The Metropolitan Police is “actively looking into” claims that Prince Andrew passed his alleged teenage sex abuse victim’s private information to his protection officer.

The Prince asked his taxpayer-funded police bodyguard to investigate Virginia Giuffre and passed him her date of birth and social security number, a leaked email revealed.

He then told Buckingham Palace aide Ed Perkins, who at the time was Queen Elizabeth II’s deputy press secretary, that he had asked one of his personal protection officers to dig up information about Giuffre.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “We are aware of media reporting and are actively looking into the claims made.”

The Prince could potentially face a criminal investigation in the US for sharing Giuffre’s social security number without her c

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