Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest in connection to the Epstein files earlier this year, UK media has reported.
The former prince and Duke of York, who was stripped of his royal titles, has reportedly lodged a judicial review asking a judge to rule whether the police's search warrants at his home in Sandringham and the Royal Lodge in Windsor were lawful, according to The Telegraph.
A private hearing will reportedly take place at the UK High Court later this week to determine whether to release certain court documents relating to the judicial review.
In February, on his 66th birthday, Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Correspondence contained in the so called Epstein Files suggested he may have passed on sensitive trade related information. He was released under investigation after spending 11 hours in police custody and has denied any wrongdoing.
A photograph taken of a stunned Mountbatten-Windsor as he was driven away from the police station following his release was splashed across newspapers and websites around the world.
The former Duke of York has for years faced allegations over his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (Source: 1News)
He was the first senior member of the British royal family to be arrested in nearly 400 years, and with the imminent judicial review would become the first royal since Charles I to challenge legal proceedings.
Andrew's brother, King Charles III, said at the time the "law must take its course" and expressed his "deepest concern" over the arrest.
"What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities," the monarch said in a statement at the time.
"In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation."
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