WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS BREAKING NEWS STORY THIS MORNING. ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR, THE BROTHER OF KING CHARLES, IS NOW IN POLICE CUSTODY. LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR BREAKING NEWS DESK AND TODD KAZAKIEWICH FOLLOWING THOSE DETAILS FOR US. TODD, ANTOINETTE AND DOUG. GOOD MORNING. THESE DETAILS ARE JUST COMING IN. THE FORMER PRINCE, AS YOU SAID, NOW KNOWN SIMPLY AS ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR, HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE. THE THAMES VALLEY POLICE, WHICH COVERS AREAS WEST OF LONDON INCLUDING MOUNTBATTEN, WINDSOR’S FORMER HOME, SAID IT WAS, QUOTE, ASSESSING REPORTS THAT THE FORMER PRINCE SENT TRADE REPORTS TO CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN IN 2010. THE POLICE FORCE DID NOT NAME MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR AS THE PERSON UNDER ARREST. THAT IS STANDARD PRACTICE UNDER UK LAW. POLICE DESCRIBED THE PERSON UNDER ARREST AS, QUOTE, A MAN IN HIS 60S. PICTURES ONLINE APPEARED TO SHOW POLICE CARS AND OFFICERS OUTSIDE HIS HOME. RECAPPING OUR BREAKING NEWS, FORMER PRINCE ANDREW, NOW KNOWN AS ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE UK ON SUSPICION OF MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE. HE IS IN POLICE CUSTODY. SEARCHES A
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
U.K. police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.Thames Valley Police, an agency that covers areas west of London, including Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home, said it was “assessing” reports that the former Prince Andrew sent trade reports to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2010.The assessment followed the release of millions of pages of documents connected to a U.S. investigation of Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor features a number of times in the documents.The police force did not name Mountbatten-Windsor, as is normal under U.K. law. But when asked if he had been arrested, the force pointed to a statement saying that they had arrested a man in his 60s. Mountbatten-Windsor is 66.“Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office,” the statement said. “We understand the significant public interest in this case, and we will provide updates at the appropriate time.”Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his relationship with Epstein. Last fall, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his royal titles, including the right to be called a prince, as he tried to insulate the monarchy from the continuing revelations about his younger brother’s relationship with Epstein. Those revelations have tarnished the royal family for more than a decade.Images circulated online appeared to show unmarked police cars at Mountbatten-Windsor’s home, Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, with plainclothes officers appearing to gather outside.
U.K. police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Thames Valley Police, an agency that covers areas west of London, including Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home, said it was “assessing” reports that the former Prince Andrew sent trade reports to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2010.
The assessment followed the release of millions of pages of documents connected to a U.S. investigation of Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor features a number of times in the documents.
The police force did not name Mountbatten-Windsor, as is normal under U.K. law. But when asked if he had been arrested, the force pointed to a statement saying that they had arrested a man in his 60s. Mountbatten-Windsor is 66.
“Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office,” the statement said. “We understand the significant public interest in this case, and we will provide updates at the appropriate time.”
Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his relationship with Epstein. Last fall, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his royal titles, including the right to be called a prince, as he tried to insulate the monarchy from the continuing revelations about his younger brother’s relationship with Epstein. Those revelations have tarnished the royal family for more than a decade.
Images circulated online appeared to show unmarked police cars at Mountbatten-Windsor’s home, Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, with plainclothes officers appearing to gather outside.
