LAST UPDATE | 8 May

A MAN HAS denied using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor during an alleged incident near his home on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

Alex Jenkinson (39) pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence to the former prince on 6 May. 

He is expected to stand trial at the same court on 29 July when prosecutor Josephine Jones said it is intended for Andrew to give evidence via a video link.

Jones told the court there “certainly is a suggestion” that Jenkinson had an interest in Andrew, adding: “Whether that extends to any other members of the royal family I don’t think I can say that.”

Andrew was out walking his dogs when the alleged incident occurred in Wolferton, close to his Marsh Farm property, shortly after 7.30pm on Wednesday, the Telegraph reported previously.

Jenkinson, who gave his address as Debenham in Suffolk, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood while in custody on the same day.

A court artist sketch of Alex Jenkinson appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

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 5 May.

Jenkinson was granted conditional bail to not go near a number of sites linked to the royal family: Sandringham, Buckingham Palace, Balmoral, Windsor and Highgrove.

He must also not try to contact Andrew directly or indirectly, or approach him or enter Norfolk, the court heard.

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.

Andrew was arrested in March on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his connections with the paedophile financier. He was later released under investigation.

He is accused of sharing sensitive information with Epstein while serving as the UK’s trade envoy.

The former duke, who is eighth in line to the British throne, was detained on his 66th birthday following allegations that he shared reports of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore with disgraced financier Epstein.

He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing over his Epstein links.

After serving for 22 years in the Royal Navy, Andrew became the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment in 2001.

He stepped down in 2011 amid the controversy over his friendship with paedophile Epstein.

Andrew’s decision to step down from the role came in the same year he was pictured 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.

Giuffre claimed she had sex with Andrew three times – at Maxwell’s home in London, at Epstein’s New York townhouse and on the disgraced financier’s Caribbean island, Little St James.

Andrew paid Giuffre millions of pounds to settle a civil suit in the US in 2022, a woman he has claimed never to have met.

Britain’s King Charles officially stripped his disgraced brother of both his His Royal Highness style and his prince title in November 2025.