UK cops assessing complaint that Prince Andrew shared confidential trade info with Epstein

UK police confirmed Monday that they are “assessing” damning allegations that then-Prince Andrew shared confidential trade files with his pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein.The disgraced royal, who served as the UK’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment between 2001 and 2011, allegedly sent Epstein reports about trips to Vietnam and Singapore in 2010, according to documents in the millions of files released about Epstein.Trade envoys must keep details about trips confidential — even when they are no longer in the role under the Official Secrets Act.Thames Valley Police, which serves the area including the ex-royal’s former home in Windsor, confirmed it was looking at  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after an anti-monarchy campaigner reported him for suspected misconduct in public office and breaches of Britain’s Official Secrets Act.“We can confirm receipt of this report and are assessing the information in line with our established procedures,” a police spokesperson said.Graham Smith had earlier confirmed that he reported Andrew to cops, comparing the allegations against the disgraced former prince to those of Peter Mandelson, the former UK ambassador to the US accused of leaking government documents to Epstein in a scandal threatening to bring down the government.“I cannot see any significant difference between these allegations and those against Peter Mandelson, Smith said of Andrew.Vince Cable, who served as Board of Trade president between 2010 and 2015, said Andrew “ruthlessly exploited” the role of trade envoy, as reported by the Times of London. In October 2010, Andrew allegedly sent details about trips to Singapore, Vietnam, China and Hong Kong to Epstein.He was joined by business associates linked to Epstein on the trips.Then, the following month, an email account belonging to someone named the Duke forwarded on an email from Amit Patel, Andrew’s special assistant at the time, to Epstein. The emails were forwarded...