Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is expected to give evidence in court in the trial of a man accused of threatening him near his royal home.
The King’s brother, who has been stripped of his royal titles, has been granted permission to give evidence via video-link against Alex Jenkinson to avoid disruption at Westminster magistrates’ court.
The 39-year-old has denied using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence to the former Duke of York and another man on 6 May.
The alleged incident occurred in Wolferton, close to the royal’s Marsh Farm property in the Sandringham estate, shortly after 7.30pm on Wednesday.
Appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, Mr Jenkinson pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood while in custody on the same day.
However he pleaded not guilty to charges of using threatening, abusive or insulting words against the royal and another man called Stephen Terry.
Prosecutor Josephine Jones said it is intended for Andrew to give evidence via a videolink at a trial scheduled for 29 July.
Ms Jones told the court there “certainly is a suggestion” that Jenkinson had an interest in the King’s brother, adding: “Whether that extends to any other members of the royal family I don’t think I can say that.”
Jenkinson, of Debenham in Suffolk, was granted conditional bail to not go near a number of sites linked to the royal family including Sandringham, Buckingham Palace, Balmoral, Windsor and Highgrove.
He must also not try to contact Mr Mountbatten-Windsor directly or indirectly, or approach him or enter Norfolk, the court heard.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has come under intense pressure to give evidence to US investigators over his relationship with disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Last month, the Crown Prosecution Service said prosecutors were “providing early investigative advice” to the British police as they carried out their own inquiries into the royal’s links to the billionaire sex offender.
He was arrested in March on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his connections with the paedophile financier while serving as the UK’s trade envoy. He was later released under investigation.
The 66-year-old was the first senior royal in modern history to be arrested. He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing over his Epstein links.
After serving for 22 years in the Royal Navy, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor became the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment from 2001 until 2011.
The royal paid one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Giuffre, millions of pounds to settle a civil sexual assault suit in the US in 2022.
The King officially stripped his disgraced brother of both his HRH style and his prince title in November 2025.
