Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: Man charged with harassing former prince while walking dogs near Sandringham

A man has been charged with harassing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after reports the former prince Andrew was threatened by a masked man while walking dogs near his home.

Alex Jenkinson, 39, is due in Norwich Magistrates Court on Friday to face two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to harass someone or cause alarm or distress.

Norfolk Constabulary announced the charges on Thursday night.

Police said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday evening after a man was reported “behaving in an intimidating manner” near Andrew’s home in eastern England.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that a man wearing a ski mask ran towards the former royal while shouting abuse.

Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, the younger brother of King Charles III, moved to the King’s private Sandringham Estate, north of London, after he was evicted from his longtime home near Windsor Castle following revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

He was stripped of all his honours and titles and banished from public view by the royal family after years of scandal over his money woes and links to questionable characters, including Epstein.

In February, he became the first senior British royal in almost 400 years to be arrested when he was held for hours by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office in a case related to his links to Epstein.

Police had previously said they were “assessing” reports that Mountbatten-Windsor sent trade information to Epstein, a wealthy investor and convicted sex offender, in 2010, when the former prince was the UK special envoy for international trade.