Man denies threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Sandringham Estate
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA man has denied using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near his new home on the Sandringham Estate.Officers were called to Wolferton shortly after 7.30pm on Wednesday in response to reports a man was “behaving in an intimidating manner in the village”, Norfolk Police said. The former Duke of York was out walking his dogs when the incident occurred near his Marsh Farm property, according to The Telegraph.Alex Jenkinson, 39, of Debenham in Suffolk, appeared in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, where he pleaded not guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards Mountbatten-Windsor near his home on the King’s Sandringham estate on Wednesday.Jenkinson, who appeared to wear a sling as he appeared in court, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood while in custody.He pleaded not guilty to a further charge of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence against a man, Stephen Terry, in King’s Lynn, on Tuesday.Jenkinson was granted conditional bail to not go near a number of sites linked to the royal family. They include Sandringham, Buckingham Palace, Balmoral, Windsor and Highgrove.He must also not try to contact Andrew directly or indirectly or approach him, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.Alex Jenkinson pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court on Friday (Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire)He will stand trial at the same court on 29 July, and prosecutor Josephine Jones said it is intended for Andrew to give evidence via a video link.Jenkinson was arrested on Thursday and questioned in King’s Lynn Police Investigation Centre. Mountbatten-Windsor was himself arrested on his 66th birthday in March on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his connections with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. He was later released under investigation.He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing over his links to Epstein.Marsh Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk (PA Wire)The former Duke of York was forced to move out of the 30-room Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, following outrage that he had paid a peppercorn rent on the Crown Estate property for decades, and on to Charles’s private Sandringham Estate earlier this year.The five-bedroom Marsh Farm, which was recently renovated for the former duke, is nestled in the far reaches of the vast 20,000-acre estate, just 4km from the King’s Sandringham House. It is only around 500 metres from the tiny village of Wolferton.Last month, the Crown Prosecution Service said that prosecutors were “providing early investigative advice” to the police as they carry out their inquiries into Andrew’s links to Jeffrey Epstein.The former prince, who became the first senior royal in modern history to be arrested, is accused of sharing sensitive information with Epstein while serving as the UK’s trade envoy.Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor moved to the Sandringham Estate earlier this year (PA Archive)Mountbatten-Windsor was the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment from 2001 to 2011, when he stepped down in 2011 amid the furore over his friendship with paedophile Epstein.His decision to step down from the role came the same year a picture with his arm around his primary accuser, Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she was trafficked to the former duke at the home of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, was released.The former prince paid Ms Giuffre millions of pounds to settle a civil suit in the US in 2022, a woman he has claimed never to have met. The King officially stripped his disgraced brother of both his HRH style and his prince title in November 2025.
