Police scrutinise claim about Andrew and Russian woman

Lawyers representing the woman have urged the King to contact them following allegations that their client was sent to the UK for a sexual encounter with his brother.

Brad Edwards, from the US firm Edwards Henderson, previously told the BBC his client had spent the night with Mountbatten-Windsor after being given a tour of Buckingham Palace.

Mountbatton-Windsor hasn't commented since the release of the Epstein files last week. (AP PHOTO)

"We are aware of reports about a woman said to have been taken to an address in Windsor in 2010 for sexual purposes," a Thames Valley Police spokesperson said.

"We are assessing the information in line with our established procedures.

"We take any reports of sexual crimes extremely seriously and encourage anyone with information to come forward.

"At this time, these allegations have not been reported to Thames Valley Police by either the lawyer or their client."

Mountbatten-Windsor features a number of times in the documents, which were released by the US Department of Justice on Friday, including images showing him crouching over an unidentified woman in what appears to be Epstein's New York mansion.

The former prince and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson appear in email exchanges with Epstein, with Mountbatten-Windsor appearing to invite him to Buckingham Palace, and Ferguson saying: "I am at your service. Just marry me".

Emails between Sarah Ferguson and Jeffrey Epstein also feature in the document dump. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

The email exchange reveals Epstein also offers to introduce Mountbatten-Windsor to a woman described by the pedophile as "26, Russian, clevere (sic) beautiful, trustworthy", while in the same month, Mountbatten-Windsor also tells Epstein: "Wish I was still a pet in your family".

Mountbatten-Windsor vehemently denies any wrongdoing.

In 2022, the former duke paid millions of pounds to his main accuser, Virginia Giuffre - a woman he claims never to have met.

He was stripped of his titles by the King last year after the posthumous publication of a book from Giuffre, who alleged she was trafficked by Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell when she was 17.

Australian Associated Press