Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor served with High Court summons to give evidence
The former Duke of York has been ordered to appear as a witness in a High Court fraud case concerning gifts of up to £750,000 received from an elderly Turkish woman.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been served with a summons requiring him to give evidence in a fraud case being heard at the High Court in London. The order compels the former prince to appear as a witness after gifts worth up to £750,000 were reportedly received from an elderly Turkish woman.
The summons places the ex-prince at the centre of proceedings that examine how the money changed hands. Additional reporting confirms that he has been ordered to attend the court to answer questions, rather than being named as a defendant in the case.
The development comes as the High Court continues to hear matters that raise questions about the handling of large private payments. Separate reporting from the same court week involved a celebrity who lost a bid to gag the media over allegations that he had threatened to take his own life if claims of sexual abuse were made public, underlining the volume of sensitive litigation currently before the court.
The source material does not set out the precise chronology of the gifts, the identity of the claimants or the defendants, or any response from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor or his legal representatives. Those details have not been established from the material available, and further information on the timetable for his appearance is awaited.
Source: dailymail.com
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