Ex-Prince Andrew called to testify in civil case, 1st royal in 156 years to get witness summons
Summary
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has received a witness summons to testify in a London civil fraud case, in what lawyers say may be the first such summons for a British royal since 1870. He may ask the court to cancel it, and he is not a party to the lawsuit.Key Facts
- The case was brought by Turkish national Nebahat Evyap Isbilen against her former adviser, Selman Turk.
- Isbilen alleges Turk misappropriated tens of millions of pounds of her money.
- The case concerns a £750,000 payment Turk arranged for Isbilen to make to Mountbatten-Windsor in 2019.
- Mountbatten-Windsor repaid the money in 2021.
- Turk says Isbilen authorized the payment in hopes Mountbatten-Windsor could use his connections to help her husband, who has been imprisoned in Turkey since 2015.
- The High Court approved the possibility of calling Mountbatten-Windsor as a witness last month; he may apply to set aside the summons.
- The last reported royal witness summons was issued in 1870 to the future King Edward VII, then Prince of Wales.
- Several British police forces are investigating Mountbatten-Windsor's links to Jeffrey Epstein, according to the article.
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