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Proof: Search warrants on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes ruled unlawful

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T19:32:37Z","headline":"Search warrants on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes ruled unlawful","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"channel4","url":"https://www.channel4.com/news/search-warrants-on-andrew-mountbatten-windsors-homes-ruled-unlawful","v":1}

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d0e5efd2f71dc8c8c40b0ac9161a6a5fd7cd68fa2be4c3d40e23ee3db346c9db

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970524, mined 2026-10-08 20:02 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 19:38 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 19:39 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d0e5efd2f71d.json prints d0e5efd2f71dc8c8c40b0ac9161a6a5fd7cd68fa2be4c3d40e23ee3db346c9db. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d0e5efd2f71d.json and headline-d0e5efd2f71d.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-d0e5efd2f71d.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.