Andrew Summoned to Testify in London Civil Trial, First Royal in 156 Years

WHO:

NBC News World - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, described as the former Prince Andrew, is King Charles III’s younger brother.

ABC News - Turkish national Nebahat Evyap Isbilen filed the lawsuit against her former adviser, Selman Turk.

PBS - Selman Turk, Isbilen’s former adviser, is accused by Isbilen of misappropriating tens of millions of pounds of her money.

ABC News - King Charles III stripped Mountbatten-Windsor of his princely title.

PBS - The earlier royal witness was the future King Edward VII, then Prince of Wales; he testified in a divorce case brought by Charles Mordaunt, a baronet and member of Parliament, involving Mordaunt’s wife, Harriet Mordaunt.

WHAT:

NBC News World - Mountbatten-Windsor was summoned to testify as a witness in a London civil fraud trial; he is not accused of wrongdoing in the case.

ABC News - A judge at London’s High Court authorized the summons. Mountbatten-Windsor may apply to have it set aside, so his testimony is not guaranteed.

PBS - Isbilen alleges Turk misled her about a 750,000-pound ($1 million) payment he arranged for her to make to Mountbatten-Windsor in 2019. Mountbatten-Windsor repaid the money in 2021 and is not a party to the suit.

ABC News - Turk claims Isbilen authorized the payment in the hope Mountbatten-Windsor could use his connections to help her husband.

PBS - Isbilen alleges her husband is a victim of political persecution.

ABC News - Isbilen’s attorneys said the summons would be the first for a royal since 1870. Edward VII accepted his summons and denied improper relations with Harriet Mordaunt.

NBC News World - The testimony would be Mountbatten-Windsor’s first public questioning since his 2019 BBC Newsnight interview.

WHERE:

ABC News - The civil fraud trial is in London; Isbilen’s husband has been imprisoned in Turkey.

WHEN:

PBS - Isbilen’s husband has been imprisoned in Turkey since 2015.

ABC News - The disputed payment was made in 2019 and repaid in 2021.

PBS - The High Court approved the summons last month; Isbilen’s attorneys described the precedent as dating back to 1870.

WHY:

NBC News World - King Charles III stripped Mountbatten-Windsor of his title to shield the royal family from fallout over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

ABC News - Turk says the payment was intended to help Isbilen’s husband through Mountbatten-Windsor’s connections.

HOW:

ABC News - British media reported the summons; the judge’s approval allows Mountbatten-Windsor to be called as a witness, subject to any application to set it aside.

PBS - Several British police forces are investigating Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. British authorities began inquiries after the U.S. Department of Justice released millions of pages of Epstein investigation documents.

(UPDATED November 5, 2026 04:02 UTC)

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been summoned to testify in London’s civil fraud trial, though he may challenge it. He is not accused of wrongdoing; the case concerns a disputed payment to him, which he repaid. Turkish businesswoman Nebahat Isbilen accuses her former adviser of misappropriating tens of millions of pounds.