LONDON (AP) 鈥� A man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon after reports that the former was threatened by a masked man while walking dogs near his home.
Norfolk Constabulary said that the arrest came Wednesday evening after a man was reported 鈥渂ehaving in an intimidating manner鈥� near the home of in eastern England.
鈥淥fficers attended, and the man was arrested on suspicion of a public order offense and possession of an offensive weapon,鈥� the force said Thursday.
The suspect is being held for questioning at a nearby police station. The term offensive weapons covers knives, truncheons and other items used to cause injury. Police didn鈥檛 specify what type of weapon was involved.
The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that a man wearing a ski mask ran toward the former royal while shouting abuse. It said the incident occurred near the Sandringham Estate while the former prince was out walking his dogs, and that Andrew and his protection officer got in their car and sped away.
Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles III, moved to the king鈥檚 private , about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of London, after from his longtime home following revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew, 66, now lives at Marsh Farm, a property on the Sandringham Estate, after leaving Royal Lodge last year.
He was stripped of all his honors and titles and banished from public view by the royal family after years of scandal over his money woes and links to questionable characters, including Epstein.
One of Epstein鈥檚 accusers, Virginia Giuffre, alleged that she was forced to have sex with the then-prince three times starting when she was 17. He denied it, but eventually and acknowledged Giuffre鈥檚 suffering as a victim of sex trafficking. Giuffre in April 2025, aged 41.
In February, he became the first senior British royal in almost 400 years to be arrested when he was held for hours by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office in a case related to his . It was an extraordinary move in a country where authorities once sought to shield the royal family from embarrassment.
Police previously said they were 鈥渁ssessing鈥� reports that Mountbatten-Windsor sent trade information to Epstein, a wealthy investor and convicted sex offender, in 2010, when the former prince was the United Kingdom鈥檚 special envoy for international trade.
Correspondence between the two men was released by the U.S. Justice Department along with from the American investigation into Epstein.
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