London’s Metropolitan Police on Sunday said it was “actively looking into” claims that recently defrocked Prince Andrew had tried in 2011 to enlist his taxpayer-funded bodyguard’s help digging up dirt on Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre.

The disclosure came after British news outlets reported that leaked email correspondence indicated Andrew had given the guard Giuffre’s date of birth and confidential social security number and asked him to check for a criminal record. There was no indication the guard had complied, reports said.

Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, had announced two days earlier through Buckingham Palace that he would no longer use his royal titles amid expanding fallout from his association with the billionaire playboy and convicted sex of

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