{"id":337403,"date":"2026-05-19T22:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=337403"},"modified":"2026-05-19T22:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:38:37","slug":"u-k-police-probe-historic-child-sex-abuse-claims-linked-to-epstein-files-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/u-k-police-probe-historic-child-sex-abuse-claims-linked-to-epstein-files-national\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. police probe historic child sex abuse claims linked to Epstein files &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Danica Kirka<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Associated Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted May 19, 2026 12:27 pm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"l-article__details\" data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-decrease\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-increase\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"l-article__text js-story-text\" aria-label=\"Article text\">\n<p>Police within the U.K. say they&#8217;re investigating two allegations of decades-old child sex abuse after looking into potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department\u2019s investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Surrey, the county immediately southwest of London, said in a press release Tuesday that they&#8217;re investigating two separate allegations. 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They&#8217;re looking into issues starting from concerns that Epstein\u2019s private jet can have been utilized in sex trafficking to allegations that the previous Prince Andrew\u00a0sent confidential reports\u00a0to the financier when he was Britain\u2019s international trade envoy.<\/p>\n<p>The Epstein scandal has\u00a0rocked the royal family\u00a0and British politics in recent months due to his links to\u00a0Peter Mandelson, the U.K.\u2019s former ambassador to Washington, and to the previous prince, now generally known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles III in October\u00a0stripped his younger brother\u00a0of his royal titles, including the appropriate to be called a prince, in an effort to insulate the royal family from the continuing revelations about his friendship with Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"l-article__copyright\">\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Danica Kirka The Associated Press Posted May 19, 2026 12:27 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police within the U.K. say they&#8217;re investigating two allegations of decades-old child sex abuse after looking into potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department\u2019s investigation into the convicted sex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":337404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[1821,2117,1464,2504,1210,8333,6905,1903,9116,1722,4233,12368],"class_list":["post-337403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-abuse","tag-child","tag-claims","tag-epstein","tag-files","tag-historic","tag-linked","tag-national","tag-police","tag-probe","tag-sex","tag-u-k"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! 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