Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is to be compelled to give evidence in a High Court fraud trial involving allegations against a former financial adviser, in a case concerning disputed payments totalling more than £1.5m, according to reports.
First reported by Sky News, Mountbatten-Windsor has been served with a witness summons requiring him to appear in court on or around 15 December in proceedings brought by Nebahat Isbilen, an elderly Turkish woman who alleges she was misled by her former financial adviser, Selman Turk. Mountbatten-Windsor is not accused of wrongdoing but is expected to face questions about payments he is said to have received from Isbilen's funds, including a disputed £750,000 transfer, the reports suggest. Court documents reportedly show Isbilen claims Turk misled her into making the payment by sugges...
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