The Metropolitan Police in London said it is "actively looking into" a newspaper report that Prince Andrew asked an officer assigned to him as a bodyguard "to dig up dirt" on sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre in 2011.

The report, in the Mail on Sunday, said that Andrew provided the bodyguard with Giuffre's date of birth and confidential social security number to try to find out if she had a criminal record or any potentially damaging information about her just before the U.K.-based newspaper was due to publish a photo of Giuffre's first meeting with the prince.

It's not clear if the officer complied with the request. Giuffre's family said she didn't have a criminal record.

The report follows Buckingham Palace's announcement on Friday that Andrew had agreed to relinquish his

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