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Police Scotland carrying out 'active inquiries' into Andrew and Epstein Balmoral visits

Police Scotland carrying out 'active inquiries' into Andrew and Epstein Balmoral visits

Summary

Police Scotland says it is conducting active inquiries into information about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s visits to Balmoral. The force says the inquiries are at a very early stage and has not confirmed details of the allegations that women were trafficked to the residence.

Key Facts

  • Police Scotland said it had received information and that active inquiries are ongoing.
  • The force said its inquiries are at a very early stage and would not comment further.
  • The Daily Express reported that the inquiry concerns allegations that women were trafficked to Balmoral Castle.
  • Flight logs cited by the Express reportedly show Mountbatten-Windsor and Maxwell flew from Luton to Edinburgh on Epstein’s private jet on 1 September 2006.
  • U.S. prosecutors released a photograph of Epstein and Maxwell at Balmoral during Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial.
  • An email sent to Maxwell in August 2001 and included in the Epstein files said the sender was at Balmoral and asked for “new inappropriate friends.”
  • Epstein died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges; Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for her role in procuring girls for him.
  • Mountbatten-Windsor has denied wrongdoing linked to his association with Epstein.
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