Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, will give evidence by video link against a man accused of threatening him while he walked the late Queen Elizabeth’s corgis near his home on the Sandringham Estate.
Alex Jenkinson, 39, is charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards the 66-year-old on 6 May in the King’s Lynn area of Norfolk. Prosecutors say he acted with intent to make Andrew believe immediate unlawful violence would be used against him, or to provoke such violence. Jenkinson faces a second similar charge involving another man, Stephen Terry, from the day before in the same location.
The one-day trial is scheduled for 21 December. Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring confirmed the date at a recent hearing. Andrew is expected to appear via video link, with two other prosecution witnesses also due to give evidence.
Jenkinson was detained under the Mental Health Act for about a month after the alleged incident and later placed in temporary accommodation. A psychiatric report is due in early August after a recent assessment. He has pleaded guilty to failing to provide a blood specimen while in custody but denies the two public order charges. Bail conditions ban him from contacting Andrew or Terry, entering Norfolk, or approaching royal residences including Sandringham, Balmoral, Windsor, Highgrove and Buckingham Palace.
Phone evidence is expected to feature at trial, including keyword searches relating to “Prince Andrew,” “birthday,” “Sandringham” and “weapons.” Defence lawyers have raised concerns about how the material was prepared, and a forensic officer is now expected to present it.
Andrew has lived at Marsh Farm on the Sandringham Estate since earlier this year after being stripped of his titles and required to leave Royal Lodge in Windsor. He continues to care for the late Queen’s corgis, among other dogs.
