Man to appear in court after allegedly threatening Andrew on Sandringham Estate

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Credit: PA Archive/PA Images

A man will appear in court after being charged with allegedly threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near his new home on the Sandringham Estate.

The former Duke of York was out walking his dogs when the incident occurred in Wolferton, close to his Marsh Farm property, shortly after 7.30pm on Wednesday, the Telegraph reported previously.

Alex Jenkinson, 39, of Stowmarket, Suffolk, has been charged with two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to harass someone or cause alarm or distress, Norfolk Constabulary said on Thursday night.

He has also been charged with failing to provide a specimen of blood in custody and is due to appear at Norwich Magistrates Court on Friday.

Marsh Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lives Credit: PA

Officers had responded to a report that a man was behaving “in an intimidating manner in the village”.

Jenkinson was arrested and questioned in King’s Lynn Police Investigation Centre.

Andrew, who became the first senior royal in modern history to be arrested, is accused of sharing sensitive information with Epstein while serving as the UK’s trade envoy.

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The former duke, who is eighth in line to the throne, was detained on his 66th birthday following allegations that he shared reports of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore with disgraced financier Epstein.

He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing over his Epstein links.

After serving for 22 years in the Royal Navy, Andrew became the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment in 2001.

He stepped down in 2011 amid the furore over his friendship with paedophile Epstein.

The Duke of York, Virginia Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell Credit: US Department of Justice/PA

Andrew’s decision to step down from the role came in the same year he was pictured with his arm around his primary accuser, Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she was trafficked to the former duke at the home of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

Virginia Giuffre, who died in 2025, alleged she was trafficked by Epstein and forced to have sex with Andrew on three occasions, including when she was 17.

Andrew paid Ms Giuffre millions of pounds to settle a civil suit in the US in 2022, a woman he has claimed never to have met.

The King officially stripped his disgraced brother of both his HRH style and his prince title in November 2025.

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