COURT TESTIMONY DELAYED FOR EX-PRINCE ANDREW: The trial involving a threat during a dog walk gets pushed back amid his ongoing legal troubles!

Ex-Prince Andrew’s Court Testimony Delayed as Case Against Man Who Threatened Him on a Dog Walk Is Pushed Back

Andrew was set to testify in court this week

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and Prince Andrew, Duke of York attend Katharine, Duchess of Kent's Requiem Mass service at Westminster Cathedral on September 16, 2025 in London
Prince Andrew exits the funeral of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral on Sept. 16, 2025.Credit : Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty

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  • The former Prince Andrew was set to testify in a court case this week, but the trial has been delayed
  • Andrew was going to provide evidence via video against Alex Jenkinson, the 39-year-old man who allegedly threatened him near his Sandringham home in May
  • The former Duke of York was arrested himself in February, on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

The former Prince Andrew was set to testify in court this week, but the case has been delayed.

The former Duke of York was set to provide evidence via video in his case against Alex Jenkinson, the 39-year-old man who allegedly threatened Andrew, 66, near his Sandringham home earlier this year.

Jenkinson reportedly accosted the former prince while he was walking the late Queen Elizabeth’s dogs, Muick and Sandy, on May 6. Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, took the dogs in following the Queen’s death in 2022, and they remained with Andrew when the exes had to move out of Royal Lodge, their longtime royal residence, earlier this year.

According to court documents, Jenkinson “used towards Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against him by any person, or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by him whereby that person was likely to believe that such violence would be used, or it was likely that such violence would be provoked.”

This photo shows a general view of Marsh Farm, the expected future residence of Britain's former prince Andrew, just down the road from the royal family's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England on February 5, 2026, and near Wood Farm where British media reported former prince Andrew has moved to from his home in Windsor, west of London.
Marsh Farm on the Sandringham Estate, the new residence of Prince Andrew.Henry NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty

Jenkinson also faces a second charge of accosting a different man in the same location the day prior.

The delay comes amid Andrew’s own legal worries. The former prince was arrested on Feb. 19 on suspicion of misconduct in public office, linked to allegations that he improperly shared information with Jeffrey Epstein while working as an envoy for the British government.

Andrew first lost his military titles and patronages in 2022, after he attempted to have a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre dismissed. The following month, he settled with Giuffre out of court for an undisclosed sum. Giuffre died by suicide on April 24, 2025.

In October 2025, King Charles stripped his younger brother of his titles and royal residence due to the fallout over his connections with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting the move to Sandringham.

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Andrew has denied all wrongdoing regarding his ties to Epstein. His unprecedented February arrest was the first of a royal since 1649, when King Charles I was beheaded for high treason. He was released after about 11 hours in police custody and now faces an uncertain legal road ahead.

The King reacted to the arrest with a brief statement: “I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office… Let me state clearly: The law must take its course.”

Ailsa Anderson, former press secretary to Queen Elizabeth told PEOPLE at the time that the King’s choice of words was a deliberate way of “distancing himself.”

Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends the traditional Easter Sunday Matins Service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on April 20, 2025

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla during Trooping The Colour 2026 on June 13, 2026 in London, England. A protestor holds a photo of Britain's former Prince Andrew, outside Buckingham Palace after the King's Birthday Parade "Trooping the Colour" in London on June 13, 2026.

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While Andrew has largely remained out of the public eye since the loss of his titles and subsequent arrest, other members of the royal family have encountered crowds of protestors against him during their own outings.

As members of the royal family gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a flyover during the Trooping the Colour festivities in June, protesters held up signs that read “Down With the Crown” and placards with pictures of the former Prince Andrew from the Epstein files.

An anti-monarchy protester holds a placard reading 'What Did You Know?' in relation to former Prince Andrew and the Epstein scandal outside Westminster Abbey ahead of the annual Commonwealth Day Service in London, United Kingdom on March 09, 2026.
An anti-monarchy protester holds a placard outside Westminster Abbey ahead of the annual Commonwealth Day Service on March 9, 2026.Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty

A few months earlier, ahead of the Commonwealth Day service on March 11, the King, Prince William, Kate Middleton and more were met at Westminster Abbey by members of the anti-monarchy group Republic.

They held signs reading “Not My King” and large letters spelling out “What Did You Know?” and “What Are You Hiding?”

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