Detectives investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor plan to travel to the United States to speak with Virginia Giuffre's relatives, the Times reported, a development first surfaced by the paper and relayed by the Guardian, which attributed the account to "it has been reported." Giuffre's family is already in contact with Thames Valley Police, and officers are expected to visit the US soon, according to the Times reporting cited by the Guardian.

The trip centers on Sky Roberts and Amanda Roberts — Giuffre's brother and sister-in-law — who are believed to be sought for conversations about her allegations of sexual assault against Mountbatten-Windsor. Because neither is considered a direct witness to the alleged assault, the encounter will not constitute a formal police interview under caution; it falls instead into the broader category of information-gathering that has characterized much of this investigation since it began. The Roberts are separately planning a UK trip later in 2026 during which they intend to seek a meeting with the new prime minister, per the Guardian's reporting.

The Times also reported, per the Guardian's account, that another woman allegedly sent to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein has decided against filing a formal criminal complaint. Thames Valley Police are said to be assessing a separate allegation that a woman was sent to the UK in 2010 by Epstein for a sexual encounter with Mountbatten-Windsor at Royal Lodge — the same property from which King Charles evicted his brother earlier in 2026.

The investigative arc since February

Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, was arrested in February 2026 on suspicion of misconduct in public office, part of an investigation that gathered pace after the mass release of Epstein-related files. He was questioned over allegations that he shared confidential material with Epstein — while serving as a UK trade envoy, according to Reuters — and was released after 11 hours in custody on a Thursday night, placed under investigation without bail conditions, per BBC News. King Charles said at the time that "law must take its course."

Thames Valley Police have already concluded searches at addresses in Norfolk and at a royal mansion, and have been questioning Mountbatten-Windsor's former protection officers about what they saw or knew, according to BBC News and Reuters. Reuters also reported that UK protection officers were instructed to guard a 2010 dinner party attended by Epstein — the same year the alleged Royal Lodge encounter is said to have occurred. Investigators are understood to have obtained files from the Metropolitan Police and to be planning further conversations with Mountbatten-Windsor's former security detail.

The current case sits atop a longer paper trail. The Met interviewed Giuffre in July 2015 after she alleged trafficking for sexual exploitation by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, but declined to open a full investigation — a decision that, in hindsight, looks like the moment this story might have moved faster had UK authorities acted differently. Reuters reported in October 2025 that Mountbatten-Windsor had asked police in 2011 to dig up personal information about Giuffre, an allegation that, if substantiated, would sit uneasily beside his current "released under investigation" status for alleged misconduct in public office. In 2022 he settled with Giuffre for a sum reported at roughly £12 million (about $16.2 million at the time), without admitting liability — a civil resolution that always left the criminal question unresolved. Epstein died in his New York prison cell in 2019. Giuffre took her own life in April 2025, at age 41.

US lawmakers have separately urged Mountbatten-Windsor to testify over the Epstein files, per BBC News, a request that has gone unanswered as the UK's own process grinds forward. Giuffre's family members have told outlets including 10 News Australia and Sky News that they feel "vindicated" and "given hope" by the investigation's progress.

The planned US trip does not by itself signal an imminent charging decision. Non-witness interviews of family members typically serve to corroborate timelines, contextualize allegations already on file, and test the durability of testimony that can no longer come from Giuffre herself — a gap that shapes much of what Thames Valley Police can still establish evidentially. Misconduct in public office is a common-law offense in England and Wales carrying no statutory maximum sentence, and proving it typically requires showing a serious breach of the duties attached to a public role, not merely conduct that is embarrassing or improper. Whether the alleged sharing of confidential government material with Epstein meets that threshold, rather than the underlying sexual-assault allegations settled civilly in 2022, appears to be the narrower legal question investigators are still working to answer.