Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces police investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour at Royal Ascot, says report

Police investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are looking into an allegation that he behaved inappropriately towards a woman at Royal Ascot, according to a report. The alleged incident is said to have happened at the annual five-day racing event in Berkshire in 2002, according to the Sunday Times . On Friday, Thames Valley police (TVP) indicated that their investigation into Mountbatten-Windsor was wider than many had previously believed, and also covered sexual misconduct. He was arrested on his 66th birthday in February and questioned under criminal caution on suspicion of misconduct in public office, related to his role as a British trade envoy, Following the Sunday Times report, a spokesperson for the force said of the inquiry into misconduct in public office: “We cannot go into specifics of the investigation, but we are following all reasonable lines of inquiry.” The report said it was not clear whether the claim about alleged inappropriate behaviour at Royal Ascot was reported to officers at the time or more recently. Royal Ascot is a cornerstone of the royal family’s summer calendar, and Queen Elizabeth II was also at the event in 2002, the year of her Golden Jubilee. Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested in February after allegations arising from documents released by the US Department of Justice that he passed information to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. …