Friday, February 20 2026 -Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released from a police station following his arrest on Thursday morning.
Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public
office and has since been released from a police station.
A photo taken of him leaving the police station shows him
slouching in his car seat in an attempt not to be photographed by the waiting
press photographers.
The arrest is part of an investigation into his dealings
with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, specifically claiming he
shared sensitive information as the UK’s trade envoy; police officers have also
searched properties linked to him, including the Royal Lodge residence.
King Charles expressed “deepest concern” over his brother's
arrest, while Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing in
relation to Epstein.
Royal biographer Christopher Wilson spoke to DW about the
arrest of ex-Prince Andrew and surmised that authorities would have gathered
"a huge body of evidence" beforehand.
"The police, and particularly politicians behind them,
would not allow an intrusion of this kind and an arrest to take place unless
they're pretty certain that they've got a watertight case against Andrew,"
Wilson said.
The historian said a likely scenario would be seeing Andrew
"in a criminal court."
"I don't think he'll escape. I think he will stay and
face the music," Wilson said.
"It will be a sensation. No member of the royal family
has been arrested for 600 years, and the last person to do that was King
Charles the First, who had his head chopped off once they had actually finished
with him in court," Wilson explained.
"I can't see that happening to former Prince Andrew but
he certainly faces a bleak future in this year coming," Wilson said.
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