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Prince Andrew exits the funeral of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral on Sept. 16, 2025.Credit :
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The former Prince Andrew was set to testify in court this week, but the case has been delayed.
The former Duke of York was set to provide evidence via video in his case against Alex Jenkinson, the 39-year-old man who allegedly threatened Andrew, 66, near his Sandringham home earlier this year.
Jenkinson reportedly accosted the former prince while he was walking the late Queen Elizabeth’s dogs, Muick and Sandy, on May 6. Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, took the dogs in following the Queen’s death in 2022, and they remained with Andrew when the exes had to move out of Royal Lodge, their longtime royal residence, earlier this year.
According to court documents, Jenkinson “used towards Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against him by any person, or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by him whereby that person was likely to believe that such violence would be used, or it was likely that such violence would be provoked.”
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Jenkinson also faces a second charge of accosting a different man in the same location the day prior.
HELLO! reported that Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring announced on Wednesday that the trial will be delayed until Dec. 21 due to concerns over the accused man’s mental health.
The delay comes amid Andrew’s own legal worries. The former prince was arrested on Feb. 19 on suspicion of misconduct in public office, linked to allegations that he improperly shared information with Jeffrey Epstein while working as an envoy for the British government.
Andrew first lost his military titles and patronages in 2022, after he attempted to have a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre dismissed. The following month, he settled with Giuffre out of court for an undisclosed sum. Giuffre died by suicide on April 24, 2025.
In October 2025, King Charles stripped his younger brother of his titles and royal residence due to the fallout over his connections with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting the move to Sandringham.
Andrew has denied all wrongdoing regarding his ties to Epstein. His unprecedented February arrest was the first of a royal since 1649, when King Charles I was beheaded for high treason. He was released after about 11 hours in police custody and now faces an uncertain legal road ahead.
The King reacted to the arrest with a brief statement: “I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office… Let me state clearly: The law must take its course.”
Ailsa Anderson, former press secretary to Queen Elizabeth told PEOPLE at the time that the King’s choice of words was a deliberate way of “distancing himself.”