles in our system is that everybody is equal under the law, and nobody is above the law, and it is really important that is applied across the board.'
He is also facing questions over emails suggesting he shared private information from his role as a UK trade envoy with the billionaire financier.
The PM also said he would not stand in the way of MPs wanting to have a public Parliamentary debate into the royal and his links with Epstein.
The Metropolitan Police has begun carrying out 'initial inquiries' into allegations relating to close protection officers assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Police forces assessing whether to launch investigationMetropolitan Police - examining claims that royal protection officers 'turned a blind eye' during visits to Epstein's private island and separate claims Peter Mandelson passed sensitive information
Surrey Police - Seeking information regarding an allegation made in Virginia Water in the 1990s
Thames Valley Police - assessing claims that Epstein sent a young woman to the UK for a sexual encounter with Andrew at Royal Lodge in 2010
Essex Police - assessing information which suggests Epstein trafficked sex victims to the UK via Stansted airport
Bedfordshire Police - assessing Epstein's use of London Luton Airport
Police Scotland - asking for information about Epstein's use of Edinburgh Airport
West Midlands Police - assessing Epstein's use of Birmingham Airport
Wiltshire Police - reviewing its records and supporting the Met Police in its investigation.
Norfolk Constabulary - reviewing Epstein files but have not received specific allegations
It comes after a former officer claimed that 'certain members' of the Royalty and Specialist Protection (RaSP) command may have witnessed abuse at Little St James.
Scotland Yard is examining claims that royal protection officers 'turned a blind eye' during visits to Epstein's private island in the Caribbean.
The disgraced royal's chief accuser Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide last year, claimed she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three occasions, including on Little St James in the early 2000s, claims Andrew has always denied.
Multiple survivors have also alleged they were trafficked to and abused on the island which Epstein purchased in the US Virgin Islands in 1998.
Surrey Police has also urged people with any information about claims of human trafficking and sexual assault relating to the Epstein files to come forward.
The force said the allegations, set out in a redacted report released by the US Department of Justice in December, allegedly took place in Virginia Water between 1994 and 1996.
Its call for witnesses followed an FBI report from July 2020 which appeared in the files, in which somebody alleged they were drugged at night and driven to 'paedophile ring parties' in the mid 1990s.
The same person also claims to have been hit by a dark blue car 'driven by Prince Andrew' in which they allegedly suffered injuries to their ribs, hip and leg.
Essex Police, Thames Valley Police, Bedfordshire Police, Norfolk Constabulary, Wiltshire Police, West Midlands Police and Police Scotland are also considering launching investigations.
Most of the forces are looking into Epstein's use of various UK airports, which were referenced in flight logs in the files.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has said it is supporting UK police forces to 'enable a full and independent assessment of the information released'.
The former Prince Andrew, who was stripped off his titles over his links to Epstein last year, has vehemently denied wrongdoing.
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