Martin Brunt

And I think what's happened is that they've read in various media accounts of women

who are saying things, who are concerned about certain behaviour in the past, but haven't taken that step to come forward to the police and report it.

And that woman in America is a shining example of somebody who has spoken through her lawyer to a media outlet in the UK, but hasn't come forward to make a formal complaint.

And the police believe there are more women like her

Yes, he was appointed UK government trade envoy in 2000, I think 2001, and did it for about 10 years.

He was eventually asked to step down after the first election.

revelations of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier.

But it was the release of the FBI documents from the FBI files into its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein

over sex trafficking in January this year that really prompted the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten.

And essentially, the suspicion was initially on his arrest three months ago that he had passed on sensitive government documents and commercial information.

to Epstein and given him a leg up and given him the opportunity to at least potentially make money from what he, Andrew Mountbatten, was learning in his role as a trade envoy.

But as I said,

The investigation is much more than that.

And to be honest, David, it's been more than that from day one.

But police feel that the public needs to understand how broad that investigation is.

No, Andrew has, from the start, strongly denied any wrongdoing in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The palace hasn't said anything, the royal household hasn't said anything today, but in the past made it clear that the king, the royal household, I suppose, which he speaks for, fully supports the police investigation.

No.

I mean, as I said earlier, the arrest of Andrew, the investigation was prompted by the release of those files.

millions of documents from the Epstein files in December and January.