Major update after Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein picture projected on Windsor Castle

No charges will be brought against the four men arrested in connection with projecting images of US President Donald Trump and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle ahead of the state visit, police have said.

The four men, a 60-year-old man from East Sussex, a 36-year-old man from London, a 37-year-old man from Kent and a 50-year-old man from London, were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications on September 16, during Mr Trump's state visit to the UK, after the stunt at the Berkshire royal residence.

Thames Valley Police said on Wednesday that no further action against them will be taken. A spokesman said: "The investigation into four men arrested in connection with an unauthorised projection onto Windsor Castle has concluded, and no further action will be taken against them."

The nine-minute film created by British political campaign group Led By Donkeys went over the history of the US president's links to Epstein, including the recent release by US legislators of documents said to include a letter from Mr Trump to the paedophile financier to celebrate his 50th birthday.

A spokesman for the campaign group said in September that the film was projected from a hotel room with a direct view over the castle as an act of "peaceful protest. "

Mr Trump has never been officially accused of any wrongdoing regarding his relationship with Epstein.

Meanwhile, revelations in the posthumous memoir of Prince Andrew's sex accuser, Virginia Giuffre, have put him under fresh scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein.

The Metropolitan Police is "actively" looking into claims Andrew, the King's brother, passed Ms Giuffre's date of birth and social security number to his bodyguard in a bid to dig up dirt for a smear campaign.

A Led By Donkeys spokesman said: "It's good the police now accept it's not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump's close relationship with America's most notorious child sex trafficker onto a wall.

"The fact they didn't come to that obvious conclusion on the night makes it look suspiciously like political policing. We're happy police resources can now be redirected to investigating Prince Andrew."

Andrew, who has not given up his titles and honours, has always denied all allegations against him.