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DEVELOPING · 5 OCT → 15 OCT 2026 · 11 EDITIONS · 40 OUTLETS

UK court quashes warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s properties

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 20 40 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 5 Oct 18:16 UTC · Former Prince Andrew challenges search warrants in Epstein-linked investigation 6 Oct 00:16 UTC · Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor challenges police search warrants in High Court 8 Oct 18:15 UTC · UK court quashes warrants used to search former Prince Andrew’s homes 9 Oct 00:12 UTC · UK court quashes warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes 9 Oct 12:20 UTC · UK court quashes warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s properties

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 5 HEADLINES

  1. 5 Oct, 18:16 UTC

    Former Prince Andrew challenges search warrants in Epstein-linked investigation

  2. 6 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor challenges police search warrants in High Court

  3. 8 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    UK court quashes warrants used to search former Prince Andrew’s homes

  4. 9 Oct, 00:12 UTC

    UK court quashes warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes

  5. 9 Oct, 12:20 UTC

    UK court quashes warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s properties

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Andrew Mountbatten · 11 outlets
  • Jeffrey Epstein · 11 outlets
  • Royal Lodge · 5 outlets
  • Old Bailey · 3 outlets
  • Thames Valley · 3 outlets
  • Virginia Giuffre · 2 outlets
  • 11 hours before · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nicholas Hilliard · from 8 Oct 14:12, 3 outlets
  • Sandringham Estate · from 8 Oct 13:45, 2 outlets
  • Howard Kennedy · from 8 Oct 14:12, 2 outlets