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Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing linked to his association with Epstein.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
This allowance for Mountbatten-Windsor is not from the Sovereign Grant, which is the \u00a3138m in public funding for the monarchy. <\/p>\n
It is drawn from the King’s private money, which includes his income from the Duchy of Lancaster, private estates and his own investments and inheritances.<\/p>\n
At the time of Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, the King said the “law must take its course”, and the Palace is now distancing itself from the former Duke of York’s legal pushback.<\/p>\n
Mountbatten-Windsor’s lawyers are understood to be challenging Thames Valley Police and the Central Criminal Court over the lawfulness of warrants used for searches of Sandringham and Royal Lodge – in what has been Andrew’s first public response since his arrest earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Thames Valley Police has confirmed it is “engaged in legal proceedings in relation to warrants previously obtained from the Central Criminal Court”.<\/p>\n
It added: “As these legal proceedings are currently ongoing, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further.”<\/p>\n
Mountbatten-Windsor, who lost his titles as a prince and Duke of York over his connections to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, wants a judicial review to consider the legality of the search warrants.<\/p>\n
A court hearing on Thursday afternoon will be part of Mountbatten-Windsor’s bid to quash the warrants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n