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  "id": 12881842,
  "title": "Search warrants for Andrew's properties unlawful - court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/search-warrants-for-andrews-properties-unlawful-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T13:45:12.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/1008/1594582-andrew-search-warrants/"
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  "summary": "Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Thames Valley Police have agreed that search warrants that allowed officers to raid two of his properties earlier this year were unlawful, a High Court judge has said.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Breaking: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor wins court battle to have police search warrants quashed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/breaking-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-wins-court-battle-to-have-police",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:46:26.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Ex-Prince Andrew Search Warrants Were Unlawful, Police Admit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ex-prince-andrew-search-warrants-were-unlawful-police-admit",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:01:27.000Z"
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        "title": "Police accept Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor search warrants were unlawful, court hears",
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        "published": "2026-10-08T14:07:58.000Z"
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Search warrants for former prince Andrew's homes were unlawful, UK court rules",
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        "published": "2026-10-08T14:09:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Police used unlawful warrants in former Prince Andrew property seizure, U.K. judge says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/police-used-unlawful-warrants-in-former-prince-andrew-property",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:18:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Ex-prince Andrew search warrants quashed after UK police accept legal error",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ex-prince-andrew-search-warrants-quashed-after-uk-police-accept-legal",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:39:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "UK police agree searches for ex-prince Andrew’s homes ‘unlawful’: Judge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/uk-police-agree-searches-for-ex-prince-andrews-homes-unlawful-judge",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:02:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "UK police accept ex-prince Andrew search warrants must be ‘legally quashed’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/uk-police-accept-ex-prince-andrew-search-warrants-must-be-legally",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:20:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "UK ex-prince Andrew search warrants quashed after police accept legal error",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/uk-ex-prince-andrew-search-warrants-quashed-after-police-accept-legal",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:53:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "British police admit they bungled search warrant in legal win for former prince Andrew",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/british-police-admit-they-bungled-search-warrant-in-legal-win-for",
        "published": "2026-10-08T16:21:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}