Former Prince Andrew has filed a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residence, a U.K. court says

Britain's former Prince Andrew has initiated legal proceedings in a U.K. court to challenge the validity of search warrants executed at his residences. The action seeks to quash the warrants that authorized these law enforcement searches.

The legal challenge marks a formal effort by the former royal to contest the judicial authorization behind the searches. No further details regarding the specific grounds for the challenge or the nature of the underlying investigation were provided in the reports.