{"text":[[{"start":10.58,"text":"King Charles has said he is ready to help police investigations into his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, if asked, after police said they were assessing information about his financial links to Jeffrey Epstein."}],[{"start":25.03,"text":"Thames Valley Police announced a new potential investigation after files released by the US justice department showed the former prince shared substantial information with the child sex offender when he was a UK trade representative and a working royal."}],[{"start":44.019999999999996,"text":"The statement is the second in a week about Mountbatten-Windsor from the force, which covers the Windsor area where the former prince lived until a few weeks ago. The force last Tuesday said it was assessing claims by a US lawyer representing a young woman who claimed to have been trafficked to the UK by Epstein for sex with the then-prince in 2010."}],[{"start":66.8,"text":"The force on Monday said it was “assessing” information about his business conduct after a report from the anti-monarchy group Republic."}],[{"start":77.25,"text":"Buckingham Palace, the official royal residence, on Monday said King Charles had made clear “in words and through unprecedented actions” his “profound concern” at allegations in respect of Mountbatten-Windsor’s conduct."}],[{"start":92.48,"text":"The Palace added: “While the specific claims in question are for Mr Mountbatten-Windsor to address, if we are approached by Thames Valley Police we stand ready to support them as you would expect.”"}],[{"start":106.66,"text":"The statement is the first by the palace since October 30, when it announced Mountbatten-Windsor was being stripped of his royal titles and would lose his lease on a luxury property as “censures” for his conduct."}],[{"start":121.64999999999999,"text":"The king has twice recently been heckled during public visits over his brother’s links to Epstein."}],[{"start":129.38,"text":"The latest police action comes after the FT and other media outlets reported how in 2010 Mountbatten-Windsor forwarded to Epstein reports that had been compiled for him in his official role as a trade representative ahead of a visit to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam."}],[{"start":149.35999999999999,"text":"Graham Smith, Republic’s chief executive, wrote on X that he had reported Mountbatten-Windsor over suspected breaches of official secrets legislation and potential misconduct in public office."}],[{"start":162.5,"text":"Mountbatten-Windsor has not commented on any of the revelations about him in the Epstein files."}],[{"start":170.73,"text":"London’s Metropolitan Police are investigating another person named in the Epstein files — former UK ambassador to the US Lord Peter Mandelson — over possible misconduct in public office."}],[{"start":183.97,"text":"Mandelson has denied wrongdoing."}],[{"start":186.71,"text":"“I cannot see any significant difference between these allegations and those against Peter Mandelson,” Smith wrote."}],[{"start":195.04000000000002,"text":"Mountbatten-Windsor was a special representative for UK trade and investment between 2001 and 2011 and a working member of the royal family until stepping down over his links to Epstein in 2019."}],[{"start":210.69000000000003,"text":"Recently released files have shown that Mountbatten-Windsor discussed ways around limits on his involvement in business, including suggesting that others might act as his “ghost” in a planned investment. They have also suggested that he advocated on Epstein’s behalf to the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates during a state visit in 2010 and sought in 2013 to set up a deal in which the US investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald would pay him to introduce clients. That deal was never signed."}],[{"start":252.12000000000003,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1770679001_3705.mp3"}