Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over ties to Epstein

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LONDON (AP) — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the erstwhile British prince who was stripped of his royal titles due to the fact that of his links to convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday connected suspicion of misconduct successful nationalist office.

While Andrew has consistently denied immoderate wrongdoing successful transportation with his relationship with Epstein, concerns astir Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to the precocious financier person dogged the royal household for much than a decade. But the apprehension of a member of a monarch was an bonzer improvement with nary precedent successful modern times that volition nary uncertainty enactment much unit connected the crown.

After the arrest, King Charles III said that the instrumentality indispensable instrumentality its people successful the investigation, and helium sought to region the royal household from Mountbatten-Windsor.

Thames Valley Police said that a antheral successful his 60s from Norfolk successful eastbound England was arrested and remained successful custody. The force, which covers areas westbound of London, including Mountbatten-Windsor’s erstwhile home, did not place the suspect, successful enactment with modular procedures successful Britain, but pointed to its connection erstwhile asked to corroborate if Andrew was arrested.

Mountbatten-Windsor, who turned 66 connected Thursday, moved to his member King Charles III’s property successful Norfolk aft helium was evicted from his longtime location adjacent Windsor Castle earlier this month.

Police are looking astatine whether Andrew sent confidential reports to Epstein

Thames Valley Police antecedently said it was “assessing” reports that Mountbatten-Windsor sent confidential commercialized reports to Epstein successful 2010, erstwhile the erstwhile prince was Britain’s peculiar envoy for planetary trade. Those reports stemmed from correspondence betwixt the 2 men that was among the millions of pages of documents from the U.S. Justice Department’s probe into Epstein that were released past month.

“Following a thorough assessment, we person present opened an probe into this allegation of misconduct successful nationalist office,’’ Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said successful a statement. “We recognize the important nationalist involvement successful this case, and we volition supply updates astatine the due time.”

The apprehension came aft pictures circulated online that appeared to amusement unmarked constabulary cars astatine Wood Farm, Mountbatten-Windsor’s location connected the Sandringham Estate successful Norfolk, with plainclothes officers gathering outside.

“This is the astir spectacular autumn from grace for a subordinate of the royal household successful modern times,” said Craig Prescott, a royal adept astatine Royal Holloway, University of London.

Policing commentator Danny Shaw told the BBC that successful astir cases, suspects are held betwixt 12 and 24 hours and are past either charged oregon released pending further investigation.

The implicit longest the erstwhile prince tin beryllium held for is 96 hours — but this would necessitate aggregate extensions from elder constabulary officers and a Magistrate’s Court. It is unclear what clip Andrew was arrested.

Andrew volition beryllium placed successful “a compartment successful a custody suite” with conscionable “a furniture and a toilet,” wherever helium volition hold until his constabulary interview.

“There’ll beryllium nary peculiar attraction for him,'' Shaw said.

Andrew's Epstein connections person agelong dogged the royal family

The precocious Queen Elizabeth II forced her 2nd lad to springiness up royal duties and extremity his charitable enactment successful 2019 aft helium tried to explicate distant his ties to Epstein during a catastrophic interrogation with the BBC.

But much details astir the narration emerged successful a publication published past year, and Charles stripped him of the close to beryllium called a prince and ordered him to move.

Then came the unprecedented announcement past week that Buckingham Palace was acceptable to cooperate successful the lawsuit of a constabulary enquiry into Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Epstein.

Charles was forced to enactment aft the U.S. Justice Department released millions of pages of Epstein documents that revealed the grade of his narration with Mountbatten-Windsor and showed that their correspondence continued agelong aft Epstein pleaded blameworthy successful 2008 to soliciting a insignificant for prostitution.

After Thursday’s arrest, Charles issued a connection to reiterate that helium would cooperate with the investigation.

“Let maine authorities clearly: the instrumentality indispensable instrumentality its course,’’ the king said successful a connection signed Charles R. “As this process continues, it would not beryllium close for maine to remark further connected this matter.’’

He added: “My household and I volition proceed successful our work and work to you all.’’

Epstein was arrested connected enactment trafficking charges brought by national prosecutors successful New York successful 2019. He took his ain beingness successful jailhouse portion awaiting trial.

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