<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="http://9news.com.au/london" rel="" target="" title="London's"><span>London's</span></a><span> Metropolitan Police says it is "actively looking into" media reports </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/prince-andrew" rel="" target="" title="Prince Andrew"><span>Prince Andrew</span></a><span> asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard for personal information about his accuser Virginia Giuffre.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The police force confirmed it was looking into the claims following reports from the </span><em><span>Mail on Sunday</span></em><span> and </span><em><span>Sunday Telegraph</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are aware of media reporting and are actively looking into the claims made," a spokesperson said in a statement issued this morning (tonight AEDT).</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/louvre-museum-robbery-musee-du-louvre-closed-for-exceptional-reasons/aabe4c60-19e9-41da-930d-9763d1c095b4"><strong><span>Louvre Museum hit by robbery</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>The Mail</span></em><span> claimed to have an email Andrew sent to Queen Elizabeth's deputy press secretary showing he'd provided his Met Police personal protection officer with Giuffre's date of birth and social security number to investigate her.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is not suggested that the protection officer complied with the prince's request.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Giuffre, who accused convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew of sexually abusing her, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/prince-andrew-accuser-virginia-giuffre-dies-us-media-reports/e8bd50ba-fd19-4164-afa0-c02b0ec72412"><span>died at her WA farm on Anzac Day</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/prince-andrew-update-met-police-actively-looking-into-claims-prince-andrew-tried-to-get-information-on-accuser-virginia-giuffre/03d7c034-76a1-4a4f-9e7d-f455ba92d5c4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Andrew has not commented but has consistently denied the allegations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2022 he reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre after she filed a civil suit against him in New York.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While he didn't admit wrongdoing, Andrew did acknowledge Giuffre's suffering as a victim of sex trafficking.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Buckingham Palace released a statement from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/one-scandal-too-many-forces-uk-monarchy-to-sideline-prince-andrew-after-years-of-tabloid-fodder/84d652c0-487e-433c-b4a9-d7fe1a1d79b6"><span>Andrew on Friday saying that he had agreed to give up use of his last remaining royal titles</span></a><span> so that continued allegations about him "don't distract from the work of His Majesty."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The sidelining came after emails emerged last week showing Andrew remained in contact with Epstein longer than he previously admitted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>