A senior member of security who worked for theRoyal Family revealed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was bestowed an unflattering nickname during his time as a working member of the Firm. Speaking to thePalace Confidential podcast, Dai Davies, who worked as an operational commander for royal protection from 1994 to 1998, divulged that another royal shared the unfortunate name for their behaviour while serving.

The disgraced former-prince has beenforced to leave his sprawling residence at Royal Lodge and stripped of his titles after fresh revelations came to the surface about his relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He was pictured crouching over a woman lying on the floor in the latest release of the files by the US Department of Justice in January.

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A second woman alleged she was sent to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein for a sexual encounter with Mountbatten-Windsor, a claim Thames Valley Police said it will assess. Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing.

Emails also seemed to show Andrew shared reports from official trips to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore during his tenure as the UK's trade envoy. This information sharing fed into the nickname he was alleged to have earned.

Speaking to the Daily Mail's podcast, Davis said: "[Andrew] was known as a blabbermouth, and interestingly Edward VIII, his uncle, was also known as a blabbermouth because he spoke freely to journalists.

"He couldn't be trusted either, but this has been allowed to fester until we've now reached this stage."

He went on to reveal just how much Andrew could have cost UK taxpayers in protection services over the years. He explained that the level of protection given to royals would represent asubstantial expense for taxpayers.

With regard to Andrew, he estimated that delivering security throughout his life may have cost the public approximately £150 million.

"If you include the family, since he was born he's had protection. When he went to Gordonstoun (a prestigious boarding school where two generations of the Royal Family have been educated) he had protection, in the Navy even," he said.

The ex-police officer explained that static protection teams and technical support systems would have added to the costs.

"I think that's a very small estimate, so how he's repaid us, allegedly, is a national scandal which has to be explored properly," he added.

The father-of-two is under renewed pressure to testify in the United States about hisconnections to Jeffrey Epstein.

In a statement this week, Thames Valley Police Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said: "We can confirm today (11/2) that Thames Valley Police is leading the ongoing assessment of allegations relating to misconduct in public office. This specifically relates to documents within the United States Department of Justice's Epstein files.

"As part of this assessment, we have engaged in discussions with specialist Crown Prosecutors from the CPS. We will provide updates as and when they are available, but at this stage it would be inappropriate to discuss further specifics of this work."

He continued: "Whilst we cannot provide timescales for when a decision will be made as to whether a criminal investigation will be opened, we can assure you that Thames Valley Police is making progress as quickly as possible."

Andrew has not released a public statement since the files were released, but he has consistently denied any wrongdoing.