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King's funding for Andrew not to be used for legal action against police
King Charles provides a private allowance for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been told that the allowance given to him by King Charles should not be used to fund his legal action against Thames Valley Police and the Central Criminal Court.
The King uses his own private money to support his brother and to accommodate him on his estate in Sandringham.
But a royal source said that this funding should not be used for a legal challenge being launched by Mountbatten-Windsor against the search warrants issued ahead of his arrest in February.
The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in the wake of information that emerged from the Epstein files in the United States.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor photographed leaving a police station in February
Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing linked to his association with Epstein.
The former Prince Andrew is not a working royal - so Buckingham Palace no longer speaks on his behalf and is not involved in his legal battle.
But a royal source said the King's financial support for his brother should not be directed towards paying for the judicial review that Mountbatten-Windsor is seeking.
It's not been disclosed how much the King gives to Mountbatten-Windsor, but the funding for his brother was part of the arrangement when the former Prince Andrew was moved from his previous home at Royal Lodge in Windsor.