The High Court has ruled that search warrants used to search the home of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor were unlawful.
The ruling concerns the legal basis for the warrants and the circumstances in which they were used at his property. The court’s decision means the searches have been found not to have met the required legal standard.
The supplied information does not set out the specific reasons given by the court, nor does it identify what material was sought or recovered during the searches. It also does not provide details of the wider case connected to the warrants.
The decision leaves questions over the consequences of the ruling and the steps that may follow. Those issues include how the court’s finding will affect any related proceedings or evidence connected with the searches.
A detailed explanation of why the warrants were deemed unlawful, and what may happen next, has been provided by special correspondent Lucy Manning. Further developments will depend on the legal process following the High Court’s decision.