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His threats caused a row within NATO because Denmark and the U.S.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Denmark, which governs Greenland, sent troops there at the start of the year and apparently armed them with enough explosives to destroy the island's main runways.
They were also given blood bags to use for transfusions in the event people were wounded by combat.
Several European countries also sent troops under cover of a joint military exercise.
But Danish media report the real reason was to prepare the island's defenses for a possible U.S.
This was back in January when Trump, after capturing Venezuela's president, said the U.S.
needed Greenland very badly and that he wanted to buy or just take it.
His threats caused a row within NATO because Denmark and the U.S.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Andrew had already been stripped of his royal title and evicted from his royal lodge on the grounds of Windsor Castle over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
He settled a lawsuit with one of the sex offender's underage victims and has long said he strenuously denies any wrongdoing.
But after the release of the latest files by the U.S.
Department of Justice, British police began investigating Andrew's correspondence with Epstein from the early 2000s, when Andrew was a U.K.
and allegedly forwarded his friend government itineraries and investment plans.
Police say he's suspected of misconduct in public office, a crime that carries up to life in prison.